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by gucduck 8mo ago
And for what it’s worth, I appreciate the skepticism and questions.
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Totally fair to question it. I did ask a couple friends to go through the workflow of reading the post, trying the beta, and optionally commenting. Astroturfing is actually one of the problems I’m trying to solve. Civie has optional identit
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Appreciate that. I’ve thought about anonymous polling before, but the real push came from doomscrolling earlier this year. IG and TikTok were both feeding me nonstop political US content weeks on end, and I started feeling restless and help
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Consider me an ATProto Toucher :)
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by gucduck 8mo ago
No worries, I appreciate the intention. It definitely feels like we’re getting close to not having any easy indicators whatsoever.
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by gucduck 8mo ago
I wasn’t before, but I am now. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll dig into AT Protocol and see what’s happening there.
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Oh that's just part of my vocabulary. lol. Um, my username is gucduck on all socials if that helps? And this is my personal website: gucduck.com
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Really appreciate you trying it out. The answer-before-results flow was intentional to avoid anchoring, and the skip option is there to keep participation low pressure. On accuracy, I’m a bit cautious. Since it’s self selected, it won’t be
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by gucduck 8mo ago
That’s fair feedback. I’ve updated the post to include a section with more implementation details. It’s currently built with Next.js and Firebase. Responses are stored separately from identity data, there are no public profiles, and only ag
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by gucduck 8mo ago
Thank you! If you’re curious, would love to have you on the beta list.
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Show HN: Civie. Anonymous civic questions. Open results. No yelling(civie.org)
9 points by gucduck 8mo ago|21 comments
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Show HN: Civie. Anonymous daily civic questions.(civie.org)
3 points by gucduck 8mo ago|0 comments
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by gucduck 8mo ago
This is very much in the same space as what I’ve been building, so it’s interesting to see the overlap in instincts here! I started working on Civie ( https://civie.org ) 2 months ago, which also focuses on anonymous, low-friction