[loomio]

Really nice! I really appreciate the focus on good design and clear presentation of data. Something seeming this "simple" is not actually simple! Well done. I spend most of my life considering online tools for consensus building, and this is one of the more innovative and well executed I have seen.

I would love to see modules for this kind of non-binary polling in our open source decision-making tool[0]. I have never been a fan of straight polling because it misses some critical aspects of the discussion by pre-supposing the options, and most issues are not best approached with a conflict-based method of "A vs B, one wins". In fact the real answer is often a synthesis or evolution beyond where anyone started. Many of our users have requested polls to do temperature checks or decide quickly between options, but I have resisted because I don't want to flatten discussions into only a limited set of options that might leave out important aspects. I much prefer your approach!

[0] http://www.loomio.org

[colinmegill]

!! First, Amen. Second, just seeing loomio for the first time - could you create a pol.is account and message us? Would be great to share ideas.

[loomio]

Yes! I would love to get in touch and talk more. I will contact you directly. Best of luck with pol.is! The world really needs better ways to make decisions and we're going to need all kinds of complementary tools.

[SebSigloch]

Is Loomio also embeddable and accessible through an API?

[loomio]

Not at the moment, but it's something we're working toward! We will have an API later this year, and embeddable Loomio decisions is on our roadmap.[0]

Of course as an open source project, if you had a strong use case you are more than welcome to jump in and build what you need it to do! [1]

[0] http://www.loomio.org/roadmap [1] http://github.com/loomio/loomio

[SebSigloch]

Thanks. I do actually have a couple of potential use cases. Got to have a look at the github folder later today. Would be dfntly great to stay in contact with you.