An on-chain web of knowledge
Ideamarket is a knowledge graph for the world.
This functionality is already live.
Posts are linked by citations, creating a network of credible opinions on every topic. It tracks what we believe... AND WHY ... on chain.
Here's one way to visualize it:
It would work like this:
1. Every post you click, bursts citations out in 4 quadrants around it.
UPSTREAM = reasons to believe [psychic abilities are real]
DOWNSTREAM = ideas that [psychic abilities are real] provides a reason to believe
FOR = in favor
AGAINST = against
2. You can navigate in any direction from post to post, citation to citation.
Like Wikipedia, for internet rabbit holes.
The screenshot above uses this post as an example: https://ideamarket.io/post/2
Consider this…
You could set this visualizer to auto-navigate, and turn it into a slideshow, showing 4 quadrants full of ideas, for one post after the next, for 30 seconds each.
"Show the top [downstream] citations [for], starting with [Psychic abilities are real]."
[Psychic abilities are real] —> [modern science mostly prevents discovery] —> [check out this crazy thing] —> [here’s how it works] —> etc, forever.
A self-driving car for internet rabbit holes!
You could project this onto a wall at parties and just let it run.
You could do a YouTube channel where you just set some parameters, let it run, and do a reaction video, pausing to research something in real time if it piques your interest.
All posts, citations, and ratings are on-chain, so this is just ONE potential way to visualize it.
You could build this — or something better — and get paid for it.
The code is open-source, there’s nothing stopping you. If you want to take a shot at it, let me know by replying to this email, or reaching out on Twitter or Discord.
Here’s the Tweet thread write-up of this idea:
Debate of the week — “Nancy Pelosi is insider trading.”
Another week, another opportunity to use Ideamarket for what it was designed — to create a fair fight between truth and falsehood.
Arguments FOR and AGAINST the idea that “Nancy Pelosi is insider trading” are now on-chain: https://ideamarket.io/post/217
Set up your profile, so you get the glory when you turn out to be right
Rate this post: https://ideamarket.io/post/217
BONUS:
Create a new post with evidence that we’re missing, FOR or AGAINST, and add it as a citation when rating this post