Let's talk about vote-ified

Vote-ified is one of my favorite ideas to come out of this project. The problem this group tackles is a very real one that hurts the United States. How are we supposed to have our interests represented if we do not participate in electing those who would represent our interests? I think the concept is where this project shines, but the plans for execution are not too great.

First of all, it is an app that really helps with giving easy access to voter registration and for states that support it, online voting, which is great. But how are you going to get its target audience, teenagers, to download and use the app? This was the part that really stuck out to me the most. How will you generate any revenue if you can't get people to even download the app? How will you sustain? You won't.

Second, the group seemed confident that running and maintaining an app of this fashion is free. Maintaining an app will cost thousands of dollars over time. The server costs alone will make a good portion of these costs. As previously stated, if they do not advertise they will most certainly not have any users, and if you have no funding plans how will you afford advertising?

Third, this is a seasonal app. Sure, there are elections year-round, but most people will "tune in" for the presidential election and then stop using and even delete the app. How do you deal with seasonal users? I never got to ask this question, so we did not really get to address the issue and the group did not address it on their own.

The group also kind of refused to answer questions during the question part of the presentation. Tucker attempted to answer, and then looked to the group who then said nothing and made no attempt to answer. This I think was one of the worst displays in the presentations as far as groups themselves go. As a member of the audience I felt insulted when the group would not answer and had no sort of excuse for it.

So would Vote-ified work? I think with a considerable amount of tweaking and adjustments made to the current plan this app could do well enough for itself. And I think enough people could get interested with the right design and the right marketing. I would probably use the app myself during the presidential elections.