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GoatMatrix.net, also known as GoatMatrix or The Goat Matrix (formerly Matrix.Gvid.tv) is a hand-built human-coded Reddit-like forum website developed from scratch by x0x7.

History

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The GoatMatrix.net logo, formerly Matrix.Gvid.tv logo.

Present

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"Goat Matrix" or "GoatMatrix" or "The Goat Matrix" ? ? ?

" A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... "
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Notable

Future

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Feature wish lists

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Visit /s/IdeasForMatrix[ GoatMatrix ] for initial instances of ideas with discussions. This topical sub-forum thread may be aggregated here into practical reference wiki-lists.

This short wiki-list will naturally grow in time and be relocated to Goat Matrix/Tech ideas for organized wish lists for developing future features.

Items marked with an asterisk* could potentially be organized on this wiki.

Alphabetical for now, but will likely be sectioned into related categories.

  • Batch-Posts for anyone anytime (busy at work but listening to good stuff) or especially useful for heavy daily users. This is a brand new idea never mentioned anywhere else before. The purpose is akin to Post-Whenever to help throttle excessive posting dominance. Batch-Posts would be 1) a big list of link-posts by a single user, 2) each link-post with a thumbnail image, 3) each link-post with voting options, and 4) each link-post goes in a sub or set of cross-post categories/metatags/multisubs/subs/topics. All link-posts within a Batch-Post would be "silently" posted - hidden from the front page - into their subs or multi-subs. People may only discover each link-post within the Batch-Posts OR find the link-posts in their appropriate subs - but not the front page - UNLESS there was enough positive voting and comment support to earn visibility. Once visible it would be like any other link-post, but with a couple additional details: what Batch-Post it came from, and what multi-subs it's shared in.
    • Another related feature idea: Akin to having a blog, or post history, rather than subs users could have Batch-Post histories. On the front page they might have a "BP" beside their name. For example: JasonCarswellBP. Alternatively, the post-links could appear like any other in the post history with the addition of the "BP" or a BP icon that could be clicked to see the "parent" Batch-Post.
    • There would be pros and cons to letting Batch-Post have comments on the whole collection of post-links - verses - comments only under the post-link posts.
  • Chronological list of comments, site-wide from all posts, so folks make know about conversations they've missed - as is on Comments[ SaidIt ]. (This will be useful for community building until there are simply too many comments and threads to keep up with - after which may still be useful for sub-wide communities and their growth.)
  • Documentation for a FAQ (Goat Matrix/FAQ) - as I documented on wiki[ SaidIt ]
  • Documentation for CSS (Goat Matrix/CSS and Goat Matrix/Themes) and eventually theme selection and/or sharing capabilities - along with popularity statistics.
  • Documentation for basic to advanced Markdown code (Goat Matrix/Goatdown,) - as I documented on wiki/Commenting[ SaidIt ]
  • Draft compositions. Save your stuff to work on later. Not critical, but might be nice.
  • GoatMatrix search options - perhaps via Cassandra Team decentralized search engines.
  • MetaVote™ has its own section below.
  • Post-Whenever edit-ability - for a user to manage their list of pending posts, re-order, post asap, post at a specific time/date, or delete. Drag and drop would be ideal.
  • Timestamp optional display on/off for chat comments - more than just roll-over.
  • Timestamps for posts and comments, optional display on/off, but always revealed by hovering over dates (more specific than "3 years ago").

MetaVote™

MetaVote™ for voting and tagging system for deeper analytics, algorithms, and better search results. A 5x5 grid with "Meh-Neutral" in the center and in the corners: Wise, Fun, Daft, and Repulsed. With five degrees from any corner to any corner, midway between Wise and Funny is Witty, among the 25 options. Similarly metatags and sub-metatags could be organized for quick tagging of posts and comments.

MetaVote™ could look something like this, but better - plus I added another row just to see with save/record, up, null, down, flag/tag/note:

🧐 😉 😆 😃 😁 🔴
🤨 🤔 😊 🙂 😏 🔺
😒 🥱 😑 😐 😕 🔷
😟 😴 😠 😩 😖 🔻
😞 😣 😡 🤢 🤮 🚩

MetaVote™ feature ideas:

  • Entire field of options is greyed out and smaller until you hover over it - then it grows with options.
    • On phone/tablet devices a click-drag may suffice.
  • Select the "Meh-Neutral" if you don't care, don't have an opinion, don't wish to weigh in, wish to pass it by, or simply mark it as "seen" so you don't have to see it again.
  • Add colour to the 25 squares for visual ergonomics. The colour temperature of the vote indicates the intensity and direction.
  • Click and hold to get a second level of 25 more options - or to display larger with text descriptions of the options.
  • Click and drag to rotate the "cube" for other 25-face options x6 fields/sides.
  • Hover over outside 16 squares for another 25-face field to slide out from behind.
  • Animated icons.
  • When a selection is made, the icon and description fill the space, plus an edit icon indicates a change can be made.

