Not Completely Unusable
This app is going through what seems like multiple identity crises. Not only the name change, but the entire formatting and content of the app. Countable was hard to navigate but clearly made for mobile and at least somewhat intuitive. This new thing, Causes, is neat but I have no idea what is going on. Idk what content it's even trying to serve anymore, it does not seem like it cares about bills as much as whatever the latest political news is. The app is super hard to navigate and is very unintuitive in its design; nothing makes sense. It's formatted all weird like it's some mobile/desktop hybrid webpage and is janky. What on earth happened here? If this was the official Causes update it is half-baked and needed another year or two in development. Why bother sending out emails? I can't get anything done on the app so fix that before you tell me what new shenanigans and tomfoolery our politicians are up to again.
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Great way to stay informed
The Countable app is a great resource for learning and keeping up with what’s going on in the federal government. The app updates every time a bill originates, is voted on, or is amended. The purpose, the history, the progress and the arguments for and against each bill and each issue is explained fully, and in straightforward layman’s terms. Countable is possibly the best source of thorough, factual, unbiased information there is.
Users can vote to Agree or Disagree on each issue and comment. Each time you comment with your own opinion, you have the option to send your comment to your elected officials, and to spread your message by other means, such as posting it on social media sites.
I highly recommend this app for anyone interested in up-to-date, thorough information about what goes on in the federal government.
Users can vote to Agree or Disagree on each issue and comment. Each time you comment with your own opinion, you have the option to send your comment to your elected officials, and to spread your message by other means, such as posting it on social media sites.
I highly recommend this app for anyone interested in up-to-date, thorough information about what goes on in the federal government.
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Genius!!
Great app that lets you comment on current ideas, voice your opinions to others AND your congressmen/women, AND follow/like others’ comments.
Cuts out so much of the hate and negativity that is evidenced in Twitter and etc when folks have the opportunity to respond to other people’s comments directly. Keeps comments focused on the issues, makes users read the details on the issues and others comments before commenting directly, educates the user.
I believe all voting Americans should be required to stay current through an educational/conversational app like this in order to qualify for voting privileges. We have become to crowded with people who are too stupid to even know what is good/right and what is bad/wrong for themselves. Get on this app, READ AND LEARN something, and then TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN/CONGRESSWOMAN - make a difference!!!
Also - the people on this app are great and the address verification helps weed out non-US-users, but there are clearly some Russian trolls sowing disinformation campaigns like Sneaky Pete and others. Watch out for pro-communist propaganda disguised as republican talking points. Watch out for pro-communist propaganda disguised as democratic concession points.
Cuts out so much of the hate and negativity that is evidenced in Twitter and etc when folks have the opportunity to respond to other people’s comments directly. Keeps comments focused on the issues, makes users read the details on the issues and others comments before commenting directly, educates the user.
I believe all voting Americans should be required to stay current through an educational/conversational app like this in order to qualify for voting privileges. We have become to crowded with people who are too stupid to even know what is good/right and what is bad/wrong for themselves. Get on this app, READ AND LEARN something, and then TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN/CONGRESSWOMAN - make a difference!!!
Also - the people on this app are great and the address verification helps weed out non-US-users, but there are clearly some Russian trolls sowing disinformation campaigns like Sneaky Pete and others. Watch out for pro-communist propaganda disguised as republican talking points. Watch out for pro-communist propaganda disguised as democratic concession points.
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App is good, users positions very one sided
The app is really interesting and quite useful, but it’s defiantly 80 to 85% liberal/leftist users. It’s clear after spending even a few minutes looking at the voting and some of the comments to see this app is dominated by left wing users. That doesn’t make the app bad by any means, but just be prepared to see some pretty nasty (and sometimes outright insane) comments.
Also note the voting system on all the issues skew obviously along political lines, making that whole tool basically useless since no one seems to actually analyze the issue before voting. Every outcome is around 15-20 one side, 80-85 the other (which in case people don’t know, doesn’t represent the country).
Also note the voting system on all the issues skew obviously along political lines, making that whole tool basically useless since no one seems to actually analyze the issue before voting. Every outcome is around 15-20 one side, 80-85 the other (which in case people don’t know, doesn’t represent the country).
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Very left leaning
Good: knowing the Bills and Laws as well as other information as to what’s happening on the hill, knowing who represents you, how they’re voting and being able to communicate with them, plus very timely notice when a new bill is submitted and your Reps votes cast. Easy to understand format and love the edit button to clean up your post as necessary. Last but not least is the free speech platform allowed when commenting.
