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Re: Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

#14

If bluesky is included no reason to not include mastodon, threads, instagram,

Understandable. Our priority right now is politician and agency posts though and these accounts are just not very active on mastodon or threads. We can look further into it and another comment mentioned this too.

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#15

Looks interesting, but trending social only shows X which will lean conservative. Obviously Bluesky/Reddit will lean left but it should presumably show all bias influences? I don't think Truth Social should be included as its such a niche. Generally looks like a potentially excellent resource for marketing to media platforms. Edit: I found a Bluesky one but had to scroll down a lot. If that's to do with relative lack…

Sad news is that bluesky is on a decline while truth social is increasing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/07/bluesky-...

I wonder what will happen to trans kids in the coming years. Trans people shape the soul of the country (since the last 3 years)

Re: Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

#16
The current summary on the home page contains bias / one-sided reporting.

> While the administration describes the strikes as a necessary move to stop nuclear weapons, the conflict has already seen accidental friendly fire and threats of a ground invasion.

The balance to the assertion "this was necessary" isn't "but there's been some consequences" -- it is an exploration of the truth of the assertion.

Re: Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

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post #13

Can you prompt the AI to highlight some "hidden/unexpected causes"? For example, the bill title say fixing hospitals, but it contains some policy changes about housing.

I think that's a good idea to highlight "unexpected impact". Our system gets the whole policy for analysis so if there is something like housing impacts within a medical focused bill, Renters and Home Owners impacts should show up.

Re: Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

#18

The current summary on the home page contains bias / one-sided reporting. > While the administration describes the strikes as a necessary move to stop nuclear weapons, the conflict has already seen accidental friendly fire and threats of a ground invasion. The balance to the assertion "this was necessary" isn't "but there's been some consequences" -- it is an exploration of the truth of the assertion.

And the legality of it as well.

Re: Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts

#19

If bluesky is included no reason to not include mastodon, threads, instagram,

There are two parts here

1. Platforms politicians, governments, and media

2. Platforms which have an open (and free?) API

Bluesky seems to be the only one covering both, though less coverage on #1 than others, minus Mastodon

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