I believe this idea is closely related to Pairwise coordination subsidies, but I am now in the process of developing a project called DeCartography, inspired by these ideas. In a nutshell, when participants list from GR etc. are imported, cloud workers can work and DeCartography can create a social graph from people’s responses (assumptions).
This works like an oracle, and can provide data called Social Distance to the FDD team at Gitcoin. Because it can be used to adjust the voting power, we are planning to get money from here.
This is like a Web3 version of MTurk, and can send small amounts of crypto to end users as a reward for their work. In essence, it is only a validator of the oracle, but I think it can also contribute to the on-ramp of new users as Proof-of-(human)work.
I am currently preparing for beta testing, and the UI for end users to input has been completed. First, I plan to test for GR2, and ask FDD’s @DisruptionJoe for data on “who donated to which project”. Access was not allowed due to permission, so cooperation is required.
I am developing this with feedback from Glen Weyl, and also contributing to the operation of the Plurality site. However, as you mentioned, it will take approximately $1M until we receive a grant (until the results start to appear). Will superodular.xyz incubate such a project for us?