Abstract

As with most DAOs and L2’s, discussions on the Arbitrum Forum are scattered and difficult to prioritize. In some cases they take 110 minutes to read. SimScore prioritizes forum replies directly with no secondary delegate effort. We propose a 3 month trial, where SimScore Priority reports are updated 3 days per week in active topics within Arbitrum’s forum. The cost of the trial is $10,500.

Motivation

A common refrain is that debate is scattered and we need to prioritize. SimScore turns scattered debate within a forum into consensus prioritization. Allowing the community to collaborate on the most important issues first, saving time and reducing fatigue. Ultimately this will reduce decision making time.

Rationale

The speed and quality of decisions made by ArbitrumDAO delegates are intertwined with it’s purpose of “…..guiding the Arbitrum Ecosystem”. Setting priority is an important part of the governance process. It effects both speed and quality of judgements. Books (Noise - Kehneman) and papers point to unbiased and repeatable aggregation of ideas as necessary step to accurate judgements. SimScore offers these benefits.

Key Terms

Similarity Score - Similarity Score determines the similarity of a pair of ideas.

Similarity Score Relative Similarity
0.0 The pair of ideas have no similarity
>0.2 The pair of ideas are considered plagiarized
0.65 - 1.0 The pair of ideas are essentially duplicates

Pairwise Similarity Matrix - SimScore ranks the replies in “most similar” order,

Reply 1 Reply 2 Reply 3 Reply 4
Reply 1 1.000 0.469 0.264 0.254
Reply 2 0.469 1.000 0.235 0.234
Reply 3 0.264 0.235 1.000 0.161
Reply 4 0.254 0.234 0.161 1.000

Clusters - Groupings of ideas that “best fit”

Relationship Graph - A visual representation of the ideas relate to each other.