Types of users in micro-groups

In microgroups, user types are important as in our entire system, and various types of profiles are also implemented.

User typologies represent traditional hierarchies, based on stages, length of stay, geographic areas, points earned (individual and group), concrete activities, impeccable behavior, incorruptibility, loyalty, reliability, competence, and ensuring equality and meritocracy for all, from the very beginning and forever. The complex, yet truly just and fair, preceding sentence has fundamental motivations for understanding this important feature of our system.

Profile types are reserved for our official members, who can obtain them according to very detailed implementation rules, because they are the collective owners of our entire system. Simply put, all user types below our official members cannot have multiple profile types, for the simple reason that they lack a single, non-cumulative, and non-transferable individual share that makes them collective owners of our entire system.

For simplicity's sake, we'll divide user types into five broad categories, starting with free users, which have no annual fees, no attendance requirement, no mandatory activities, no invitations, and no identity documents to upload. Essentially, free users provide access to restricted areas, and are used by those who want to join us but don't want to be tied down and don't want to contribute to our system's functioning with annual fees and volunteer work. This user type is best suited for those who don't trust us but still want to be part of our huge family and have access to our platforms. The potential and scope of access are limited, but they can still engage in a wide range of activities with us.

Then there are the lower user types, such as login users, partially verified users, and registered users, which, in order of importance and potential, are suitable for those who want to study our system, without too many obligations, and with negligible annual fees, but which offer greater potential than the free type.

The third category of higher-level users is divided into two types: registered users with verified and guaranteed identities, who are part of our shared leadership, and whose votes and decisions are binding on our system. This is precisely because, in order to cast binding votes, they must have a verified and guaranteed identity, obtaining the blue checkmark next to their username in our social area, completely free of charge, which signifies their trustworthiness. Annual membership fees are €6.25 per year for those under 31, and €12.50 per year for those over 31. Members must be present on our platforms for at least 20 minutes per day, even with multiple logins per day, or, alternatively, at least 120 minutes per week, on one or more days, with one or more logins. In addition to these mandatory memberships, they must also perform volunteer work to keep our enormous system functioning. Our official members, on the other hand, are an even higher level of user . They have the same potential as our verified users, the same rights and obligations, but they pay an annual fee of €12.50 if they are under 31, and €25 if they are over 31. They are required to attend and volunteer to make our system work, but by contributing more with their annual fees, they receive virtually all the unlocked potential, including the ability to apply for—and, if they meet all the requirements, obtain—all the various types of profiles, which are: official representative (those who manage our organization), or alternatively, political representative profile (those who carry out political representation, internally, externally, or both). Then there are other types of profiles, such as the system profile, which allows anyone who wishes to invest and do business with us. Everything is explained in various very detailed informational articles, with the specification that annual fees are valid based on the average gross monthly income. If a person earns less than €1,000 gross per month, the annual contribution is valid for two years. If they earn less than €500 gross per year, the annual contribution is valid for three years. If they have no source of income, the annual contribution is valid for four years.

A quick explanation. We always recommend everyone requesting an official membership, because while they charge higher annual fees, they offer greater potential, services, and access to restricted areas, and are therefore more convenient. To give you an idea: about 95% of those who join us request an official membership, although many new users initially start with the free membership, almost all quickly request official membership.

The user types were created to allow anyone to choose based on their needs, their free time availability, their financial availability, allowing each person to choose what they prefer.

User types in micro-groups.

The types of users in microgroups have the same rules and potential as the rest of the system. All microgroups begin with one of our official members who freely decides to request and obtain an official representative profile, with a username represented by the geographic coordinates very close to their habitual residence in the country of their citizenship, thus having the right to vote and run in real elections. After a period of study in the official representative groups, they can request and obtain authorization to create their own microgroup, in their urban or rural area, with up to 1,000 inhabitants.

If neighboring or overlapping microgroups already exist in areas outside of their own microgroup, we collaborate at the local level, based on implementing rules. If no other microgroups exist at the local level, together with our larger local organizations or our national organization, the official representative, in addition to creating his or her own microgroup, will have a role of great importance and responsibility at the local level, in the geographical, territorial, administrative, and electoral areas closest to his or her residence. The previous sentence is crucial to understanding the importance of these official representatives of ours for their communities.

The importance of representativeness.

