Inspiration
81% of Americans say that America is more divided than united, with 96% saying that the country has maintained or increased in divisiveness in the last 10 years. (Ipsos Survey 2024) Though political polarization has significantly increased, the discussion of the issue is very minimal. (Kubin, E., & von Sikorski, C. (2021))
With so much divisiveness in social media, we wanted to platform all opinions while recognizing the differences and similarities in our perspectives. Other sites like Reddit organize by upvotes, but we wanted users to see if there was a correlation between posts that were upvoted and perceived bias from our program.
What it does
Our Solution: Recognizing and embracing our differences.
An easy-to-use social web app that assists in broadening perspectives and promoting understanding by categorizing and organizing user opinions across a wide range of topics.
And the best part: Daily Updates! Questions and discussion forums refresh daily to continuously provide users with new prompts, offering them their daily squeeze of the world’s Orange Opinions.
Features:
- Individual membership accounts
- Percentage bar that indicates how hot or cold, left or right, an answer is to a prompt
- Randomizer wheel option to encourage users to answer questions they might not pick for themselves
- Users can easily filter answers to prompts by categories
How we built it
User Interface:
- Integrated Next.js develop cohesive web design
- Icons and logos designed using Procreate and Canva
Server Features:
- Built with Node.js & Express.js
- MongoDB for Database
Challenges we ran into
- Learning and implementing new frameworks and languages in a short time period
- Categorization of prompt answers to determine bias
- Database implementation and troubleshooting
- Backend API calls to the database weren't displaying correctly on the front end.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- Successfully integrating new tools and skills to create a fully functioning full-stack project
- Effective teamwork with strong project management, delegating tasks and maximizing productivity
What we learned
- Web development
- Back-end development
- Database management
What's next for The Orange Opinion
- Adding local, state and nationwide opinions tabs to see how location affects opinions and perceived bias.
- Adding a more robust perceived opinion system
Built With
- express.js
- mongodb
- next.js
- node.js
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