What is Seed?

Seed Hypermedia is a decentralised publishing and collaboration tool for the web without central servers. The system features advanced digital signatures and hypertext linking capabilities to maximise collaboration and content reuse. Seed allows creators and publishers to distribute their work, interact with their audiences and collaborate with their communities outside the control of social media intermediaries.

The Observatorio de Medios of the Fundación Haz and Ethosfera uses this tool because we want to create a community and collective intelligence and receive feedback on the standards we have been developing with our working group. Seed allows us to invite members of the media sector to participate in the consultation on our standards in a dynamic way, allowing participants to not only share their ideas with us, but also with each other, fostering a discussion on these very relevant issues.

How to download the app

To participate in the deliberation and public consultation of the Media Observatory standards, you need to download the Seed application. This can be done at the following link:

Once you have downloaded the app, creating an account is as simple as writing your first and last name.

With your account you could write anything on your own page, create documents and leave comments on existing documents.

You can share your account with others by copying the link and sending it to them. Find contacts by searching for their name or pasting their account link in the search bar.

How to collaborate with the Observatorio de Medios through Seed

You can find the documents of the Observatorio de Medios here:

You can also find the page of the Observatorio de Medios by searching for it. Go to the search button on the top of the page and click to open the search bar.

In the search bar you can find the documents of the Observatorio de Medios by searching "Observatorio de Medios: documentos de trabajo" or copying the link: delibera.observatoriodemedios.org/

Make sure to subscribe to the page to see updates and new comments made by other users in your "Library" page.

To comment on a specific area of the standards, simply click on it and leave a comment in the "Discussions" box that appears at the end. You can also respond to other comments, creating a discussion thread.

You can make a reference in your comment to a particular paragraph or standard by copying the link of the block and inserting it in your comment.

How to create a document

To create a document, go to your account, and in the side bar click on "+Create". A new document will be opened wherein you can share your opinion in a longer format, and you could insert references to Seed documents or other resources.

To reference another Seed document you can insert a link either to a complete document or a single block, by copying the link of that block.

You can also insert external links such as photos or videos from your device or online.