Should I Send It?
Productivity
email sentiment checker
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 13 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for catching emotional emails before sending
From 2 comments
It's a neat idea, but after too many sarcastic, "clever", trying-to-be-funny, defensive, et al emails in my career I have a simpler heuristic. If I have to ask myself "should I…
ianmcgowan on HNI've been using Boomerang's 'Respondable' feature for quite some time and it is absolutely awesome. It's rare that I'm 'off' but it's a nice way to catch when I am.
borski on HN
Objections
Privacy concerns about sending highlighted text to an API and publishing sentiment data
From 3 comments
This could change at any time, because extensions are automatically updated (unless you change the setting), and the permissions when it's installed allow it to, so it could…
benatkin on HNI appreciate you for saying that you don't store the text, but the fact that it has been sent, processed, and then returned means that this practice could change any time and I'd…
sailfast on HN> Everyone benefits, the recipient of the email, the person sending the email and the business. It is not clear to me how you benefit. > Your highlighted text is passed from your…
rapnie on HN
Sentiment accuracy is limited, especially for sarcasm and non-native English
From 2 comments
Having written my bachelor's thesis on how negation in sentences affects their sentiment: it is really, really difficult. Even just differentiating between…
andischo on HNI guess this is an English only tool. Does it account for non native speakers, like an Indian and Ukranian corresponding in English? Either way, while I can see that developing…
vinayms on HN
Demo video is overlong and unclear about what the product does
From 2 comments
Sorry but what on earth is this demo video blathering on about? half way through it's still setting the plot to some hypothetic bad day. Get to the point!
cranjice on HNExactly what I was going to post. At the very least I was expecting a demo of the product after all the nonsensical "bad day" blabber. But it never came and I still had no idea…
sakopov on HN
Requests
Let people try it without installing a Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Let people try it without installing a Chrome app.
RyanShook on HN
Add a gif of the system working on the front page
From 1 comment
IMO add a gif of the system working right on the front page (similar to https://getstation.com/) It’ll drive more conversions. Also after working on sentiment analysis for a long…
lettergram on HN
Questions
How will the product be monetized?
From 1 comment
I've had a conversation about something like this nearly every year that I worked in Corporate America. Interesting to see it get built (I can't speak to the history of other…
ac4tw on HN
Alternatives named
Gmail undo send
From 1 comment
I find gmail's undo send works wonders for me. 30s is usually enough for me to go from "hell yeah, that'll show em" to "fuck fuck fuck, what did I just do"
notatcomputer68 on HN
Tonecheck
From 1 comment
There have been a few implementations in the past, including tonecheck. https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/20/tonecheck/
nxc18 on HN
IBM Watson Tone Analyzer
From 1 comment
I wonder how it compares to IBM Watson's Tone Analyzer: https://tone-analyzer-demo.ng.bluemix.net/
meow81 on HN
Boomerang Respondable
From 1 comment
I've been using Boomerang's 'Respondable' feature for quite some time and it is absolutely awesome. It's rare that I'm 'off' but it's a nice way to catch when I am.
borski on HN