auto-generate images from bill pages for social media

[dallasjc]

Have social media share icons whenever someone makes a comment. Select one and you are taken to a new page with an auto-generated tweet based on your comment with a link to that comment. The page also has several auto-generated graphics that can be chosen, with different sentiments (protect the environment vs fight government overreach for ex).

Additional information to be included in the graphic:
an image based on the bill topic (one for education, another for judiciary, etc)
bill title
multiple lines of text that vary depending on context (see graphic examples below)

[dsernst]

Could you make an example mockup of what you have in mind?

[dallasjc]

I've revised my original comment and thinking above

I just commented on S 2722 — Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018, so let's use that as an example. I should be able to click Twitter and have an auto-generated message come up along with pictures for me to choose from

I included links to the current website, but ideally they'd be linked directly to the comment or to the person sending the tweet in some way.

The graphics could use some polish, but I think they show what I'm going for.

message:

Join me in voting Yes on S 2722: improves transparency rules around pesticides #environment https://united.vote/legislation/us115-s2722

Or someone could say

Join me in voting No on S 2722: no more unnecessary government regulations #environment https://united.vote/legislation/us115-s2722

[dallasjc]

instead of the link, we could add @united_vote or some other account to the message and tell people to retweet to vote in support of the poster. then when someone retweets, we send a tweet to them telling them how to sign up. I would guess we can do that with zapier

Join me in voting No on S 2722: no more unnecessary government regulations #environment @united_vote

[dsernst]

Here's what social media cards can look like: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/optimize-with-cards/overview/summary-card-with-large-image.html

It would be much easier if we had a single image, and then gave it text below like the standard twitter card.

[dallasjc]

Then I'd suggest using the bill sponsor for now and when we add bill topics, finding images for each topic that we could use instead. Then test to see which is more effective.

Topic images could also be used on the bill list/bill details page,