hncynic
Creative
generative text toy
SHOW HN2019
114points
28comments
#418of 2,195 in 2019
Top 20%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
10 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Funny and entertaining output
From 4 comments
Hilarious! I tried words like “deep learning”, “diversity” and “feminism” and was deeply amused by the generated comments.
kevintb on HNHilarious and very well done!
mythrwy on HNamazing The essence of human being is a repeater
linyu0219 on HN> Would be nice if more examples are found. If the user has seen other articles before, they should check out the comments.
itake on HN
Generated comments mimic HN tone well
From 2 comments
This is actually amazing, I put in the title Show HN: Simple but Powerful IDE for Databases And received: hncynic 1 minute ago I like that it's just Javascript, not Node. I see…
gitgud on HNNeat project. A couple of articles yield funny, yet true results. A few queries: - “PHP use rising” - “Women in mathematics” But I was able to break it with something…
olingern on HN
Objections
Generated comments are often nonsensical
From 2 comments
"Asteroid will collide with Earth in 2021" hncynic 1 minute ago The author mentions that the asteroid has about 30 times the mass of Earth; I don't know if that is true or not;…
zip6 on HN> silicon valley destroyed by tsunami hncynic 1 minute ago I wonder what would happen if the bubbling bursts were more than the average earthquake. hncynic 1 minute ago It was…
dosy on HN
Unclear what the usefulness is
From 1 comment
Show HN: hncynic - Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles hncynic 1 minute ago Very cool project but how is this different than HN comments? hncynic 1 minute ago This is a…
dual_basis on HN
Requests
Add comment scores and voting
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I think it would be nice a bit more 'generator' (perhaps based on comment scores/comments, etc) and a more open source "cloud" to handle the up/down voting…
GorgeRonde on HNI like it! A couple things I would think about is the ability to show a comments, so people who don't like a lot can have good discussion. For example if I'm interested in an…
dosy on HN
Make it work in Chrome
From 1 comment
Excellent! Using the title "Show HN: about:blank"... hncynic 1 minute ago I really like what you do! It works great for me on Chrome though, so please make it work. hncynic 1…
zip6 on HN
Questions
How is this different from real HN comments?
From 1 comment
Show HN: hncynic - Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles hncynic 1 minute ago Very cool project but how is this different than HN comments? hncynic 1 minute ago This is a…
dual_basis on HN