Thank you for sharing your thoughtful ideas and vision for YouCongress, Nathan!
Regarding auto-updates of current legislation, I’ve been considering building something akin to subreddits (let’s call them “halls” here) on top of our current topics. Some would be automated by us (e.g. AI polls, climate polls, bills in US Congress), while others would be managed by users. The latter would allow the owner(s) of the hall to add new or existing polls manually or via the API. For example, someone could create a hall about their local region or topic of interest. This user-driven approach could offer a wider coverage.
The downside here is whether this may lead to duplicated polls.
I think that’s a great idea. I don’t think the duplication of polls would be a problem, since it would be easy to filter aggregate results for user-created vs official polls.
Thank you for sharing your thoughtful ideas and vision for YouCongress, Nathan!
Regarding auto-updates of current legislation, I’ve been considering building something akin to subreddits (let’s call them “halls” here) on top of our current topics. Some would be automated by us (e.g. AI polls, climate polls, bills in US Congress), while others would be managed by users. The latter would allow the owner(s) of the hall to add new or existing polls manually or via the API. For example, someone could create a hall about their local region or topic of interest. This user-driven approach could offer a wider coverage.
The downside here is whether this may lead to duplicated polls.
What are your thoughts on this?
I think that’s a great idea. I don’t think the duplication of polls would be a problem, since it would be easy to filter aggregate results for user-created vs official polls.