Welcome
This article provides an introduction to Fractalgram, an innovative web app for playing the Respect Game. This post delves into the features and functionalities of Fractalgram, highlighting its evolution from a Telegram client to a next-generation web app. We discuss the app's role in fostering engagement, collaboration, and decision-making among participants, as well as its integration with Optimism for enhanced governance. Additionally, we provide insights into ongoing developments and future enhancements, showcasing how Fractalgram empowers communities to connect and build consensus in a fun and meaningful way. Enjoy!
Table of Contents
- Welcome
- What is Fractalgram?
- Next Generation Fractalgram Web App
- Original Fractalgram Telegram Client
- Introductory Video
- Release Video and Early Discussions
- Fractalgram Repositories
- Related Apps and Designs
- Related Posts
What is Fractalgram?
Fractalgram is an app that makes it easy for communities to play the Respect Game at online or in-person meetings, such as Optimism Fractal weekly events.
It provides an intuitive polling interface that makes it easy for each player to rank each other’s contributions to a collective goal and form consensus on the value of each contribution. It facilitates this experience in a fun and engaging way that helps foster prosocial relationships, healthy communities, and great memories.
After players reach consensus on contributions, Fractalgram makes it easy for players to post their consensus results onchain to earn Respect, a soulbound reputation token that commemorates the experience with art and forms the foundation for optimized collective decision-making with fractal governance.
The initial version of Fractalgram was released in February 2023 is a telegram client that has been consistently used in multiple communities to play the Respect Game in over a hundred weekly events. The next generation Fractalgram web app is now almost complete and will be integrated with ORDAO smart contracts in the coming weeks.
Explore below to learn more about the both versions of Fractalgram and how you Fractalgram can help empower your community or organization!
Next Generation Fractalgram Web App
Development of the next generation Fractalgram web app began in mid-2024, introducing exciting new features to the Optimism Fractal ecosystem and for all communities that are interested in playing the Respect Game. This will provide many improvements over the current telegram web app. Abraham Becker initiated this project during Onchain Summer, with Howard joining the collaboration in September.
They are building a comprehensive web application with features that include:
- Wide-ranging wallet connection integrations for seamless user access
- Custom usernames for a personalized experience
- Robust voting functionality to facilitate community decision-making
- Integration with Hats Protocol for enhanced role management
- Planned integration with ORDAO smart contracts for advanced governance features
- Foundations for an all-in-one app to streamline community interactions
You can see a demo of this application here and find more details about their work in this application for Onchain Summer. You can see updates from Abraham and Howard at Optimism Fractal weekly events by watching this playlist.
You’re welcome to try the alpha version of the new app at respect-game.vercel.app and watch Abraham present the new app before we tested it at the 43rd Optimism Fractal in this video clip. The app is open-source and you can contribute to the development of the app in this repository.
Original Fractalgram Telegram Client
The first version of Fractalgram is a fun and innovative telegram web app that makes it easy for communities to play the Respect Game. Fractalgram provides an intuitive interface that makes it easy and delightful for non-technical communities to play fun web3 games and cooperate more effectively.
Players can use Fractalgram to rank contributions (and elect delegates with the Eden+Fractal process if desired) with automated Telegram polls, then push one button to immediately send all scores to the web app. The process of voting and entering scores is fun, simple, and seamless for players of all ages with Fractalgram.
You can learn more about Fractalgram by reading the introductory blog post and watching Tadas’ provide demonstrate how it works here. You can also watch Tadas introduce the app for the first time in this demo. The app features smooth integrations with the Eden Fractal web app and you can hear about on-chain compatibility here.
The client side code of Fractalgram is totally open source, which you can see in the Github repository. You learn many more exciting details about Fractalgram by watching EF 35, EF 36 and reading this story.
Introductory Video
How do we use the OP Mainnet to play the Respect Game? We demonstrate Fractalgram and our intuitive webapp that helps communities reach consensus while having fun!
Release Video and Early Discussions
The following resources provide more historical information about Fractalgram for anyone who is interested. The following video shows when Tadas first introduced Fractalgram to the Eden Fractal community:
EF 36: Fractalgram, Cagendagram, and Proxies!
After Eden+Fractal, Tadas demos Fractalgram and the group explores how the new app helps communities cooperate. Fractalgram is an innovative telegram web app that helps communities cooperate with fractally or Eden style consensus meetings. You can watch Tadas’ introduce the new app and demonstrate how it works at 1:19:18. You can view the timestamps below to navigate thoughtful discussions amongst several community members for the following half hour.
You can read learn more about Fractalgram by reading the introductory blog post, watching Tadas share the first demo during week 34, and joining the fractalgram telegram group. The app features smooth integrations with the Eden Fractal web app and you can hear about on-chain compatibility here. The client side code is totally open source, which you can see in the Github repository. You can see Tadas announce Fractalgram in the Eden Fractal telegram group here.
Fractalgram Repositories
You can see the original Fractalgram version created by Tadas in the Optimystics repository here. This is open-sourced with a GPL-3.0 License.
You can find the next generation repository created by Abraham for the next version of Fractalgram here. This is open sourced with an MIT License.
Related Apps and Designs
Between 2021 and 2023, the Fractally team (later called Psinq) developed several applications for early variations of the Respect Game and fractal election processes. You can see detailed documentation from front-end UX designer Thomas Hallgren for both the rank-order voting app and preceding Eden Election app.
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