I mentored a convicted felon through Defy Ventures a few years ago.
He had a wonderful idea for an app. Something that stuck with me for the last few years.
Why isn’t there a yelp for the public sector including the judicial system? Every day you walk into a court room how do you know what to expect?
If you are suddenly in front of a judge that decides your life’s fate wouldn’t you want to pull up historical data that tracks and publishes the judges decisions, the feedback from others who have been in your place, and be able to contribute after your experience?
Wouldn’t the same be good for police? So citizens can pull a badge number and see what people in that community have to say about that cop?
He wanted the app to have a panic button where users could predefine their most important emergency contacts to be pushed to social media and texted with a link to livestream what is going on (e.g. local news outlets, family, friends, lawyer(s), etc...) as the app would be broadcasting audio/video of the event unfolding.
Defy Ventures is more designed for helping someone start a food truck business than building software. The idea stuck with me though and with the renewed focus on keeping power in check it should exist. If anyone wants to talk with this man who came up with the idea let me know.
It would turn into what every review system on the web is: a place to get petty revenge. Make people use their real identity and have criminal liability for lies of commission and omission, then you might have something. But probably just one more mechanism for idiots to go to jail.
You could do drop down answers to rate officials instead of free form text. Don’t know how it would work for verifying a real identity. Maybe require Moderation and only licensed lawyers can approve a new user?
A cop leaves a ticket that a driver thinks is unfair: 1 star review
Every cop would have a one star rating, which basically tells us nothing except that some people are salty, justifiably or unjustifiably. Impossible to know for certain.
> If you are suddenly in front of a judge that decides your life’s fate wouldn’t you want to pull up historical data that tracks and publishes the judges decisions, the feedback from others who have been in your place, and be able to contribute after your experience?
A good lawyer has those things already. Having one of those is part of the privilege.
Starry eyed pro bono idealists will never realize this. They've put so much energy into making a difference that they can't see how much they can't.
He had a wonderful idea for an app. Something that stuck with me for the last few years.
Why isn’t there a yelp for the public sector including the judicial system? Every day you walk into a court room how do you know what to expect?
If you are suddenly in front of a judge that decides your life’s fate wouldn’t you want to pull up historical data that tracks and publishes the judges decisions, the feedback from others who have been in your place, and be able to contribute after your experience?
Wouldn’t the same be good for police? So citizens can pull a badge number and see what people in that community have to say about that cop?
He wanted the app to have a panic button where users could predefine their most important emergency contacts to be pushed to social media and texted with a link to livestream what is going on (e.g. local news outlets, family, friends, lawyer(s), etc...) as the app would be broadcasting audio/video of the event unfolding.
Defy Ventures is more designed for helping someone start a food truck business than building software. The idea stuck with me though and with the renewed focus on keeping power in check it should exist. If anyone wants to talk with this man who came up with the idea let me know.