Tawlk
Data
social media search and sentiment analysis
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 17 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.
Design: 2 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 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
Clean, fast interface
From 3 comments
So this pretty much polls Twitter, Digg, Picasa, Youtube and Flickr for the search term you enter, then updates in real time? I like the interface a lot, and it certainly seems…
joe_fishfish on HNvery interesting concept. Very neat UI. A quick way to get what people are thinking on various social nets.
yogrish on HNI had a chance to see the tech demos for Tawlk, as lrvick is a member of our local hackerspace, and I have to say I was blown away. This thing is amazing, and the way the…
abyssknight on HN
Objections
WebSocket connection failures in Chrome
From 3 comments
I keep getting this ``` Connection Failure: This is probably due to the fact your browser does not appear to support a technology called "WebSockets" which Tawlk relies on. We…
city41 on HNI'm getting a connection failure. Chrome 17, OS X Lion.
atroche on HNSame problem here with Chrome 16, OS X Lion. I tried with Safari and it worked.
caioariede on HN
Sentiment results seem inaccurate
From 1 comment
Didn't understand how the sentiment analysis works, since results look quite not what I expected. I did a test search on 2012 presidential candidates: Obama: 44% positive…
WilhelmJ on HN
Horizontal scrolling is disorienting
From 1 comment
the left to right scrolling content is really disorienting for me -- it forces my eyes to go right to left to find new content, which is the opposite of how english speakers…
localhost3000 on HN
Nothing loads and console errors
From 1 comment
Nothing loads in the main panel. Console is full of errors: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/533753/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-15%20at%208.17.43%20AM.png It also took me a long time to…
dmix on HN
Requests
Filter out spam and unrelated results
From 1 comment
I'm interested to see how this product will grow and how you can eventually capitalize on the idea to generate revenue. Many companies today are already experimenting with the…
michaelsobota on HN
Link to original source and comments
From 2 comments
Some of the sites polled, like Reddit, usually have fairly active comment threads. But I can't click through to the comments, only directly to the thing that Reddit is linking to.
jamesgeck0 on HNX to close a model was difficult to find. No link to Flickr source. Reset TAWLK doesn't work. Chrome 16.
username3 on HN
Loading indicator for main panel
From 1 comment
Needs activity indicator for main content area. My first search appeared to just hang for a few seconds.
squarecat on HN
Personalized feed from user's network
From 2 comments
Will Talwk be restricted to social media? Latest news/articles/blogs can add a lot of value to the feed, especially if one wants to follow a live event. Also, if user can…
x3c on HNInteresting concept, but I'd want it personalized to my stream. Filters out a lot of useless content :)
groby_b on HN
Questions
How does the sentiment analysis work?
From 1 comment
Didn't understand how the sentiment analysis works, since results look quite not what I expected. I did a test search on 2012 presidential candidates: Obama: 44% positive…
WilhelmJ on HN
What is the technology stack?
From 1 comment
This looks super interesting and useful, really quick too. Most of the bugs I've spotted have already been mentioned. I noticed you've open sourced a bunch of your modules in…
mistrQ on HN
How does this make money?
From 1 comment
I'm interested to see how this product will grow and how you can eventually capitalize on the idea to generate revenue. Many companies today are already experimenting with the…
michaelsobota on HN