Proposal to migrate the DAO’s current forum and ideation process to a new platform, Metaforo.
Since genesis in July 2021, the DAO’s forum has been powered by Discourse
Discourse has served its purpose adequately, but it wasn’t built for DAOs, and it leaves much to be desired.
Metaforo is a new web3-native platform focused on providing the ultimate communication hub for decentralized communities. They offer most of the same functionality as Discourse as well as many features that Discourse doesn’t, including token-weighted voting on polls (aka Ideation) and the ability for the DAO’s treasury to be admin. If this proposal passes, it would override SCP-97 and migrate Ideation from SnapShot to Metaforo.
Check out the DAO’s test Metaforo space to get a feel for what our new forum would look like. You’ll see that all of our Discourse content as of a few weeks ago has been migrated, and if you sign in with the same email that you use for Discourse, your forum history will be linked to your Metaforo account.
The forum and governance process are integral to the DAO’s operation, and since inception we have acknowledged that Discourse would likely not be the ideal long-term solution. We’ve been waiting for a solution like Metaforo to be developed, and their team has delivered. The results from the Incubation poll demonstrated that the community agrees that Metaforo’s current offering is already as good or better than Discourse.
If this proposal passes, the following steps will be taken:
Optional: It could also make sense to publish a blog post about the migration and link to the blog post from Metaforo to minimize potential confusion from active forum participants.
Quick comparison of Discourse vs. Metaforo on a few key factors:
Hosting/storage: Centralized servers and databases vs. Data is stored on Arweave
DAO ownership: No clear path vs. Gnosis Safe can own (ownership is not stored on-chain yet, but Metaforo is committed to full decentralization)
Token-weighted voting (Ideation!): No support vs. Supports token-gated polls & calculating voting power with SnapShot Strategies
Display SnapShot strategies: No support, forum and governance are fragmented vs. Supported, forum and governance live under one roof
Sign up options: Email only vs. Wallet and/or Email
Cost: $100/mo on current plan vs. Free! 🔥
And this is just what they’ve built in their first few months! Metaforo’s entire roadmap is focused on building the best forum for decentralized communities, and they’re eager to hear our feedback on what to build next.