Newcomer-only framing
Aleatory is for people early in their Polis life who need one humane first room without having to optimize themselves.
Aleatory
Aleatory keeps chance alive for newcomers.
A Polis format is a constraint system for real-world contact: small enough to be human, specific enough to be memorable, and private enough to let people be honest.
Pure-lot disclosure
The draw is by lot. Algorithm involvement is limited to hard constraints (M13): accessibility, language, schedule, safety, and no-go rules.
Why it exists
FM-04 is algorithmic monoculture. Aleatory is the countermeasure: a small, bounded interruption of pattern.
What happens after
After the room, citizens can reflect privately, but chance itself remains the format design.
Start with the directory, then choose the room.
Every format routes to the same institutional promise: no ads, no data sale, no pay-to-play matching, and no public status game.
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