by betterth on 6/25/12, 1:24 PM
My question: How are you going to get well rounded debate? I can see modern liberals and libertarians in good numbers in the hacker community, but are there conservatives?
Specifically, are there New Right conservatives in the Tea Party vein? These are the people who have swept the House and won office around the country and are the loudest voice on the Right. The Republican candidate for office strongly supports most of their platform, making their platform arguably the most legitimate conservative view currently.
And I don't understand how you're going to get any of those voices, at all.
by tomkin on 6/25/12, 3:03 PM
What I would love to see is a system that validates claims made by those involved in townhall meetings and TV debates.
Nothing would please me more than to see a politician make a claim of coal only outputting X carbon, and a sidebar slide over that pulls in Wolfram|Alpha or some other empirical data with a giant FALSE. This way, they can't use showmanship to sway opinion.
by peeters on 6/25/12, 5:07 PM
From a user experience, it really bugs me that I can't preview the topics. I don't want to give you my phone # until I see what "debates" are available to discuss.
by morsch on 6/25/12, 12:43 PM
The Chat Roulette of political debates?
by tocomment on 6/25/12, 5:05 PM
Could you use this same technology to create an issue page e.g., SOPA and connect voters to their politicians?
Maybe people could get points from calling their politician through the site to vote on future issues?
What I've described is an idea I've been kicking around for a while.
by duiker101 on 6/25/12, 1:14 PM
I know, Twilio, disclaimer and everything looks ok... but still i do not feel entirely safe to give my phone number... Not that i do not trust you... but...i don't know...it feels strange, even if i use more email and mine is everywhere i am not totally ok with giving my phone around.
by vinhboy on 6/25/12, 3:52 PM
It's always weird to see someone execute on an idea I've had myself. My idea was through chat and email though. Talking on the phone is way too personal. But good luck.
by stfu on 6/25/12, 2:01 PM
I was expecting more some shouting match on who can scream his candidate's name the longest/loudest. Didn't expect that level of sophistication.
by iM8t on 6/25/12, 3:55 PM
This is crazy, but yet amazing. I'm totally gona subscribe to the RSS feed. :)
by kaonashi on 6/25/12, 6:08 PM
I can't wait until your next app "Striking my hand repeatedly with a hammer".
by brendanobrien on 6/25/12, 12:51 PM
+1 Twilio!