Bad: can’t respond to others comments directly and there is a LOT of disinformation and misinformation by the uninformed and trolls. Additionally many of the topics are clearly biased in their headlines and content. The polls more than reflect it to ridiculous degree. Remove the partisanship, the hate and the bias and thus site will explode with new subscribers.
Bad: can’t respond to others comments directly and there is a LOT of disinformation and misinformation by the uninformed and trolls. Additionally many of the topics are clearly biased in their headlines and content. The polls more than reflect it to ridiculous degree. Remove the partisanship, the hate and the bias and thus site will explode with new subscribers.
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Another liberal pout fest
I will give it to them at least they try and make it look like they’re not a bunch of liberals. They have about 1 out of 10 topics that could almost be construed as right leaning. They do have some counter points to most arguments but some are so ridiculous as to make right thinking people out to be monsters. Like we want to lock up all children and rip them from their mothers arms. About 75% of comments are made by the crying liberals that still haven’t gotten over the 2016 loss that they experienced. They are still heartbroken because of the reports that countable keeps posting making it look like President Trump is through are thwarted time and time again. It’s kind of refreshing seeing all of the comments of the left after they experience another loss.
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A good start
I have long wished I had the ability to develop apps because I have felt that a social network for political action would be a great idea. This app is a good start forwards that goal. I like that comments can be endorsed but don’t degenerate into back and forth trolling. I like that the app gives background in bills before Congress and allows users to notify there reps how the would like them to vote and provide messages.
What I feel it lacks and would greatly like to see added is a report card. I would like to get feedback of how my reps voted on the different bills and alerts when they voted opposite of my wishes. I would also like to see the vote tallies be broken down for my state and district rather then just all users. I am really enjoying using it so far but only gave it three stars because it hasn’t reached its potential yet.
What I feel it lacks and would greatly like to see added is a report card. I would like to get feedback of how my reps voted on the different bills and alerts when they voted opposite of my wishes. I would also like to see the vote tallies be broken down for my state and district rather then just all users. I am really enjoying using it so far but only gave it three stars because it hasn’t reached its potential yet.
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Good, but one more feature I’d love to see
I love Countable. It makes it even easier than ResistBot to contact my reps, and it’s nice to have one place to go to browse issues and speak up about things that concern me. My only suggestion is that it would be nice to see the total number of bills I’ve contacted my reps about.
It’s great to see more Americans getting involved in the legislative process, which is the way it should be, and I think adding overall stats would be a good way to motivate newer voters and those who aren’t used to reaching out to their congressional representatives to continue exercising their rights.
I know I can see the number of issues i follow in settings and my activity feed, but data like the number of bills I’ve voted on and how many times I’ve followed that with a message to my reps — perhaps broken down by category — would be hugely satisfying.
It’s great to see more Americans getting involved in the legislative process, which is the way it should be, and I think adding overall stats would be a good way to motivate newer voters and those who aren’t used to reaching out to their congressional representatives to continue exercising their rights.
I know I can see the number of issues i follow in settings and my activity feed, but data like the number of bills I’ve voted on and how many times I’ve followed that with a message to my reps — perhaps broken down by category — would be hugely satisfying.
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Some Pros, Some Cons...
First, I like Countable because it is an easy way to keep track of the legislation currently being acted upon in our government. Recently, Countable changed my ‘Representative’ based on who knows what information, and it is incorrect. I have double-checked my address and profile information, but Countable apparently wants to put me in a different legislative district (please not it was changed after the new session and was correct, and then changed again and is incorrect). I am guessing this is an algorithmic glitch? I love the summaries of the arguments for yay or nay, but I wish some folk would read them (ie I note people ‘vote’ the wrong way on the website/app based on their commentary). Perhaps a moderator? Finally, I love being able to contact my representatives, and have had both personal and automated replies dependent upon the thoughtfulness of the message and the representative. However, see my first comment for the accuracy of this information.
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Major problem
What do you do if your congressional district has changed since you initiated your account? Apparently nothing so you’re stuck receiving notifications on politicians who do not represent you. When I first downloaded the app I lived in PA District 2. Then a court ruled (correctly) that my state was unfairly gerrymandered and ordered that it be redistricted. Now I live in District 4 as of January 3, 2019 even though I did not move. But the app still thinks I live in District 2 and no way to change it seems to exist. Really, it’s a dumb way to design an app. I know not everybody’s district changes but a lot do because of court decisions or just standard redistricting. And what if I had simply moved? How would I change my settings? Maybe I’m missing something but it should not be a complicated adjustment to make. I sent an email to the developers but I got an automated response saying I might not get a response because of the high volume of emails they receive. Great idea for an app hampered by this design flaw.
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