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TheWorldOwl

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12. This is how in works as an app...
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 05:15 PM
Sep 2014

Last edited Sat Sep 27, 2014, 05:56 PM - Edit history (1)

I am a developer, and I do some 3D / post production as a hobby. To explain further let's use an an example.

Situation 1)
You at the store in line you load up "fairness" app. After it loads splash screen and all, you see a message and it's this....

Hammer $35 Department of Repair

below you would see a "hot or not" style option. The option in this case would be "Suspicious", "Not Suspicious", or "Don't know".

This seems normal to you, you click the "Not Suspicious" button. similar to hot or not it moves to the next. This time you see this...

EZtainment $15000 Department of Justice
Again you would see the "Suspicious", "Not Suspicious", or "Don't know" option and choose accordingly.

Just like Hot or Not you could see the hottest, in this case we would see the 'Most Suspicious".

Situation 2) Which actually comes first, but easier to understand if explained last
volunteers go to city hall and ask for public records. one by one they simply take a picture of each document.

Which as I explained earlier, once that's done the app uses OCR to "read" it into chunks explained into situation 1

Overall)
'Most Suspicious" list would be open to the public, including journalists.
With all this data being accumulated on politics, you could very realistically include 3rd party pattern recognition looking for corruption as a version 1.5 or 2.

I almost forgot to mention the bigger the database gets the more corruption it will find, version 1.5/2 would start linking things together that you normally couldn't catch, in turn making request for documents acting as computational detective, using users as data miners and verifiers.

For the upgrade you could go even further, if the user input skills (s)he had, data could be veted for that user giving better accuracy.

** I updated this post so many times...lol

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What about an activist app? [View all] marym625 Sep 2014 OP
Have you taken a look at DU's clydefrand Sep 2014 #1
Yes marym625 Sep 2014 #2
Maybe I misunderstood you inquiry clydefrand Sep 2014 #3
Well I am confused marym625 Sep 2014 #4
I am looking for ideas on an activist app marym625 Sep 2014 #5
The "app" might merely be an enabling device for Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #6
I'm really disappointed in the lack of response to this marym625 Sep 2014 #7
happening TheWorldOwl Sep 2014 #13
I was actually thinking about the same thing myself recently. Chathamization Sep 2014 #8
Thank you for replying marym625 Sep 2014 #9
check out WorldOwl's marym625 Sep 2014 #17
I have the perfect idead TheWorldOwl Sep 2014 #10
I understand most of what you said marym625 Sep 2014 #11
This is how in works as an app... TheWorldOwl Sep 2014 #12
OH THAT'S AWESOME! marym625 Sep 2014 #14
If you have any, and I mean any questions.... PLEASE ASK!!! That goes for anyone else. TheWorldOwl Sep 2014 #15
THANK YOU!!!!!!! marym625 Sep 2014 #16
What does "Donkeys ass blue or elephant turd red, who do you vote for? " mean? uppityperson Sep 2014 #18
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