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Creative
text generator
SHOW HN2012
28points
10comments
#761of 1,677 in 2012
Top 46%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.
Privacy: 0 for, 3 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
Funny and absurd output
From 2 comments
We whipped this together for a Startup Weekend fun. The articles are hilariously awful right now. Any tips for making sentences more coherent is welcome.
WadeF on HN"The startup seeks to let strings by breaking .2em bytes." I was tempted to make a snarky comment about this, but it's actually not much worse than phrases like "We deliver…
pjscott on HN
Objections
Output contains leaked HTML
From 1 comment
There seems to be a lot of HTML leaking through. We'll see if there is any way to sanitize it further...
mikeknoop on HN
Generated text is gibberish
From 1 comment
"The startup seeks to let strings by breaking .2em bytes." I was tempted to make a snarky comment about this, but it's actually not much worse than phrases like "We deliver…
pjscott on HN
Privacy concern about published names and content
From 3 comments
Oops, now my real name is out on the internet. Good thing it didn't ask for my SSN, I probably would have typed it in as well without reading anything.
olympus on HNIs there a way to dele them? I didn't know mine would be saved and viewed by my bosses who undoubtably have a google alert for their startup name.
taybin on HNAny chance of getting them deleted? I'd rather not have mine floating on your posterous account forever.
taybin on HN
Requests
Allow deleting generated articles
From 2 comments
Is there a way to dele them? I didn't know mine would be saved and viewed by my bosses who undoubtably have a google alert for their startup name.
taybin on HNAny chance of getting them deleted? I'd rather not have mine floating on your posterous account forever.
taybin on HN
Questions
Can generated articles be removed?
From 2 comments
Is there a way to dele them? I didn't know mine would be saved and viewed by my bosses who undoubtably have a google alert for their startup name.
taybin on HNAny chance of getting them deleted? I'd rather not have mine floating on your posterous account forever.
taybin on HN