This platform I co-designed aims to reduce outrage and ground political debates in policy again. Here's how the design helps:

polibear.com

An online civic discussion platform that prioritises human debate via:

- Spider diagrams that map policy to humanise discourse (part of the onboarding, allows users to understand each account and find similarities with disagreeing parties)

- Badge systems instead of algorithms (Badges renew monthly, awarded for "Changed my mind" or "Exceptional reasoning" for instance)

- Non-intrusive country verification (first thing when onboarding)

- Optional Job/Employer verification through institutional email (allows soft-whistle blowing and industry specific insight)

Designed for citizens to share their views and connect, not for shouting matches and dunking.