will not let me create an account
Great concept(!) but not helpful
Promising
If the code for this were open source, I would contribute.
Can we get a built-in feedback button? There are a few bugs I’d like to report, e.g. in discourse, if the main comment of the thread is long and there are no other comments on the thread, the “show more” button doesn’t work so it’s impossible to read the full comment.
There are also a few features I’d like to request:
1. Easy access to a copy of the community guidelines we were shown at the start of the app, so I can reference them before posting or if I think a comment might violate those guidelines.
2. More info about the “sponsored legislation”: even if this opens a google window, that would be super helpful.
3. Some way to request more info on a comment? The point of this app seems to be to encourage thought-out discussion (as opposed to “I hate this person because their clothes are green”) and I’ve seen some comments where I wish the user would post a source—there’s so much misinformation nowadays that it’s hard to take someone at their word without a source. (Also yes I know I can just comment and ask for a source, I mean it would be nice if this feature was built into our community since it seems like it might get some use.)
4. A feature to explain why I am “flagging” another comment. I have flagged 2 comments because they were “I hate this person because their clothes are green” types of comments, which I think violates community guidelines (but I don’t know because I can’t review them, re:1). I don’t think the posts should be removed, I just would like the user to explain their thinking instead of making declarations.
Sky’s the limit!!
Crashes
Not Bad, But
App doesn’t work
Response from developer
Hi sicromoft, Thanks for downloading our app and giving us feedback! Sorry to hear you’re having trouble! If you don’t mind reaching out to hello@govside.com or on any of our official social channels @govside so we can better help you out directly. We haven’t had any cases of others unable to get through onboarding, and would love to learn more.
Why no bill info?
That’s not the easy o was expecting it would basically mean a bill a day. Also even the names of the bills can be misleading so I think there should be a pop up or page where it can simply explain it. I am not a lawyer or a lawmaker but a simple citizen interested in helping democracy.
Please add this, so far I’m only able to swipe left on a couple things since I isn’t don’t know what many stand for or what the political beliefs are of the reps.
Also the birth chart wheel is very sticky o almost put the wrong date this could spell disaster for your app please fix that immediately or people will start accounts and get locked out and be unable or unwilling to set it up a second time and your app will die like our democracy has.
I’ve rated you 3 stars for ease of use but Lilly won’t use you much or for long if I can’t easily find out what they people stand for/ vote on/ what bills actually mean
Thank you
Response from developer
Hi gingerplants! Thanks so much for downloading our app and trying us out! Currently the information you’re looking for is accessible by clicking on the card itself, you’ll be able to see an official or candidates bio, sponsored legislation, who their donors are and even recent stock trades! As for bills if you click on them you’ll be able to see a summary, 5 bullet points, who sponsored them and even how likely your representatives are to vote for or against it as well as the full bill as needed. We are pushing a new version to address the birth wheel as well so stay up to date and we’ll have this up in a jiffy! Appreciate your support and thank you for the feedback!
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Response from developer
Thanks so much Felix, our recent update will address the date of birth slider. If you’re looking for sponsored legislation from a specific member, be sure to try and click in on the card itself and you’ll be able to see all their sponsored legislation on the full card breakdown. If that doesn’t do it for you, please email feedback@govside.com with your additional suggestion and we’ll work on prioritizing that in our backlog and get it out to you in a jiffy! Thanks for your support!
