The purpose of the Solve the Issues
site is to promote awareness of what is going on in the world today. The site highlights domestic issues, most of
which are politically based. Each user
can then reply in a comment to each topic posted on the website. The site is intended to inform the younger
generations, mostly college and high school students. Reading over some of the headlines and
questions, I do feel as though the site is properly reaching out to its intended
audience. There are no long articles,
only tidbits of information that the reader can comment on with his or her own
opinion. Essentially, what the site is
doing is providing each user with a simplified base of knowledge. In order to fully understand each issue being
highlighted, the user would have to do some research on his or her own. This would then accomplish just what the site
has set out to do, which is to inform.
Personally, I do not find the site to be useful. I would rather start at a legitimate news
website rather than start at the Solve the Issues website. Solve the Issues is the middleman between the
reader and the actual facts of a situation. However, some of what is listed on the site is
interesting. One question I found to be
interesting was “Should the UN and world powers step in and remove the Syrian
leadership that is massacring its people?”
I found this to be interesting because this is such a basic question to
ask. There is so much additional
information that is needed in order to provide a valid answer. Overall, I would encourage certain people I
know to visit this site. The site is
simple, but yet still informative. It
may spark an interest in a user who generally does not follow these types of
issues. That person could then choose to
do some additional research and become more aware of a topic.
As for improving this website, several things should be
done. First of all, each question listed
on the site should include a short summary of the issue being asked about. This would provide more information to the
user and result in more knowledgeable comments.
Aside from the information on the site, the site could also be improved
aesthetically. The heading on the page
is outdated and bland. The rest of the
site is also lacking color and organization.
There is no “flow” on this website.
With these improvements, I feel as though “Solve the Issues” could
become a much better website.
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