Wriber
Productivity
content ideation
SHOW HN2015
128points
44comments
#174of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 14 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 3 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Generated ideas are useful for prompting articles
From 4 comments
I like it already. I typed in some words related to my startup and it proposed some really good prompts I could turn into articles. Other content-generation sites have given…
cscharenberg on HNWow, this was very impressive. I tried "inverse document frequency" since it was related to the report I'm working on and it came back with surprisingly good questions on the…
adriancooney on HNI tried with some niche content and got some weird combinations, but it still gave me a good ideia on how to write something about it in bullet points, which is really nice. Keep…
tyurok on HNI was skeptical, but it really works. It is going to help a lot of folks with content marketing.
WWKong on HN
Some results are impressive despite gibberish
From 2 comments
So I had to retry my search after five minutes, but was really impressed with the results. I searched "Roguelike Game Development." About a third were meaningless, a third were…
CJKinni on HNPretty cool. Returned some gibberish, and some solid sparks for topics. I wonder if you could tweak it to rank the relevance somehow. Maybe have users train it by…
damoncali on HN
Objections
Generated ideas are often incoherent or grammatically broken
From 3 comments
Tried 'waterless car wash', and got some incoherent and grammatically erroneous results like: - Which organization will make their car look? - Did dry Wash help someone to clean…
infinitone on HNI did Donkey Friend Time and got: - Discuss what sorts of organizations donkey Kong, Diddy, and Cranky are? - Did Diddy Kong refuse to hand over the banana hoard after what? -…
SandersAK on HN2 cents from the CEO of a content marketing company: One thing that humans will continue to be better at than machines for a very long time is creating interesting stories for…
landtco on HN
Messaging on the site is unclear about what it does
From 3 comments
Hey, just had a go at this for five minutes, and here's what I thought. I'm probably not your 'target customer', but here's my feedback anyway! First impression: I'm not really…
christudor on HNI'd like to echo these comments. Seems like a great tool, just needs to express it's utility to the user more clearly.
dyeje on HNI am really confused on what excatly it does. Does it generate ways to solve a problem? I would personally would like to know how many other people have searched what I was…
boniface316 on HN
Site was often down or slow due to load
From 4 comments
Our servers are blowing up right now. Fixing.
wriber on HNNot working for me. Maybe we gave it the HN hug?
chipgap98 on HNAnd.... its down
sgtnasty on HN"data literacy education" Waiting since last 5 mins :(
jpatel3 on HN
Requests
Add a beta signup or sign-up without a demo
From 3 comments
Agree on the demo points here. I saw the video and want to try the product. I don't need a demo at all. Just let me sign up. Or request a beta invite, or something. I definitely…
cscharenberg on HNNot working for me. Sounds interesting though, make a beta signup for notification till it is down?
wirddin on HNSuper duper shit mate. You should definitely have a beta signup or some other form for folks who either visit and its down or don't want to demo right away?
kamilrextin on HN
More example queries on the landing page
From 1 comment
Would be useful if there were more examples of what to search for on the landing page. I'm stumped for ideas of what to enter. I saw there was one example in the textbox but I…
simonswords82 on HN
API access
From 1 comment
So I had to retry my search after five minutes, but was really impressed with the results. I searched "Roguelike Game Development." About a third were meaningless, a third were…
CJKinni on HN
Questions
How does it work?
From 2 comments
Love it. I would love to know how this works.
amirouche on HNI am really confused on what excatly it does. Does it generate ways to solve a problem? I would personally would like to know how many other people have searched what I was…
boniface316 on HN