Politician Market
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parody website
SHOW HN2012
334points
144comments
#30of 1,677 in 2012
Top 2%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 2 for, 7 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Site is nicely done and idea is brilliant
From 2 comments
I think corruption is loosely tied to wealth inequality. I suspect that large variations in the top 5% have to do with this. Humans have a tendency to compare themselves to those…
yequalsx on HNThis is absolutely brilliant.
hobin on HN
Objections
Parody that mirrors the problem rather than solving it
From 3 comments
This is a parody, but something like this could work: (1) show a list of bills that are passing Congress / the Senate (2) for each proposal, show a list of politicians that…
bad_user on HNIsn't this some kind of explicit, well-organized, distributed bribery? Legislation for dollars? Not saying it doesn't happen anyways. But not sure how this helps. Edit: Ha. Okay,…
jimmybot on HNIsn't this essentially a PAC or Super PAC. Give money to a middle man, who then "gives" it to the politicians in exchange for a vote.
funkdobiest on HN
Real-world bribery concerns; sickening idea
From 2 comments
Wow. Bribery at its most sickening.
daintynews on HNIs the site serious? If it is then shouldn't it be reported for the conception of a political corruption scheme?
jebblue on HN
Requests
Add social media buttons
From 1 comment
where are the social media buttons?
jcslzr on HN
Add bribes for appointed officials
From 1 comment
The people we really need to be able to get our bribes to are the un-elected, appointed positions like the "czar of this and that". Feature request: Bribes to those in appointed…
noonespecial on HN
Questions
Is the site serious or a parody?
From 2 comments
Is the site serious? If it is then shouldn't it be reported for the conception of a political corruption scheme?
jebblue on HNI was hoping for assassination politics, but this was amusing. Maybe I'm a bit thick, but this couldn't be legal, could it?
un1xl0ser on HN
Alternatives named
Lobbying watchdog wethelobby.com
From 1 comment
Isn't this what http://www.wethelobby.com/ is trying to do?
aleksandrm on HN
Bloomberg government tracker
From 1 comment
Too late, Bloomberg government[1] its already doing it. [1] http://about.bgov.com/
pdelgallego on HN