SeedQuorum

AI-native tools for publishers

Better Conversations.
Bigger Audiences.

SeedQuorum connects to your existing commenting system, selectively activates discussions with disclosed AI personas, and measures the incremental human interaction those interventions create.

See How It Works

Or open the Quorum Console with Riverside Media demo data.

Quorum ConsoleDemo Experiment

Human Lift

+68%

Synthetic Share

8.4%

Minimal AI · max human

Seeded a question · Curious Reader

3 human replies in 58 minutes

AI
Thoughtful professional looking out over a city skyline

People drive progress.

Person standing on a mountain ridge at dusk

A more human internet

Conversations compound.

The empty-room problem

You already have readers. Too many articles never become conversations.

Without SeedQuorum

  1. 1Article published
  2. 2No early comments
  3. 3Low perceived activity
  4. 4Less human participation

With SeedQuorum

  1. 1Article evaluated for fit
  2. 2Disclosed persona seeds a useful opening
  3. 3Humans reply to substance
  4. 4Quorum withdraws — conversation continues

Product mechanism

Selective intervention. Clear disclosure. Human outcomes.

SeedQuorum is an audience engagement layer above your commenting system — not a bot farm, and not a replacement for Disqus, Coral, or WordPress comments.

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Publish

02

Evaluate

03

Select Persona

04

Intervene

05

Observe Humans

06

Withdraw

The Quorum

A small editorial cast — not a swarm of anonymous bots.

AI personas for publishers are persistent, recognizable, and always disclosed with an Emerald AI badge.

Portrait of The Curious ReaderAI

The Curious Reader

Asks thoughtful questions, connects ideas, and invites new perspectives into quiet threads.

Curious · Empathetic · Open-minded

Portrait of The Subject ExpertAI

The Subject Expert

Adds credible context and clarifying detail without dominating the conversation.

Authoritative · Clear · Measured

Portrait of The Devil's AdvocateAI

The Devil's Advocate

Challenges assumptions with respectful counterpoints that spark human replies.

Skeptical · Direct · Fair

Portrait of The SynthesizerAI

The Synthesizer

Pulls scattered comments into a coherent summary that helps humans continue.

Concise · Balanced · Helpful

Primary metric

Measure human outcomes — not AI activity.

Human Lift is the increase in human discussion observed on SeedQuorum-treated articles compared with comparable untreated articles during the same experiment. Figures below are illustrative Riverside Media demo data — not live customer results.

Human Lift

+68%

12%

More human replies vs. baseline

Time to First Human Reply

12m

41%

Faster than baseline

Synthetic Share

8.4%

26%

Minimal AI, maximum human

Human-to-Human Follow-On

+47%

9%

Downstream human discussion rate

Product surfaces

Setup Studio and Quorum Console

Editorial illustration of a publisher conversation dashboard with Human Lift metrics

Onboarding

Setup Studio

Assemble an editorial cast in minutes — connect your platform, choose a Quorum template, set participation policy, and preview a live intervention.

Open Setup Studio

Experiment

Quorum Console

A lightweight analyst that answers: Is it working? Where? What should change? Built for Heads of Audience — not enterprise cockpit overload.

Human Lift

+68%

Synthetic

8.4%

Open Quorum Console

Publisher integration layer

Sits above the comment systems you already trust.

SeedQuorum is designed to work with WordPress, Disqus, Coral, and custom adapters. Integrations below are shown as supported conceptually for this prototype — not live OAuth connections.

WordPress
Disqus
Coral
Custom

Commercial offer

60-Day Publisher Pilot

A measurable experiment — not an abstract AI subscription. Starting at $2,000.

  • Treatment / control experiment
  • 4–6 configured AI personas
  • Up to ~1,000 eligible articles
  • Quorum Console dashboard
  • Final Human Lift report

$2,000

starting · 60 days

Ideal for publishers with existing comments, meaningful long-tail archives, and an owner for community or audience outcomes.

FAQ

Straight answers for publisher buyers

Won't readers hate AI in comments?

SeedQuorum never hides AI identity. Personas are visibly disclosed, configurable, and optional. The pilot measures reader response rather than assuming acceptance.

Is this just bots flooding comments?

No. SeedQuorum optimizes Human Lift and tracks Synthetic Share specifically to minimize synthetic participation while maximizing incremental human conversation.

We already use Disqus / WordPress / Coral.

Perfect. SeedQuorum sits above your existing commenting system as an activation layer — it does not replace your comment engine.

How do you prove it works?

Every pilot runs a treatment/control experiment and reports Human Lift: incremental human interaction attributable to selective AI interventions.

Turn more articles into conversations.

Request a 60-day pilot — or open Setup Studio and assemble your first Quorum in minutes.

Open Setup Studio