Problem Space
Empathize with Users
- General American users are weary toward the government and feel it’s dysfunctional
- Those that follow politics want a social network and profile to exercise their political interests and beliefs, perhaps anonymously
- Americans want to debate — and convert — others that don’t share their views
- When reminded, people are hesitant of echo chambers that merely reflect their beliefs
- People want to understand their political stances on a deeper level
- Organizations lack reliable data that represents the populace and their political views
Define User Needs
- Americans active in politics don’t have a safe, constructive space to learn, refine, collaborate on, and exercise their political beliefs.
Solution Space
Ideate & Brainstorm
- A political social network
- Wikipedia for politics
- An app organizing political activities
Pretotype Solutions
- Landing page
- Introduce an anonymous social network — limited to one per person at registration
- Require a short political survey that helps prioritize features
- List features: profile, education, atomic political views, groups/orgs, debate with mediation
- Include explainer videos
- Explainer video
- Includes personal introduction conveying empathy and drive to solve issues
- Includes summary of features
- Crowdfunding
- Include explainer videos
- Request funding for “Pioneer” label and invites (quantity TBD)
- Itemize what funding is for: development runway and ad-based launch
Evaluate Solutions
- [Select crowdfunding platform]
- [Select web host]
- [Select tech stack]
- [Select recruiting platform]