How it works
Five steps from screen to room.
Polis keeps the web portion short: prove personhood, tell the truth once, receive a bounded invitation, reflect privately, then join the citizenship reading when the city cell is real.
Proof of personhood
Time: 10 minutes online, or a scheduled in-person check when needed.
After: After this, Polis knows one account maps to one human and can keep invitations fair.
Intake
Time: 10 minutes for city, constraints, interests, availability, and the kind of room you can enter first.
After: After this, the system can place you without making you browse events.
First format
Time: 60 seconds to accept or decline an invitation; 90 minutes to 2.5 hours in the room.
After: After this, your first real-world context becomes the start of the matching loop.
Reflection loop
Time: 2 minutes after 24 hours, then a 30-day tie check when the invitation mattered.
After: After this, aggregate signals improve future rooms without exposing a personal score.
Citizenship reading
Time: 20 minutes around day 90, once the citizen has enough context to understand the institution.
After: After this, the member can participate in governance pathways and local accountability.