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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Aragón, Pablo author Kaltenbrunner, Andreas author Calleja-López, Antonio author Pereira, Andrés author Monterde Mateo, Arnau author Barandiaran, Xabier E. author Gómez, Vicenç author 2018-02-19T11:30:08Z 2018-02-19T11:30:08Z 2017 Comunicació 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. This work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the María de Maeztu Units of Excellence Programme (MDM-2015-0502). Human computer interfaces Online deliberation Civic participation Technopolitics Online discussions Discussion threads Deliberative platform design: the case study of the online discussions in Decidim Barcelona