Aragón, PabloKaltenbrunner, AndreasCalleja-López, AntonioPereira, AndrésMonterde Mateo, ArnauBarandiaran, Xabier E.Gómez, Vicenç2018-02-192018-02-192017Aragón P, Kaltenbrunner A, Calleja-López A, Pereira A, Monterde A, Barandiaran XE, Gómez V. Deliberative platform design: the case study of the online discussions in Decidim Barcelona. In: Ciampaglia GL, Mashhadi A, Yasseri T, editors. SocInfo 2017. 9th International Conference on Social Informatics; 2017 Sep 13-15; Oxford, UK. Cham (Switzerland): Springer; 2017. p. 277-87. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67256-4_22http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33932Comunicació presentada a la SocInfo 2017: 9th International Conference on Social Informatics, celebrada els dies 13 a 15 de setembre de 2017 a Oxford, Regne Unit.With the irruption of ICTs and the crisis of political representation, many online platforms have been developed with the aim of improving participatory democratic processes. However, regarding platforms for online petitioning, previous research has not found examples of how to effectively introduce discussions, a crucial feature to promote deliberation. In this study we focus on the case of Decidim Barcelona, the online participatory-democracy platform launched by the City Council of Barcelona in which proposals can be discussed with an interface that combines threaded discussions and comment alignment with the proposal. This innovative approach allows to examine whether neutral, positive or negative comments are more likely to generate discussion cascades. The results reveal that, with this interface, comments marked as negatively aligned with the proposal were more likely to engage users in online discussions and, therefore, helped to promote deliberative decision making.application/pdfeng© Springer International Publishing AG 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67256-4_22Human computer interfacesOnline deliberationCivic participationTechnopoliticsOnline discussionsDiscussion threadsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess