Everyone knows that our official members must create an official representative profile, which will have their geographic coordinates as their username and will automatically be assigned a personalized email address with the same username @directdemocracys.org. With this representative profile, they will create their own micro-group, which will officially represent DirectDemocracyS in each geographic, territorial, administrative, and electoral area, with up to 1,000 inhabitants.

A question many of our users, and even some visitors, ask us is: if a new user wants to use their real first and last name as their username, can they do so?

Each new user can use whatever username they want according to our username rules, as explained at this link:

https://www.directdemocracys.org/law/instructions/for-registration/best-username

If you wish to waive your right to remain completely invisible, from the outside or even from the inside, you can do so. Although we advise everyone not to disclose their real information, even if it's just a username and, if applicable, your primary country of residence.

If you wish to waive your right to remain completely anonymous and have a username that contains your real name and surname, you are free to do so, and no one can force you to change your mind, as long as your real name and surname do not contain the two "pp"s (political profile) at the end. This is because this is a superior user type that can only be requested, obtained, and used by official members who have paid their annual membership fee.

What types of users are eligible to join local geographic microgroups?

Only our official members, who have paid their annual dues and have user levels above that of official member, can join local microgroups. Those who create and manage a microgroup from the start, as founders, must apply for and obtain an official representative user level, and then create the local microgroup. They can inform the public about the existence of DirectDemocracyS and the microgroup in their urban or rural area, select the most suitable people to become new official members, verify annual dues (at the appropriate time, they can collect annual dues, donations, and other payments in cash, issuing a receipt), verify the identity of new users with verified and guaranteed identities, and officially invite new users by linking them to their political representative profile.

Shared leadership.

To implement our truly and fully shared leadership, all our registered users, with verified and guaranteed identities, can vote and decide on various issues in voting groups linked to each micro-group. If they subsequently obtain the official member user type, they will be able to access and join the micro-group, or our official organization (if the micro-group has at least 31 members). Official members will obviously vote in separate voting groups from registered users, with verified and guaranteed identities, always connected via human bridges to the local micro-groups. Higher user types will also have separate voting groups, also creating electors for each user type within the micro-group. Each micro-group could potentially have a elector for each user type present, as long as all votes and decisions are made exclusively by registered users with verified and guaranteed identities.

If every official member is obliged to become an official representative and create his own micro-group, around his home, isn't there a risk of having too many micro-groups, in the same area?

If an official member is already part of at least one local microgroup, they are not required to apply for and obtain the official representative profile, nor are they required to create their own microgroup. However, they have the option, and it is in their best interest to do so. Obtaining the official representative profile and creating their own microgroup, without "competing" with the microgroups they are already part of, helps our system expand like wildfire and offers numerous advantages and benefits. They automatically receive a certain number of points for creating the official representative profile and the new microgroup. They can become super-administrator of their own microgroup, which allows them to access various types of groups at higher levels, with a wealth of potential. By issuing official invitations in their urban or rural area, and by registering new users and official members, they will receive numerous points, which will be added to those earned as an official member previously and subsequently. In short, it's worth helping the system expand and creating micro-groups adjacent to the first one you join, and it costs practically nothing, except the price of a few flyers or photocopies.

A piece of advice.

Always join an initial micro-group, and only create a boundary group (as an official representative) with the one you're already a member of. This is because every official member and official representative has the obligation to act as a human bridge, enabling communication, collaboration, physical and virtual connection, and the completion of many activities among all the micro-groups they're part of. Don't join too many micro-groups, but limit yourself to a minimum of two and a maximum of five.

Motivation.

The maximum user type a person can have in a single micro-group is super administrator. In all other micro-groups, they can be any other user type except super administrator, and only one different user type per group, up to the level of simple member.

Reason 2.

It's not a good idea to be part of too many micro-groups, so as not to remain mere passive spectators, or worse, not to carry out any activity in some of them, risking penalties for inactivity.

Reason 3.

In addition to local microgroups, starting with your highest user level (for example, super administrator), you'll be part of all the larger local groups, such as medium groups, large groups, block-by-block groups, neighborhood-by-neighborhood groups, city, district, province, region, state, nation, continent, and international groups. With all these groups, there's a wide range of activities to do, and for best results, you shouldn't overdo the number of microgroups you join.

An important question about security and privacy.

How can the right to invisibility and anonymity be guaranteed in microgroups, where more or less everyone knows each other? The official representative of DirectDemocracyS who creates and manages our microgroup near their usual residence is a partially public figure. To prevent any problems, they must be identified and agree to take photographs with the people they contact on behalf of our system. Obviously, no one knows the identity of the personal profile, an official member of our system, which is linked to the official representative. All people who join the microgroup as official members can choose whether to join the microgroup with their own personal profile (official member), or if they wish to be partially identifiable within the microgroup, or if they wish to create their own, they must request and obtain the official representative profile and join one or more microgroups with a partially identifiable profile. In any case, the choice is up to the official member, with the only rule being that they cannot join a microgroup with two profiles at the same time.

Our advice in this case is to always have an official representative profile ready (you can also obtain a system profile, which we'll discuss in due course). If you wish to carry out political representation activities, as an alternative to managing and representing our system, you can also request the creation of a political representative profile. However, this will only be activated after blocking all other profiles you own, because those carrying out these activities cannot simultaneously manage our system.

Knowing each other in microgroups, often through relatives, friends, neighbors, or simply by simply seeing each other "out and about," creates a bond that's not only virtual on our platforms where all the activities will take place and where all the necessary meetings will be held, but also physically, with in-person meetings to share ideas and projects to pursue together, as well as other very important activities.

What if people don't want to pay but are happy to be represented by one or more members in the micro-group, preferring to carry out activities in person, and not on platforms?

To function, each micro-group must consist of at least two members who have paid their annual fee. With just two people, a wide range of activities can be carried out, both on our platforms (websites) and in person. However, to play a decisive role in our system and become an official organization, the micro-group must consist of at least 31 members. This minimum number of members allows us to divide the group's work, so that only a few members can do everything. For example, in our political organization, to carry out political representation activities, we must have several political profiles who will campaign within the official organization. The official organization has a dedicated group for political activities, a voting group for each user type, which allows them to create electors and play a leading role in the entire system, and many other benefits and advantages for everyone. Having a micro-group with few members, and not carrying out activities by documenting, managing, and verifying them on our platforms, is a choice made by the micro-group members, but it only brings disadvantages to everyone, for several reasons. First, by not carrying out and fully documenting every activity, those activities will not be recognized, evaluated, and rewarded (with many important points, to be distributed among group members based on their merits and specific activities). Even if the various activities were documented, fewer members of the micro-group, fewer activities, and fewer points, because larger groups receive more points, even for the same number of activities, than micro-groups with fewer members.

Our annual fees were never implemented to enrich a few people or groups of people. We don't charge money to make anyone pay for freedom and democracy; you already have plenty of that in all other systems, completely free.

We charge annual fees only for certain types of users because, if you want to tap into our full potential, it's only right that you take the financial risk and work concretely, alongside all of us.

If you'd like to join us and enjoy many activities with us, you can do so completely free of charge, with no obligation to be present, and without any obligation to perform certain activities with us. These are the only mandatory steps, for your own benefit, that you must complete upon first login. These steps include setting up two-factor authentication (to prevent others from using your personal profile), data sharing (if, which, when, and with whom you share certain information), and how and if you'd like to receive notifications from us about activities you'll be participating in with us. Obviously, you won't be able to vote on anything, because to vote and be part of our truly and fully shared leadership, you must be a registered user with a verified and guaranteed identity. And of course, you won't be the collective owners of our entire system; to do so, you'll need to become an official member, which will grant you numerous benefits and advantages.

A brief, very important premise.

DirectDemocracyS is not an exclusive club, and it is not reserved for privileged elites. On the contrary, anyone who respects all our rules, methodologies, instructions, motivations, and security measures, and meets all the basic requirements (being trustworthy, in good faith, loyal, honest, sincere, competent, and incorruptible), can immediately become our official member.

So we don't discriminate against anyone, but especially in our crucial initial stages, we carefully select the right time for everyone to join us. We've never rejected anyone; we've simply postponed their membership, or activation, for some people who we weren't sure were right for the stage we were in.

Generally, we place our complete trust in those who are honest with us from the beginning, even in positions of great importance and greater responsibility. Everything must be confirmed every day, respecting the rules and carrying out concrete activities, even those we may not like, if they are for the common good.

But why do we charge such large annual fees? First of all, the annual fees are very similar to those of other political parties, and DirectDemocracy certainly can't be compared to traditional political parties. For what we offer, we don't charge much, and the higher-level user groups, thanks to the potential they unlock for those who own them, certainly pay for themselves over time and are very affordable. If you think about how much money you lose with other systems, between exorbitant fees and services that are definitely subpar, we are practically more affordable, and certainly more fair, equitable, secure, and reliable.

We need the annual fees to be self-financing .

Unlike other systems and other political forces, we are completely free, independent, neutral, and we practice the only authentic democracy, as you will see in our other informative articles, and soon you will see it personally, with our micro-groups.

Whoever joins us must risk something with us.

Our first members, who had the idea of creating such a comprehensive, innovative, and alternative system to all the others, decided to create our platforms from scratch, initially spending considerable sums of money from their own pockets. They took a risk by putting some money into a common fund, but those who couldn't afford it worked hard to propose, design, discuss, test, choose, vote on, and implement countless ideas and projects, all for the benefit of all. It was a huge and very costly undertaking, so as not to be dependent on anyone and to be able to work together optimally. While there are various theories, conspiracies, and imaginary conspiracies regarding the people behind DirectDemocracyS, the undeniable truth, which everyone can verify, given the way our project is structured, is that it is a collective effort, in which everyone is a participant, and that is also why it has turned out to be so comprehensive, fair, just, and secure. We are united in diversity, and we always implement equality and meritocracy, consistently and only together, and this makes us unique and inimitable.

The initial investments made by our founders have obviously been fully recouped, and the actual work done has been rewarded. However, to ensure continued growth, without too many technical problems (making everything work requires computing power and space), to invest in exceptional security measures, and also to reward our best official members and users, each person who joins us, to achieve greater potential, must make a contribution through annual dues. They must be present continuously and actively (at least 20 minutes a day, possibly with multiple logins per day, or alternatively about 120 minutes a week, on one or more days, with one or more logins), and also perform activities they don't enjoy (in addition to the ones they enjoy), for the common good, and to ensure our enormous mechanism functions perfectly.

We divide the user types into 3: free user types (with very little potential), lower user types (with medium potential), and higher user types (with almost all potential).

Obviously the free user type has been, is, and will forever be absolutely free.

Annual fees for lower user types are a few euros per year, and are useful for those who want to test our system, investing little money and little concrete work.

Login/initial users. Free, but with enhanced security measures.

Partially verified users: €3.13 per year (if they are under 31 at the time of payment, they will only pay €1.57 per year).

Registered users: €6.25 per year (if they are under 31 at the time of payment, they will only pay €3.13 per year).

Higher user types cost a little more but have significant advantages over lower user types.

But let's look at the prices.

Registered users, with verified and guaranteed identity: €12.50 per year (if they are under 31 at the time of payment, they will only pay €6.25 per year).

Official members: 25 euros per year (if they are under 31 at the time of payment, they will only pay 12.5 euros per year).

As you may have noticed, in order to rejuvenate the world's political class and bring young people closer to political activities, those who are under 31 at the time of payment pay only half.

Of course, no one can be clever: if a person has not yet turned 31 and pays half the annual fee, they will have to pay the full annual fee for the following year. It is possible to pay for multiple years, but it must be kept in mind that after the year in which they have paid 50%, if they have turned 31 the following year, upon expiration of the initial annual fee, they will have to pay the full fee for the second year, and not two reduced 50% fees (which apply to those who have not yet turned 31 in the second year, upon expiration of the initial fee).

Please note: there are assistance programs for those experiencing economic and financial difficulties. These are calculated based on income. In short, everyone pays the full annual fee, based on the previous lists. However, for those with a gross income of less than €1,000 per month, the initial annual fees are valid for two years; for those with a gross income of less than €500 per month, the initial annual fees are valid for three years. For those without a source of income, the initial annual fees are valid for four years. For full information, including information on technology assistance, visit this link:

https://free.directdemocracys.org/law/rules/all-our-rules/rules-for-help/help-people-in-difficulty

Even in these cases, the age of each of our users is taken into account, and each year, the annual fee can be extended simply by demonstrating the age and income bracket.

You will have understood that we do everything we can to help, in a fair and just way, anyone who wants to join us.

Some quick questions and answers about annual fees.

Do official members, who by regulation are entitled to multiple profiles (political representative, official representative, system representative, all with their own personalized email addresses ending in @directdemocracys.org), pay annual fees for each profile? No, annual fees are paid only for one's personal profile, and not for those who, as our official members, also have other types of profiles. Therefore, each individual can have only one personal profile and can pay only one annual fee. Other profiles do not pay an annual fee, as long as the personal profile to which the other profiles are linked is up to date with its annual fee.

Can I upgrade from a free personal profile to a paid one? If a person meets all the requirements, such as points and active time with a certain user type, they can pay an annual fee, based on the detailed implementation rules, and upgrade to a paid user type. This can be done by paying for the membership fee, using a simple form.