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SHOW HN2011

38points
12comments
#320of 1,097 in 2011
Top 30%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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

  • Good idea for quantifying document readability

    From 2 comments
    • Taking the initial steps to algorithmically quantify this kind of thing is what's important, imo. If you could attach this as a widget to documents like ToS, it could…
      ashrust on HN
    • Cool! And I think the same backend could be used to do readability checks for documents, website copy and other stuff in general as well. That might be more useful imho.
      saracen on HN
  • Name is liked

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Tool may not reveal anything users didn't already know

    From 1 comment
    • Cute! Looks good, etc. I'm just not sure this app is capable of telling you something you didn't already know :P.
      phillmv on HN
  • Name is off-putting to some

    From 1 comment
    • Funny, one look at the name made my cringe and shudder :) I like how something as simple as a purposely misspelled name can elicit such differing reactions in the (esp. hacker??)…
      ComputerGuru on HN

Requests

  • List of scores for common licenses

    From 1 comment
    • Cool widget. A list of what licenses score what would be pretty neat. The unlicense (http://unlicense.org) gets 244.
      bhuga on HN
  • Support for documents and website copy

    From 1 comment
    • Cool! And I think the same backend could be used to do readability checks for documents, website copy and other stuff in general as well. That might be more useful imho.
      saracen on HN

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