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Platform draft CF-002CF-003CF-004OD-001OD-014OD-002OD-005OD-006OD-008

SYN-046

The online platform

The community runs an online repository and interactive hub: a linked web of policy and consequences documents, a repository of information with a clear process to follow, documented and trackable reporting, a testimonials page for public or anonymous messages under a proposed no-names rule with human review, and a central management portal for the committee. This is the platform whose seven features Stage 3 specifies (F1–F7); these source ideas map into that specification and nothing here adds an eighth feature.

Deliberately left open

CF-002 (emergency broadcast of accused identity), CF-003 (login-required filing), CF-004 (non-binding votes) all live in this platform's specified behaviour; OD-001–OD-014 carry its open decisions, including OD-002 (alert method), OD-005/OD-006 (comment attribution and moderation — the no-names testimonials rule feeds OD-006's options), and OD-008 (public vs member-only). POPIA flags per register §5 apply to everything here.

The platform hosts every unresolved conflict flag (CF-002/003/004)

The three conflict flags all live inside this platform's specified behaviour: emergency broadcast of an accused's identity (CF-002), login-required filing (CF-003), and non-binding votes (CF-004). This draft is where those tensions become concrete software.

If left open Because the platform is where the flags take effect, shipping features before the flags resolve bakes the unresolved conflicts into live behaviour — the point at which a design tension becomes real harm.

Options for resolution

  • Gate each affected feature behind resolution of its conflict flag
  • Ship review-only features first and defer emergency/filing until CF-002/003 resolve
  • Track each flag against the specific feature it governs so nothing ships silently

OD-001–OD-014 open decisions embedded in the platform

A whole band of open decisions rides on this platform, including OD-002 (alert method), OD-005/OD-006 (comment attribution and moderation — the no-names testimonials rule feeds OD-006), and OD-008 (public vs member-only).

If left open Each undecided OD is a place where the tool will behave by default rather than by decision. Left open, the platform's most consequential behaviours (who sees what, how alerts work) are set implicitly by implementation.

Options for resolution

  • Resolve the platform-critical ODs (002, 005/006, 008) before enabling those features
  • Set safe defaults (member-only, no-names) and revisit as decisions land
  • Sequence feature releases to match the order ODs are resolved

POPIA obligations apply across the whole platform

Register §5 POPIA flags apply to everything on this platform — reports, comments, votes, testimonials, and any linkage between them.

If left open A single platform aggregating sensitive community data is a concentrated POPIA and breach risk. Treating privacy as a per-feature afterthought here would compound exposure across the whole system.

Options for resolution

  • Apply privacy-by-design and obtain professional POPIA advice before go-live
  • Minimise collection and retention platform-wide by default
  • Document lawful basis, custodians, and retention for each data type on the platform
Where this comes from · 6 source items

This draft merges what the community actually said across 6 source items — every source ID is permanent and traceable.

  • GTC-036 Create online repository for documents resources: Documents
  • OPIN-017 Need: Web of policy and consequences documents
  • OPIN-079 Repository of information needed for community to access – clear process to follow
  • OPIN-080 And for reports to be documented and tracked
  • OPIN-151 testimonials page for anyone to share a public/anonymous message for the community to read. . This could have a "no names allowed" rule. And a human review process.
  • OPIN-152 The Committee needs a central management portal

Themes · tooling and repository · reporting and channels · anonymity and privacy · governance and legitimacy

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