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I think you've built a really worthwhile site. I used it for a bit and got good information from it. Here are a few things that will help it along. Under the

I think you've built a really worthwhile site. I used it for a bit and got good information from it. Here are a few things that will help it along. Under the house of reps description there should be more info on the rep's district. Where is/what does "Representative from California 37" mean. Searching by zip code would be good. Switching to a wiki back end might help -that way people can help you update the site. There's just too much info to update for a one person or a small group. Also sign-up should be less emphasized. I know you want to get people involved but these days people get turned off if they have to sigh up for a site without clear benefits. I know you can browse the site but without it but it's not clear from the start. Good job, much fortune.

condescendence 10y ago
Agreed, I love this project I just dislike how data is presented (although it is a nice interface). As for the "Representative from California 37" this is your voter sub district or whatever user you selected that was on the map, which brings me to my next point. Although I think this website is good, it doesn't target any specific users. The immediate information presented to the user such as "Representative from California 37" or popular bills is confusing and I'll make the bet that it scares users away (along with the forced signup if you couldn't find /explore). Instead of a catch all landing page I'd make the /explore more user specific. Let me paint a picture of how I see this: So you already know where the user is from, when I click "representatives" why aren't I brought to a page with MY representatives, instead I'm brought to a page with a list of people who don't represent me. I should note that the individual representative pages are spot on though I like the collection of twitter, sponsored bills, etc. I think that if people are brought to information about their specific representatives that they are more likely to 'care' about whats happening on this site.

condescendence 10y ago

Agreed, I love this project I just dislike how data is presented (although it is a nice interface). As for the "Representative from California 37" this is your voter sub district or whatever user you selected that was on the map, which brings me to my next point. Although I think this website is good, it doesn't target any specific users. The immediate information presented to the user such as "Representative from California 37" or popular bills is confusing and I'll make the bet that it scares users away (along with the forced signup if you couldn't find /explore). Instead of a catch all landing page I'd make the /explore more user specific. Let me paint a picture of how I see this: So you already know where the user is from, when I click "representatives" why aren't I brought to a page with MY representatives, instead I'm brought to a page with a list of people who don't represent me. I should note that the individual representative pages are spot on though I like the collection of twitter, sponsored bills, etc. I think that if people are brought to information about their specific representatives that they are more likely to 'care' about whats happening on this site.