Conviviality — Operational test: Interfaces surface shared control settings instead of only provider defaults.
Operational test "Interfaces surface shared control settings instead of only provider defaults." for Conviviality in the Core concepts glossary category.
Operational test
Interfaces surface shared control settings instead of only provider defaults.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Conviviality is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Conviviality in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Conviviality performance over time.
The degree to which tools and institutions expand people’s agency, cooperation, and right of refusal instead of enclosing them. Convivial systems keep permission surfaces wide, make opting out safe, and let communities shape the service.
A. Core concepts. These terms define the Ethotechnics discipline itself and set expectations for moral system design.
Extends human-centered design by insisting that agency and refusal remain durable at scale.