[JesseK]

Keep in mind that not all discussion will take place in the main wave. If a subset of people have an idea, then they can start a new wave to discuss the idea and invite the appropriate people. As the discussion intensifies, people who have done something before (such as swerve, etc) could be invited for their input.

This is where the wave bots would come in, so that pieces of the main wave are copied into the new wave.

Polls could be placed in the main wave as well in order to gauge initial thoughts from a larger perspective.