The official representative and manager of their microgroup will invite their relatives, friends, neighbors, and contacts to study our system and join us, according to specific implementation rules. They will first select, or welcome, the first five official members of their microgroup, offering them the role of administrators, which is very important in the subsequent phases. The five administrators will then invite, or welcome, the next five official members each, bringing the microgroup's total membership to 31. At that point, they can apply to become an official DirectDemocracyS organization, with numerous benefits and advantages for both members and all residents in their area.

Once the microgroup has become an official organization, it will continue to welcome a potentially unlimited number of new members, including all 1,000 residents in its own area and in neighboring, even slightly overlapping, areas. At this point, all official members of the microgroup, especially those living in "border" areas, but potentially all official members, will be able to request and obtain a political representative profile, linked invisibly to everyone, humans and machines, to their personal profile. After studying in the official representative groups, with the help of the official representative of the initial microgroup, they will in turn be able to create their own microgroups, following the same rules as before. In practice, the experience and skills of the first official representative will be made available to all new official representatives, enabling a "wildfire" territorial expansion of our presence in each area, connecting all the various microgroups and official organizations using various technologies and human bridges (members present in two or more microgroups and official organizations). Through these rules, all our local organizations, from the smallest to the largest, will be formed through the unification of various micro-groups and official organizations, integrating with existing local, and subsequently national, continental, and international organizations. Unification and integration does not mean interrupting the activities of the micro-groups and smaller official organizations, which will continue to carry out increasingly diversified and important activities forever.

Representativeness.

All microgroups can become official organizations when they have at least 31 official members, but they can also function as simple microgroups at all times. This is called representativeness. All official members of the microgroup potentially represent all 1,000 residents of their area, and specifically, everyone who joins us on our platforms by creating a personal profile, regardless of user type. Simply put , even just one official representative and their respective microgroup are enough to represent their area in our system.

The main difference between an official organization, which is a micro-group with at least 31 members, is that it offers greater representation and can allow the creation of secondary micro-groups for each user type, including free users, to carry out a wide range of activities both on our platforms and physically in public or private spaces. Among the activities permitted to official organizations are the selection of political representatives, internal election campaigns, and closed online primaries at the official organization level, in collaboration with local groups (local official organizations) in larger geographic areas. The winners of their respective official organization's primary elections can also participate in the selection of political representatives for election campaigns and closed online primaries at the higher territorial and electoral levels. In addition to the political activities required for all our official members and all our users with verified and guaranteed identities, with separate voting groups and electors, at the subsequent levels of the various higher user types, numerous investments and business opportunities will be possible in their respective areas.

As we have explained in various informative articles, the micro-groups and their respective official representatives are the physical presence of DirectDemocracyS in their respective areas, but only the official organizations, with at least 31 official members, can allow all their members to access the higher levels, with the most advantageous types of users, super administrators, administrators, managers, and many others.

We conclude by reminding everyone that the true uniqueness of DirectDemocracyS lies in minimizing representation, but in empowering everyone. For this reason, we recommend that all residents, of virtually all ages, join us as official members, or at least as registered users, with verified and guaranteed identities.

If you want to be able to run for management and oversight roles, as well as to run in closed online primaries, and, if you do well, in real elections, you must at least be our official members. If, however, you simply want to be able to have a truly decisive say with your votes—not just in closed online primaries, but in literally all of our decisions, across our entire system—you simply need to be a registered user with a verified and guaranteed identity, whose votes are binding (like those of our official members) throughout our system.

The other types of users, free and lower, do not have verified identities and can vote in their respective groups and carry out many activities, but their votes and decisions are not binding on our system, but only propositional, and must be approved and authorized by the special groups and higher user types.

Operational details.

Coordination between various micro-groups and official organizations is ensured by the Human Bridges: a group of at least six official members operating across multiple territorial units. This plurality ensures a constant and unbreakable connection, while allowing each member to manage their time commitment (20 minutes per day) seamlessly and across the entire system.

To ensure perfect synchrony, each unit (from micro-groups to international organizations) is connected via liaison groups. In these spaces, human bridges and delegated members receive real-time updates and notifications, allowing for seamless and immediate coordination across different geographic and temporal realities.

Our system's fluidity is ensured by a customizable information architecture: each user, guided by targeted suggestions based on their type and role, independently decides which notifications to receive and with what priority. This ensures that each member, especially those working in connection groups, can manage their work efficiently, staying informed about the system's vital activities without being overwhelmed.