garden/agora.md

Agora

• The Agora is a distributed knowledge graph and experimental social network.
  • As an Agora guest you can currently:
    • Navigate the Agora, which is composed of [nodes] which aggregate content from many users about the same topic or entity.
    • Make use of [backlinks] and [pulled nodes] to discover relevant content.
  • As an Agora user you can:
    • Have your content be surfaced to readers at relevant times (when they are visiting a [node] for which your content is considered relevant by the community).
    • Have relevant content be surfaced to you as you traverse your [personal knowledge graph].
    • Make use of [agora actions].
  • Anyone can run an Agora of their own if they so desire. This Agora is [open source].
• To [sign up] for the Agora, first you need to publish your [digital garden] or [content] elsewhere online. The Agora doesn't host your data, but rather pulls it from a location you control and renders it for you and other users; it interlinks your data with that of other users as you wish.
  • If you know your way around git, [markdown] on git is the default format. If you use [roam] or a [roam like] or you have a notes database, you're almost there. Please refer to agora howto for detailed instructions.
  • Whatever participation mechanism you choose, you can either send a pull request adding yourself to the repository or let an Agora [maintainer] know where your [digital garden] or [content] is, so it can be pulled by the Agora and [integrated]. We strive to continuously support new sources and formats. Please send email to signup@anagora.org or tweet at me with:
    • The URL for your content.
    • Your desired username.
  • The Agora wants to be [maximally inclusive], but it is in its infancy; it is a [work in progress]. If you want to participate and can't, please also send email to signup@anagora.org to let us know.
    • Through projects such as [agora twitter integration], we hope to make the Agora available to anyone that has access to a social network account.
  • If you want to learn more about the [experimental] nature of this Agora, please refer to this Hacker News comment.
  • If you want to keep up to date with development, consider adding me on Twitter or Mastodon: [flancian].
• An Agora is, in its most basic form, a set of useful conventions.
  • Useful conventions are made explicit through an Agora's [CONTRACT] and the writing of its users.
  • You can think of the Agora as a distributed [sequential wiki]; an experiment in semantic web applications.
  • An Agora is a [distributed knowledge graph] maintained by the users of an experimental [social network].
    • By [you] and [me]. Anyone can participate if they are willing.
    • Check out [agora howto] (users) or [agora plan] (developers) if you want to jump in.
• This Agora tries to be a good [internet citizen].
  • The [agora protocol] is openly developed and can be implemented by anyone.
  • See also: [wikilinks everywhere].
• [go] github.com/flancian/agora
• [pull] [agora editor]
• There are [other agoras].