Hi HN,I’ve been quietly building an experiment called Society Speaks to explore a question that’s bothered me for a long time:Can we measure public opinion without flattening it into polls, comments, or outrage?Instead of comments or demographics, the system uses: • clear statements • simple voting (agree / disagree / unsure) • optional short explanationsPeople aren’t grouped by who they say...
I built GoodGrid partly out of nostalgia around an idea i've long harboured for a million dollar homepage for good and because I wanted an easier and more fun way to raise money for good causes, ideas and products. I would love your feedback
NHS Reform: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/1/how_should_we_improve... Mental Health: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/10/mental-health-awaren...
Environment & Economy:
Climate Solutions: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/12/climate-change-solut... Free Ports Analysis: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/3/are-free-ports-good-o...
Society & Education:
Digital Wellbeing: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/13/smartphone-free-chil... Education Future: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/8/future-of-education Economic Inequality: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/9/wealth-inequality Housing Access: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/7/affordable-housing
Technology:
AI Impact: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/11/ai-and-automation Platform Regulation: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/5/social-media-regulati...
Policy:
Immigration: https://societyspeaks.io/discussions/6/immigration-reform
Technical implementation:
Flask/Python backend with PostgreSQL Opinion clustering API integration Location-aware discussion filtering Tailwind CSS for responsive design Replit infrastructure Pol.is
Key features:
Real-time opinion cluster visualization Geographic scope filtering (city/country/global) Topic-based categorization Cross-referencing between related discussions Consensus highlighting across viewpoints
The platform integrates research from collective intelligence and deliberative democracy fields, with particular focus on how geographic context influences consensus-building. Current technical focus:
Scaling clustering for larger datasets Geographic verification without compromising privacy Cross-topic relationship mapping Automated moderation systems
Looking for feedback on how i can improve it and make it as useful as possible. Its currently just me and entirely bootstrapped.