Hey Steemers,

Some friends and I have been developing a political app that takes a crack at solving the disconnect between our legislators and the people they are elected to represent. I believe this disconnect will be a big problem for the crypto community in the coming years. We are currently looking for help beta testing it.

Brief Intro:

As stated in the infographic, the basic idea is to connect our nation's outspoken political activists with the remaining interested bystanders so that their *combined leverage can shut down bad legislation or help get good legislation passed.

Opinion data on pending State and Federal bills is filterable by district and can be used to incentivize representatives to vote in accordance with the will of their constituency.

Come election time, users can also easily compare their private voting history with a representative's public voting record in order to make a much more informed vote than normal.

Why Two Account Types?

We chose to make two separate types of accounts because there are currently two types of people who care are concerned about politics: Activists and Interested Bystanders. In the app, we call them Mobilizers and Apptivists.

Mobilizers: These are public accounts that can be followed by other users and can post alerts on pending State and Federal legislation. These accounts are for people who are already actively engaged in trying to raise awareness on political issues they consider to be important. This account type logs in via web browser and requires an invite code currently. Watch the Mobilizer intro video below:

Apptivists: These are private accounts that follow public accounts and vote on the bills that the mobilizers they follow alert them too. These accounts are for the rest of us who care, but don't want to get sucked into the toxicity that pervades political discussion. These users are busy and don't have much time, but still want to be involved and have their voice heard. By following Mobilizers, they can receive filtered updates on bills from people they trust and can weigh in annonymously. This account type logs in via a simple phone app and is open to anyone with an iOS device (android coming soon!). Watch the Apptivist intro video below:

Beta Testing

We’ve recently launched our MVP of the application and I’ve set up an invite code that can be used by anyone here who would like to register as a Public Mobilizer account. Just click on this link, hit "register" and the code will auto-populate.

Our goal is to keep Apptivism free to use for both account types. Also, this app is meant to work together with other social media services like FB, Twitter, Steem, etc. It’s not a replacement.

If anyone here has any questions, I’d love to answer them and I'd really appreciate any feedback, good or bad. This is a work in progress and we will continue to improve upon it. Hopefully, we can begin to make a difference in the coming election cycle.

I'll be posting updates to this thread as we continue to develop.

Thanks in advance!

seth
apptivism.us