<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
is	O
free	O
software	O
for	O
political	O
opinion	O
formation	O
and	O
decision	O
making	O
,	O
combining	O
aspects	O
of	O
representative	O
and	O
direct	O
democracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
helps	O
groups	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
societies	O
or	O
organizations	O
,	O
political	O
or	O
not	O
)	O
make	O
decisions	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
a	O
traditional	O
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proxy	O
voting	O
feature	O
creates	O
power	O
structures	O
similar	O
to	O
representative	O
democracy	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
delegations	B-Application
can	O
be	O
withdrawn	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	O
Democracy	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
going	O
hand	O
in	O
hand	O
with	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liquid	O
Democracy	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
voting	O
taking	O
place	O
using	O
technology	O
while	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
is	O
a	O
system	O
trying	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
idea	O
into	O
fruition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
is	O
not	O
only	O
used	O
to	O
give	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
vote	O
rather	O
it	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
make	O
propositions	O
on	O
certain	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
ponder	O
different	O
subjects	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
evolved	O
from	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
Liquid	O
Democracy	O
has	O
made	O
it	O
so	O
people	O
can	O
fight	O
for	O
what	O
they	O
want	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
's	O
"	O
Polling	O
Mode	O
"	O
,	O
users	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
see	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
edits	O
they	O
made	O
to	O
a	O
proposed	O
bill	O
are	O
agreed	O
upon	O
or	O
not	O
by	O
the	O
general	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
different	O
values	O
for	O
timings	O
and	O
supporter	O
quorums	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
supermajority	O
requirements	O
for	O
certain	O
decisions	O
,	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
have	O
so-called	O
"	O
policies	O
"	O
for	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
was	O
co-written	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Nitsche	O
,	O
Jan	O
Behrens	O
,	O
Axel	O
Kistner	O
and	O
Bjoern	O
Swierczek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
October	O
2009	O
by	O
Public	O
Software	O
Group	O
e	O
.	O
V	O
.	O
after	O
being	O
suggested	O
by	O
some	O
members	O
of	O
Germany	O
's	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
unsatisfied	O
with	O
conventional	O
means	O
of	O
political	O
opinion	O
formation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
German	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
designed	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
Liquid	O
Democracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
countries	O
mentioned	O
in	O
the	O
paragraph	O
above	O
all	O
have	O
similar	O
forms	O
of	O
Liquid	O
Democracy	O
that	O
stem	O
from	O
the	O
software	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
preparation	O
of	O
several	O
national	O
conventions	O
by	O
the	O
Pirate	B-Application
Parties	I-Application
of	O
Germany	O
,	O
Austria	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
and	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
provides	O
several	O
mechanisms	O
to	O
protect	O
minorities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
front	O
end	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
while	O
the	O
back	O
end	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
PL/pgSQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
parts	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
available	O
which	O
allows	O
external	O
applications	O
to	O
add	O
additional	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
led	O
to	O
heated	O
discussion	O
among	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
German	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
:	O
Defenders	O
of	O
data	O
protection	O
criticized	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
match	O
each	O
statement	O
and	O
vote	O
to	O
its	O
individual	O
author	O
,	O
although	O
that	O
was	O
the	O
intention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
may	O
want	O
to	O
keep	O
such	O
information	O
close	O
to	O
them	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
can	O
become	O
deterred	O
from	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
voting	O
using	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
's	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Normal	O
elections	O
allow	O
citizens	O
to	O
keep	O
their	O
political	O
preferences	O
private	O
whereas	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
demonstrates	O
transparency	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
this	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
users	O
are	O
who	O
they	O
say	O
they	O
are	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
have	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
delegate	O
votes	O
could	O
create	O
and	O
enforce	O
power	O
structures	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
delegations	B-Application
can	O
be	O
withdrawn	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
is	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
voting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
allowing	O
people	O
to	O
vote	O
and	O
make	O
decisions	O
electronically	O
,	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
convenience	O
factor	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
voting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pirate	B-Application
Party	I-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
since	O
2010	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
extremely	O
reliable	O
thus	O
far	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reliability	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
decision-making	O
process	O
used	O
within	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parties	O
using	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
have	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
vote	O
delegation	B-Application
is	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
creating	O
a	O
better	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
allows	O
votes	O
to	O
be	O
transferred	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
an	O
extreme	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
July	O
2018	O
the	O
association	O
for	O
Interactive	O
Democracy	O
released	O
its	O
first	O
prototype	O
of	O
Blockchain	B-Application
and	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
called	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
Blockchain	B-Application
and	O
it	O
focuses	O
completely	O
on	O
the	O
democratic	O
sector	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
traditional	O
things	O
Blockchain	B-Application
would	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
Blockchain	B-Application
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
not	O
only	O
focus	O
on	O
democracy	O
but	O
it	O
also	O
has	O
multiple	O
real-world	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blockchain	B-Application
helps	O
secure	O
the	O
original	O
software	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
safer	O
to	O
verify	O
users	O
due	O
to	O
blockchain	B-Application
's	O
use	O
of	O
decentralized	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
lately	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
also	O
focuses	O
on	O
more	O
than	O
voting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
website	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
tailor	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
different	O
corporations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
for	O
profit	O
company	O
selling	O
the	O
software	O
of	O
LiquidFeedback	B-Language
is	O
trying	O
to	O
shift	O
its	O
focus	O
from	O
just	O
a	O
software	O
for	O
voting	O
to	O
a	O
software	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
different	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
