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Review My Project - WriteYourRep.org

https://writeyourrep.org

I made this because I believe that we should easily be able to communicate with our representatives. It's easy to get caught up in the tedium of participating in politics or informing your representatives of your opinions, so I've made it dead simple to send them a letter through the mail.

The application lets you select any Senator or Representative, broken down by state. You simply type your letter, we take care of the rest and mail it to Washington, DC.

We never read your letters. They are encrypted and added to the printer queue. When the printer processes the letter, it stuffs the envelope automatically. We then delete your encrypted letter from our database entirely.

Any feedback? I know it's pretty rough looking and I'm working with a designer on facelift.

( 4 comments | 3 points | on HN )
Re:Review My Project - WriteYourRep.org by wasd on Friday January 24, 2014 @08:06PM (#7119348)
I love the project but I don't think you capture the value proposition effectively in your sales copy. My feeling is that if I keep asking myself how does this justify the cost then you didnt sell me on the value, you sold me on the feature set. I also think the value is probably working with organizations that are political in nature because they'll want their base to use this.

Honestly, the design is fine.

Re:Review My Project - WriteYourRep.org by WriteYourRep on Friday January 24, 2014 @08:42PM (#7119434)
Thank you for the feedback. I was concerned about there not being enough explanation on that as well. I will take time over the weekend to shift this around a bit. I appreciate you taking a look at the application.
Re:Review My Project - WriteYourRep.org by rahimnathwani on Saturday January 25, 2014 @01:13AM (#7120042)
Check out this UK equivalent for ideas: https://www.writetothem.com/
Re:Review My Project - WriteYourRep.org by WriteYourRep on Friday January 24, 2014 @07:02PM (#7119095)