Excessive info for a single-vote MetaVote to rank your opinion on content:

01 🧐
Wise
#FF0000
red 		02 😉
Cunning
#FF8000
deep-orange 		03 😆
Witty
#FFAA00
orange 		04 😃
Fun
#FFD500
caution 		05 😁
Bliss
#FFFF00
yellow
06 🤨
Clever
#D50088
purple 		07 🤔
Sharp
#FFAAAA
pink 		08 😊
Great
#FFD580
light orange 		09 🙂
Good
#EEEE80
canary 		10 😏
Amused
#D5FF00
lime
11 😒
Thoughtful
#AA00AA
violet 		12 🥱
Bland
#FF80D5
bubble gum 		13 😑
Meh
#D5D5D5
grey 		14 😐
Okay
#80FF80
mint 		15 😕
Unsure
#AAFF00
chartreuse
16 😟
Thoughtless
#8000D5
indigo 		17 😴
Tiresome
#AA80FF
periwinkle 		18 😠
Poor
#80D5D5
cyan 		19 😩
Bad
#80D580
emerald 		20 😖
Annoyed
#55D500
lawn
21 😞
Daft
#0000FF
blue 		22 😣
Stupid
#0080D5
navy blue 		23 😡
Foul
#0080AA
blue-green 		24 🤢
Repulsed
#008055
forest 		25 🤮
Disgust
#00AA00
kelly

Colours and numbers may make it easy to remember, though we might want to tone the vibrant colours way back in CSS themes - or just develop good graphic design elements that work. Perhaps the 25 example options (we could curate better defaults) could feature the alphabet instead (Q+X share one) and clicking on a letter opens more options, all starting with that letter.

Another MetaVote to select as many metatags as may apply:

01 Architecture 02 Blogs & Books 03 Corruption 04 DIY 05 Economics
06 Freedom 07 Gardening 08 Health 09 Info & Internet 10 Jokes
11 Kinetics 12 Linux 13 Media 14 News 15 Organizing
16 Politics 17 Queer Wars 18 Regional to global 19 Science 20 Technology
21 Utopia 22 Volunteering 23 Wikipedia 24 YouTube 25 Zionism

Community direction

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Steering is critically important or the default turns rotten.

Cultivating community requires more than just default organic growth into chaos. Careful pruning results in a beautiful bonsai tree worth the effort and earned respect that will attract like minded folks, as well as the unpleasant who must be trimmed.

Policy wish lists

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A general rule of thumb for better policy:

  • Very few rules, all clearly black and white, all strictly followed and enforced.
  • Many guidelines, if any needed, for the grey areas, with an abundance of examples for reference. (We don't need to ban the gutter to encourage folks not to gutter-dwell.)

Nothing specific needs attention currently.

If this develops into a list it may be relocated to Goat Matrix/Organization for organizing principles, guides, and rules.

Public relations

Here's a plan, open to improvement. Feedback welcomed.

This is a do-ocracy and you have 4 options: 1) help out, 2) do your own thing, 3) bitch, 4) do nothing.

Even taking the occasional baby-step in a good direction is progress. We should progress as fast as we can, but take it as slow as necessary to get the best results and fewest mistakes.

Priority: Don't jump the gun. Do not use promotional materials to hype Goat Matrix until it's determined they are ready. If in doubt, don't. It will be made clear what is ready and when. For any organization it may not only be detrimental but extra work to overcome looking like an unorganized shit-show.

Step 1: Dedicate the 2026 season of Spring to developing some strong branding - logo, mascot, colour schemes, guides, documentation, etc. (This could take half a year.)

Step 2: Improve the appearance and functionality - GUI ergonomics, roadmap new features even if not building any time soon, design dream themes with new features (visualizing goals), CSS themes.

A makeover will appeal to more folks (for better and worse). They'll need documentation to understand what to expect, what's expected, and technical help.

Step 3: Document everything as clearly as possible (like I'm 5) for all types of folks. Some freedom movement folks are older and/or not adept with technology.

With more participation hopefully x0x7 will reduce the post/bonus meddling More folks may be a catalyst for donations for x0x7 (and maybe part-time work for those capable of working on projects - like code-bounties and PR-campaigns).

Step 4: Utilizing the new branding and GUI, develop welcoming campaign(s) with media content for various uses and audiences. These invitations won't be aimed for general riffraff audiences, they'll be curated to the good folks we hope to engage with on the regular, all seeking sanctuary, truth-seeking, and free-thinking - wishing to escape the enslavement asylum, current crises, and looming apocalypse.

Goals: Get all our ducks in a row via a real cooperative community effort.

  1. Appearance: Get a facelift - branding, ergonomics, GUI.
  2. Documentation: Draft press releases, goals, plans, roadmaps, rules, etc.
  3. Features: Fix glitches, add features, repeat.
  4. Production: Develop branding, campaign, media ads, interviews, etc.
  5. Release: Invite the masses and open the gates of hell and high discourse.
  6. Refine: Don't stop tweaking to perfection. New features, new communities, new campaigns, new promo material, spin-offs, etc. Creativity, like forums and info-resources, should have no end.


See also

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