This is so cool. It's a browser plugin that inserts hover links where politicians' names are on the page. Hover to see a quick card detailing what lobbies their biggest donations come from, and what percent are <$200.
Reading about a political issue? Easily see who's in a conflict of interest. Click to learn more details about their contributions, and positions on specific campaign finance reform proposals.
Their landing page says it well: "Puts vital data where it’s most relevant so you can discover the real impact of money on our political system."
super cool - love seeing stories like this. let's get this kid some well-deserved buzz.
cc'ing founder @nickrubin - what inspired you to build this? Where's it going?
Thanks all! Just waking up in Seattle. This is an awesome site, and I'm really happy to be participating.
@eriktorenberg Since a presentation in 7th grade, I've been very interested in campaign finance and the problems in our political system. More recently, I've been teaching myself how to code. I figured something like Greenhouse would be the perfect intersection of these two passions. For the future, Greenhouse will be updated to more current (2014) data, as it becomes more substantial. I have a bunch of ideas and am still thinking about where to take it. Any suggestions?
Thanks everyone! Apologies for the delay, I'm in a break between classes. @ZackShapiro that's actually a feature I had originally implemented, but chose to remove because my site was having problems with the API calls (mod_security?). It's definitely something I'd like to work on though - thanks for the idea!
Oh - and the creator is a 16 years old high school sophomore: http://nicholasrub.in/
Not even old enough to vote, but old enough to use tech to add transparency for those who can. Super cool.
this is pretty fun, especially the name which is the same as the World's biggest Marijuana seeds provider from Amsterdam haha http://www.greenhouseseeds.nl/home
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