DEBUG POLITICS HACKATHON

info An addition to politix.io focusing on engaging users. New users are presented with a questionnaire asking for the vote on key legislation of the European Parliament. Based on this seed data the politix.io social graph is queried and calculates the 3 Representatives and 3 Lobbyists that have the strongest correlation with this user's sentiment.

meta As part of the Debug Politics Hackathon 2016 in San Francisco I focused on the problem of engaging users at https://politix.io. While the platform has a rich data set and deep links between Citizens, Representatives, Lobbyists and Bills (legislation), usage analytics have shown that most users drop off quickly from the experience.

process In a team of three we conceptualized, implemented, deployed and pitched a solution for the engagement problem in a single weekend at the Debug Politics Hackathon.  

Check out the pitching session at minute 41:30.