[TEMP CHECK] Update forum features

EzR3aL · July 24, 2025, 11:13am

Title: [TEMP CHECK] Update forum features

Author: @EzR3aL

Date: 2025-07-24

Simple Summary

This proposal seeks to update the Aave governance forum with features natively provided by Discourse.

Motivation

The Aave governance forum hasn’t really changed since inception in 2020. Over time many new features have been introduced by Discourse which would allow the DAO to be more transparent, offer more flexibility and efficiency, best examples are AI tools like “Summarize” or lables and custom pfp flairs. These could help to identify trusted member within the DAO like Orbit-Delegates or several SP.
Here are some examples that could be implemented:

As can be seen in the screenshot, we could add name tags to forum accounts and a small icon indicating that this user is a recognized delegate under the Orbit program/SP/etc.

Discourse also enabled some AI tools. In this case its a tool to summarize threads, including comments. Making it easier to follow conversations, or get a quick update on a bigger proposal within a short timeframe.

Specification

The idea is to identify different options Discourse is offering and implementing these, if they have a positive impact and can be implemented without disturbing the workflow within the DAO. I will be taking care of these changes and accordingly adjust tags, logos, etc.
In order not to create a governance overflow, the idea is to create only this one proposal to get approval from the DAO to implement these changes in the background continously. The DAO will be informed about each change and the benefits of the implemented features upfront.
EDIT: All changes only include free of charge features.

Disclaimer

I have not been compensated for creating this proposal.
I am an eligible Orbit delegate.

Next Steps

Publication of TEMP CHECK to gather community & service providers feedback, and escalate to TEMP CHECK Snapshot.
If TEMP CHECK is approved, this thread will be updated continuously.

Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via CC0

MarcZeller · July 31, 2025, 9:40am

The ACI is supportive of this net positive proposal, because @EzR3aL is already an admin and this proposal doesn’t have any funding request, we suggest implementing directly after Temp check to reduce governance bloat.

ACI · July 31, 2025, 9:46am

The current proposal has been escalated to TEMP CHECK Snapshot under Skywards.

Vote will start tomorrow, we encourage everyone to participate.

phenk53 · August 4, 2025, 7:49am

Fully support this initiative!
Improving the forum’s usability and transparency is a low-cost, high-impact step that will benefit the entire Aave community. Features like AI summaries and delegate badges can make governance more accessible, especially for new participants, while also saving time for active delegates.

EzR3aL · August 4, 2025, 11:15am

After Snapshot monitoring, the current TEMP CHECK Snapshot ended recently, reaching out both Quorum and YAE as winning option, with 870.4K votes.

Therefore [TEMP CHECK] Update forum features has PASSED.

With the approval of this TEMP CHECK this post will from now on be used to continously update the community about changes via a changelog.

EzR3aL · August 5, 2025, 7:04pm

Changelog:

Added tags to each actively engaged SP & Orbit delegates
Added a small icon to the profile pictures of each actively engaged SP & Delegate

This should help reduce spam and scam by imitating accounts and give more clarity to a forum user reading a comment from someone with a tag.

Added the AI summary feature to the forum. You can find it at the end of each post.

This should help to get a quick summary and overview about the topic and the comments already made to a proposal.