Chatistics

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chat log analysis

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119points
25comments
#536of 3,028 in 2020
Top 18%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

4 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful and fun to try on personal chat logs

    From 3 comments
    • I like it. I generated the word cloud for the biggest WhatsApp chat I have and it revealed that interjections prevail in the conversation =)
      eecom on HN
    • https://github.com/MasterScrat/Chatistics, or using python to find out you text more about poop than you thought. your experience may vary, try it out.
      g82918 on HN
    • Wow! I was working recently with Telegram chat analysis. Thanks for sharing, that looks promising, I'll be happy to contribute as well.
      zkid18 on HN

Objections

  • Setup fails without specifying own name for single-chat WhatsApp exports

    From 2 comments
    • Could anyone explain how to use this for whatsapp chat ? my output always this ``` Cannot infer own-name from less than {min_conversations} conversations. Please provide your…
      BOOSTERHIDROGEN on HN
    • I put like this still same output python parse whatsapp —own-name “myname”
      BOOSTERHIDROGEN on HN
  • Does not support incremental exports, requiring full redownload

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, great to see people getting their data back from the cloud! Some related links: - https://github.com/fabianonline/telegram_backup : tool for incremental Telegram exports…
      karlicoss on HN

Requests

  • Support for Discord, Slack and other platforms

    From 1 comment
    • Direct link to repo: https://github.com/MasterScrat/Chatistics I started this project years ago just to create word clouds - but it turned out it to be useful for many more…
      MasterScrat on HN
  • Support for Telegram's own desktop JSON export

    From 3 comments
    • is there any way to use telegram's own export output
      hodanli on HN
    • Yes this^ please. The other way is actually risking your account being taken down for flooding the API. And if not you at least will run into getting errors because of secret…
      noxer on HN
    • you can export telegram chats using official desktop client in html or json format. https://telegram.org/blog/export-and-more
      hodanli on HN

Questions

  • How to use it with WhatsApp chats

    From 1 comment
    • Could anyone explain how to use this for whatsapp chat ? my output always this ``` Cannot infer own-name from less than {min_conversations} conversations. Please provide your…
      BOOSTERHIDROGEN on HN

Alternatives named

  • telegram_backup

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, great to see people getting their data back from the cloud! Some related links: - https://github.com/fabianonline/telegram_backup : tool for incremental Telegram exports…
      karlicoss on HN
  • fbmessengerexport

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, great to see people getting their data back from the cloud! Some related links: - https://github.com/fabianonline/telegram_backup : tool for incremental Telegram exports…
      karlicoss on HN

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