Frequently asked questions

Aebly Media is a civic platform built on three things: reading the news from every perspective, voting on the real legislation your representatives are deciding, and building a political compass from those decisions. The goal is simple — walk into the voting booth knowing exactly where you stand and why. Conviction over comfort.

Your compass is built from your actual votes, not a personality quiz. Every position you take — on news articles, congressional bills, executive orders, Supreme Court rulings, and civic stance questions — nudges your coordinates along two axes: left and right (economic) and libertarian and authoritarian (the role of government authority). The result is a position you earned through real decisions, not one an algorithm assigned to you.

Yes — free to sign up and free to use. You can create an account with Apple, Google, or an email address in about thirty seconds and start building your compass right away.

For each story we cluster articles from across the spectrum — left, center, and right — and tag each source’s lean using ratings from Ad Fontes Media, AllSides, and Media Bias/Fact Check. An AI summary, powered by Anthropic’s Claude, lays out what happened first, and then you see how each side frames it. You read all three and decide for yourself.

No. We don’t push you toward the left, the center, or the right. We show three perspectives on every story and trust you to weigh them. As we put it: we want you to think, not what to think. The only agenda we have is that your convictions are genuinely your own.

Yes. Your bill votes, compass coordinates, stance reasoning, and reading activity are private by default — only you see how you voted. You stay in control of what, if anything, you choose to share.

We don’t sell your data, and we never use your civic decisions — your votes, your compass, or your reading history — to target advertising. Your activity on Aebly is yours.

Instead of only talking about politics, Aebly lets you weigh in on the actual text. Each bill is broken into plain-English provisions, with the original language inline and both sides of the argument explained. You can vote on provisions, riders, and grants of authority separately — and the same goes for executive orders and Supreme Court rulings.

Based on your address, Aebly assembles your real ballot — the candidates and races for your congressional district, loaded from public FEC data — along with a timeline tracking filing, primary, and general-election dates. Each candidate has a profile so you can compare them against your own positions. Aebly user sentiment updates hourly, but it’s an opinion poll, not a prediction.

Aebly Media was founded in San Diego by Julius Aebly and John Neri. You can read more about the team on the Who We Are page. For anything else — bug reports, feature requests, or just to say hi — reach us at juliusaebly@aeblymedia.com or through the feedback form in Settings.

We’re on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, and Facebook — @aeblymedia on most of them (Instagram is @aebly_media). You’ll find the links in the footer at the bottom of any page.