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Polis mentions (9)

• Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok

  Vtaiwan is inspiring beyond words, and I hope to give Audrey tang a big hug one day. It was forked from Polis I think - https://pol.is/home. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Conversation on the 2022 Windsor Municipal Election

  If you are interested in reading more about the tool itself here's their homepage, it's pretty neat! Source: over 1 year ago

• Thoughts from an American: How to get Americans to support the Iranian protests

  A third idea is to do it online using a platform specifically designed to facilitate civil, respectful, intellectual discussion -- https://pol.is/home was linked from this recent book review by Vitalik Buterin: https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/07/13/networkstates.html. Source: over 1 year ago

• Democracy...,but the people are re...

  Here's another one that I think has a design that somewhat addresses the ignorance issue: https://pol.is/home. Source: over 2 years ago

• Polis – Large Scale Discussions

  The homepage is https://pol.is/home (shared for tracking purposes, so that we can know the alternatives to Polis). - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

ResistBot mentions (162)

• Discussion Thread

  Contact your representative and two senators using Resistbot, Democracy.io, or manually. And ask other people to do so as well. Sure, it’s minuscule, but that’s the main tool we’ve got afaik. Source: 6 months ago

• Yesterday, I took some flak for posting a thread encouraging people to call and email Ohio legislators. Many said "what's the point?" This is the point. Ultimately, they work for us, whether they like it or not. Don't underestimate your voice and the power of even the smallest action.

  I discovered Resistbot a few years ago and have since contacted government representatives hundreds of times - it makes the process so easy. I do it through Facebook messenger. There's also a "trending" feature where I can see the hot topics of the day in between major events like the issue 2 votes. Source: 6 months ago

• Issue 2: Keep Up The Pressure (contact your reps)

  You can also use something like https://resist.bot to send messages to both at the same time. Source: 6 months ago

• Tell HN: Submit comments on IRS guidance to SEC 174 expenses

  There are 43 comments so far. I was expecting thousands of comments. Comments can be with your name, company name, or anonymous. There's no required info you need to give other than the comment, no account required. Submitting a comment takes 'time to write comment + 5 seconds' - it was very easy. The comments have been open for 58 days, and they close in 20 days. Side note: Which of our reps should we call about... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY – weekly reminder to exercise your civic duties

  Find and contact your local Reps (Tools for templates, scripts, contact info here) –  (Alt, https://resist.bot/). Source: 9 months ago