Thanks for your feedback!
From your response, I gather that there’s currently no publicly available GitHub or documentation for SimScore, correct? If there’s anything related to SimScore that can be explored, I’d appreciate it if you share it here or via direct message!
Regarding frontend vs. API
I don’t think the core entity of DePolis should exist in the form of an API. As I mentioned in my earlier replies, the primary use case of DePolis is not to analyze clusters or sentiment within the forum but rather to engage those who find the governance forum inaccessible (due to lack of time, skills, knowledge, or other reasons).
In the current governance framework, ordinary Arbitrum users lack both a way to express their opinions in a way that can be heard and the motivation to do so. I’d argue that the “opinion transmission system” operates almost identically to legacy governance systems: delegates are supposed to represent the interests of the network’s end beneficiaries (Arbitrum users), but in reality, no one truly knows what those users think.
In my view, SimScore and DePolis serve different purposes:
- SimScore collects and automatically analyzes opinions from various levels of governance participants;
- DePolis gathers opinions from ordinary users who, under other circumstances, would never express their thoughts in any form (except perhaps via a “Support request”).
Though there’s obviously synergy and potential for collaboration!