# Initiatives

**URL:** https://discourse.sourcecred.io/c/the-credsperiment/initiatives/16.md

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## [About the Initiatives category](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-initiatives-category/242)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-initiatives-category/242 "2019-10-02T20:57:48Z")

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Initiatives to improve SourceCred :slight\_smile: Initiatives will be a focal point for minting new cred and flowing it to contributors. Every new topic in this category will be populated with an Initiative template. Ple…

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## [Cred Weighted Voting](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/cred-weighted-voting/268)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/cred-weighted-voting/268 "2021-10-14T22:56:08Z")

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Implement Cred Weighted Prioritization Status: proposal Champion: Initiative Description: As discussed here, we’d like to use cred-weighted voting to prioritize SourceCred initiatives. We can then give the prioritized in…

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## [Lunch & learn](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/lunch-learn/1061)

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**Author:** [@Felix](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Felix)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/lunch-learn/1061 "2021-02-09T02:08:04Z")

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Many people in the community are knowledgeable in different subjects. Some of us are experts in programming while others are experts in managing people and helping with being emotionally stable. I think it’s time to st…

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## [Opportunities For Contributing To SourceCred](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/opportunities-for-contributing-to-sourcecred/1022)

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**Author:** [@KuraFire](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/KuraFire)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/opportunities-for-contributing-to-sourcecred/1022 "2021-02-06T06:41:19Z")

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Description This is an overview of contribution opportunities. These are ideas we have that would be nice, great, or amazing to have in SourceCred. They range from fleeting ideas (“oh that’d be neat”) to the downright in…

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## [CredRank: scalable, interpretable, flexible attribution](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credrank-scalable-interpretable-flexible-attribution/654)

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**Author:** [@wchargin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/wchargin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credrank-scalable-interpretable-flexible-attribution/654 "2020-11-02T22:29:39Z")

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Description CredRank is a new variant of the SourceCred algorithm that takes a different approach to how we handle time. In early tests, CredRank: improves cred analysis runtime by about 20×; decreases output size by a…

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## [SourceCred ERC-20 Token and/or DAO](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-erc-20-token-and-or-dao/263)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-erc-20-token-and-or-dao/263 "2020-04-12T17:58:38Z")

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SourceCred ERC-20 Token and/or DAO Status: in progress! As per this thread this initiative is in progress. @burrrata is exploring what this might look like with an Aragon DAO. Champion: @burrrata Initiative Descri…

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## [Outreach \[DRAFT\]](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/outreach-draft/689)

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**Author:** [@LB](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/LB)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/outreach-draft/689 "2020-03-27T20:38:14Z")

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Description Outreach is an initiative focused on creating connections between potential new contributors and the SourceCred project/community. Eventually, this initiative may also focus on creating connections between …

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## [Productivity / Quality of Life for instance maintainers](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/productivity-quality-of-life-for-instance-maintainers/651)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/productivity-quality-of-life-for-instance-maintainers/651 "2020-03-21T03:32:33Z")

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Status: Proposal Looking for feedback on scope. Champion @Beanow Description This initiative is to save time and make it easier to maintain a SourceCred instance. Running a SourceCred instance involves an increa…

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## [The SourceCred GitHub Action](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/the-sourcecred-github-action/683)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/the-sourcecred-github-action/683 "2020-03-18T22:11:50Z")

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Status: In progress Champion @vsoch Description As touched on in https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/productivity-quality-of-life-for-instance-maintainers/651, there’s a clear need to automate maintenance tasks surr…

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## [SourceCred Instance System](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-instance-system/244)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-instance-system/244 "2020-03-18T21:06:59Z")

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Status: Proposal Currently documenting the initiative and implementation plan. Next step is working on a design doc. Champion @Beanow Description The SourceCred instances system is a way to simplify the workflows…

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## [Grain Ledger](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/grain-ledger/657)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/grain-ledger/657 "2020-03-07T23:23:17Z")

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Description Grain (a project-specific token tied to cred) is a vital part of the SourceCred system. However, right now we don’t have any code-reviewed infrastructure for distributing, tracking, or displaying grain balan…

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## [CredCon](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credcon/531)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credcon/531 "2020-03-06T17:42:25Z")

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Description A SourceCred event where very involved contributors have been invited to come together and focus on their SC projects, get to know each other, and orient on collective goals/values for the coming year. This …

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## [Enable Cred Analysis Notebooks](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/enable-cred-analysis-notebooks/573)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/enable-cred-analysis-notebooks/573 "2020-03-06T17:42:01Z")

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Description We’ve found Observable notebooks really useful; they make it easy to analyze data and share results. Creating an Observable notebook is enormously easier than creating a new dedicated interface within Source…

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## [WeightedGraph; Enable plugins to set weights](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/weightedgraph-enable-plugins-to-set-weights/664)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/weightedgraph-enable-plugins-to-set-weights/664 "2020-03-06T17:11:41Z")

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Description Setting weights from plugins is useful for dynamic weights, such as based on heuristics, as well as custom logic for minting cred. The initiative system is one of the first to use this, so we can enable eac…

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## [Discourse: like-minted cred](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/discourse-like-minted-cred/663)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/discourse-like-minted-cred/663 "2020-03-06T16:46:58Z")

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Description See https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/minting-discourse-cred-on-likes-not-posts/603 Status: Completed Champion Dependencies WeightedGraph References Contributions Discussion: https://discour…

