[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":952},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-46036908":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":50,"post_text":51,"what":52,"said":91,"maker_in_thread":208,"shape":221,"grid":225,"attempts":914,"same_week":915,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":945,"reader_version":946,"card":947},"46036908","HN Simulator","An interactive HN Simulator","title","Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ysimulator.run\u002Fnews","news.ysimulator.run","johnsillings",1764006763,2025,538,215,57,3837,2,"legend","ai","simulated discussion","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"hacker news simulator","llm comments","ai commenters","hn clone","mixed",0.26,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},62,45,6,29,142,{"idea":37,"execution":40,"design":43,"privacy":46,"performance":48},{"positive":38,"critical":39},18,5,{"positive":41,"critical":42},7,11,{"positive":44,"critical":45},3,4,{"positive":47,"critical":18},0,{"positive":47,"critical":49},1,[47,39,45,39,45,45,39,44,44,18,39,49,39,39,39,45,44,44,39,45,45,39,39,18,49,45,45,44,44,18,45,39,39,39,44,18,44,45,44,18],"Hey HN! Just for fun, I built an interactive Hacker News Simulator.\n\nYou can submit text posts and links, just like the real HN. But on HN Simulator, all of the comments are generated by LLMs + generate instantly.\n\nThe best way to use it (IMHO) is to submit a text post or a curl-able URL here: https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ysimulator.run\u002Fsubmit. You don't need an account to post.\n\nWhen you do that, various prompts will be built from a library of commenter archetypes, moods, and shapes. The AI commenters will actually respond to your text post and\u002For submitted link.\n\nI really wanted it to feel real, and I think",{"problem":53,"audience":63,"pricing":63,"motivation":64,"time_to_build":63,"stack":72,"openness":89,"stage":90,"team_size":89},{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Lets people test how a post might be received on Hacker News with generated comments.","inferred",[57,59],{"id":58},"post",{"id":60,"by":61,"text":62},"46038642","Carrok","This will almost certainly be used by people to sanity check their HN submissions before actually submitting, very similar to having AI review your branch before submitting a PR.…",null,{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Built for fun as a weekend art project.","maker",[68,71],{"id":69,"by":11,"text":70},"46046059","Hey all, John here. I just wanted to say a big thanks for all the support on this project. Yesterday was a roller coaster of, \"oh, I guess nobody cares,\" to \"well, I'm proud of…",{"id":58},[73,77,81,85],{"value":74,"source":66,"evidence":75},"Node",[76],{"id":58},{"value":78,"source":66,"evidence":79},"Express",[80],{"id":58},{"value":82,"source":66,"evidence":83},"Postgres",[84],{"id":58},{"value":86,"source":66,"evidence":87},"Replicate inference",[88],{"id":58},"unknown","launched",{"praise":92,"objections":128,"requests":162,"questions":186,"alternatives":200},[93,109,117],{"value":94,"source":95,"evidence":96},"Comments feel realistic and capture HN tone","commenter",[97,101,105],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"46042917","orionfollett","It feels very real. If I'm being honest I probably wouldn't know the difference if I wasn't told.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"46042499","david_van_loon","It's uncanny. Nice work capturing so much of the attitude and conversation style, amped up just a little for effect.",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"46044673","wongarsu","Wow, this is great. Really captures the different types of comments you get. It even accurately commented on the color choices of a url [1] I also really like how you expose…",{"value":110,"source":95,"evidence":111},"Showing the prompt and model for each comment is appreciated",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"46038854","DrammBA","I love being able to read the prompt for every comment, it's like going to the zoo",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"value":118,"source":95,"evidence":119},"Fun and funny satire",[120,124],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"46039327","correa_brian","super cool. just tried it. love the sassy comments",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"46040020","metadat","This is incredibly fun! You can submit stories and questions just like real HN.",[129,144,151],{"value":130,"source":95,"evidence":131},"Spam and vandalism of the site when it was open to anonymous posts",[132,136,140],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"46064282","Sophira","Unfortunately, it appears to have been vandalised. Pretty much every post on the front page now is one with the same title of \"{N-word} {gay slur}\". [Edit: Looks like it's been…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"46040932","gregsadetsky","Someone found a \"flaw\" in your site and is currently spamming it to make a point... ie \"TO SITE OWNER: ADD AN IP-BASED COOLDOWN TO AVOID SPAM\" To the person doing this: you could…",{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"46043106","baxtr","One of the top post when I clicked was: \"Like this post if you hate Jewish people\" 24 likes, 12 comments I hope this was not intended. I recommend to work on the moderation…",{"value":145,"source":95,"evidence":146},"Comment lengths too uniform and unrealistic",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"46038658","jacobgkau","Checking the comments of a couple of posts, I noticed their lengths seem to be too uniform. 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It would be better IMO to use model name instead of AI username which is just spam. Or perhaps \"\u003Cmood> \u003Carchetype> (\u003Cmodel>)\".",[187,193],{"value":188,"source":95,"evidence":189},"Are different models used or one model with different personas?",[190],{"id":191,"by":156,"text":192},"46041696","op: are you using various models in the AI responses? I noticed on the offensive ones, some AI comments show the expected \" I can't help with that request\", but some actually…",{"value":194,"source":95,"evidence":195},"Can the source code be shared?",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"46040185","agentifysh","do you think you could share the source code i've been looking for a HN clone",[201],{"value":202,"source":95,"evidence":203},"Real Hacker News",[204],{"id":205,"by":206,"text":207},"46047123","neilv","Does anyone else feel odd skimming real HN this morning, noticing how similar it is to the LLM regurgitation and some archetypes? BTW, one archetype that I didn't see in the…",{"comments":209,"answered":210,"key":211},26,8,[212,215,218],{"id":213,"text":214},"46041692",";-;",{"id":216,"text":217},"46045340","the economist is one of my favorite archetypes",{"id":219,"text":220},"46039220","Ah, I'm so glad you like that part. 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