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Re:Show HN: Fantasy Congress – a fantasy sports website for ... by uoaei on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:09PM (#23237285)
If you're interpreting the scores as "goodness" you're missing the point, yes. Your concern seems to be that efforts to dispel that perspective are sparse.

I think this would help people learn about the various politicians in the same way that fantasy football players learn the stats, strengths, and weaknesses of individual players. It turns Congress from a two-headed behemoth that regularly doles out pain and suffering except to a privileged few, to a cacophony of opposing voices that each are relatively consistent (with some exceptions) about the things they tend to advocate. It sets up context for people so that when they see "Congressperson X says Y" they have a sense for how that aligns with the currents within Congress, within parties, and within people.

Re:Show HN: Fantasy Congress – a fantasy sports website for ... by clairity on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:25PM (#23237520)
> "If you're interpreting the scores as "goodness" you're missing the point, yes."

no, words have connotations, and "points" has a positive-esteem connotation. change the word to something like "kills" and see how the connotation changes.

Re:Show HN: Fantasy Congress – a fantasy sports website for ... by asebold on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @01:39PM (#23237718)
Bingo. Also my hope is that Fantasy Congress will help teach people how Congress works, similar to how fantasy football taught me the rules of football. How many people turn on C-SPAN and actually know what's going on? I'll admit, the first few times I tried to follow along I was very confused and discouraged.