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## [Retroactive Cred Activation](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/retroactive-cred-activation/446)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/retroactive-cred-activation/446 "2020-03-06T15:39:47Z")

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Description Lots of people did lots of cool stuff, but didn’t get the recognition or rewards they deserved. Without their contributions we would not be here today, but frankly, we’ve forgotten about them. In the best ca…

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## [Exploring Subjectivity in Algorithms](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/exploring-subjectivity-in-algorithms/487)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/exploring-subjectivity-in-algorithms/487 "2019-12-27T04:20:18Z")

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Description Explore the subjectivity in algorithm design using one the most iconic algorithms of the internet age: PageRank. Status Completed Champion @mzargham Benefits Make it easier for people to understa…

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## [Robust Discourse backups](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/robust-discourse-backups/592)

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**Author:** [@wchargin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/wchargin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/robust-discourse-backups/592 "2020-03-06T15:31:22Z")

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Description Over the past few months, we’ve seen an notable increase in valuable contributions on the SourceCred Discourse forum. It would be a shame if we were to lose it all! Discourse admins can create and restore si…

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## [Publish SourceCred as a Docker image](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/publish-sourcecred-as-a-docker-image/661)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/publish-sourcecred-as-a-docker-image/661 "2020-03-06T13:50:40Z")

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Description Make SourceCred (and widgets) available automatically on https://hub.docker.com/u/sourcecred. Doing so by publishing from a CI/CD build. Status: Completed Champions @Beanow @vsoch Dependencies Re…

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## [Create Identity plugin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-identity-plugin/662)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-identity-plugin/662 "2020-03-06T15:02:45Z")

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Description This plugin allows treating different platform identities as a single node in the graph, allowing one route for Cred to flow across platforms and having a single entry for your combined Cred. Status: Comp…

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## [Create Discourse plugin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-discourse-plugin/660)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-discourse-plugin/660 "2020-03-06T13:00:28Z")

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Description This includes the first implementation of the Discourse plugin. Status: Completed Champion @decentralion Dependencies Enable multiple scoring node types References Contributions Add class …

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## [Make the GitHub Plugin Robust](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/make-the-github-plugin-robust/256)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/make-the-github-plugin-robust/256 "2020-03-02T00:50:25Z")

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Make the GitHub Plugin Robust Status: proposal Champion: Initiative Description: Currently, the GitHub plugin is quite fragile. When loading a large repository, it is quite likely to fail in a variety of ways, for exampl…

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## [GraphQL Mirror fidelity awareness](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/graphql-mirror-fidelity-awareness/275)

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**Author:** [@wchargin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/wchargin)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/graphql-mirror-fidelity-awareness/275 "2020-03-01T01:19:25Z")

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Status Completed Champion @wchargin Initiative description This is a proposed change to the GraphQL Mirror API and implementation to make it more robust to incorrect and inconsistent query responses sent to us by the G…

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## [Write the Initiatives Plugin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/write-the-initiatives-plugin/269)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/write-the-initiatives-plugin/269 "2020-02-29T14:09:40Z")

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Description: We now have an initiatives category on Discourse (this one). However, SourceCred isn’t yet aware of it, so Initiatives don’t yet flow any special cred. We should add initiatives directly to the SourceCred g…

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## [Refactoring the load system](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/refactoring-the-load-system/629)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/refactoring-the-load-system/629 "2020-02-29T13:48:43Z")

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Description The existing load system was quite complex, which made it hard to change. And it needed to change, in order to support https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/unified-reference-detection/301 This Initiative is ab…

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## [Unified reference detection](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/unified-reference-detection/301)

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**Author:** [@Beanow](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/Beanow)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/unified-reference-detection/301 "2020-02-28T15:28:55Z")

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Status: in progress The core types and plumbing have been done. However existing plugins (discourse, github) have not migrated to use it yet. When they’re migrated this can be considered completed. Champion?: @Beanow D…

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## [SourceCred Discord Plugin](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-discord-plugin/283)

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**Author:** [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-discord-plugin/283 "2020-02-22T14:20:37Z")

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Status: proposal Champion?: None yet. Help much appreciated. Description: Right now, it’s impossible to earn any cred from participating in our Discord. That’s unfortunate, since people definitely do create value there.…

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## [SourceCred User Guides](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-user-guides/473)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-user-guides/473 "2020-01-09T20:05:13Z")

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Description Currently we’re building the SourceCred game as we play. Now that we have a few of the basic components figure out, however, it makes sense to document them. This will help us refine our own thinking while a…

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## [CreDAO (SourceCred + Aragon DAOs)](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credao-sourcecred-aragon-daos/459)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/credao-sourcecred-aragon-daos/459 "2020-01-06T16:22:52Z")

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Description Credao is a Github App. The \[rough\] goal is to enable github users to install the app to their org or repo and have an Aragon dao automatically made. SourceCred cred is retrieved and used as a metric for aird…

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## [Organizing SourceCred's Discourse](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/organizing-sourcecreds-discourse/468)

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**Author:** [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/organizing-sourcecreds-discourse/468 "2020-01-05T23:13:04Z")

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Description Status Championed and in progress. Champion @burrrata Benefits It will be easier and more fun to play the SourceCred and engage with the community :slight\_smile: Implementation Plan Go throug…

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