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SHOW HN2013
181points
70comments
#83of 1,739 in 2013
Top 5%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
17 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Idea: 12 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 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 well executed satire of conspiracy content
From 4 comments
Congratulations! You are a genius. You have created a MVP comedy generator! You're about 15 iterations away from making a billion dollar service that creates and sells movies to…
ChrisNorstrom on HNWith a little brush-up, this has the potential of being the next The Onion News Network. Great job, and I like where this is going.
solox3 on HNThis is not quite timecube level of crazy, but nevertheless good job with semi-plausable text generation!
diziet on HNThis is so awesome. It just made my day.
bilalq on HN
Objections
Some generated articles are libelous toward named people such as Morgan Freeman
From 1 comment
"The Truth About Morgan Freeman and Meth" seems like libel.
hakaaaaak on HN
Requests
Add a read more button and clickable sources
From 1 comment
It's awesome. May I suggest a 'read more' button, which would elaborate more and more on the conspiracy. Sources should probably be click-able and also function as a 'read more'…
anywherenotes on HN
Fix bugs with # and / in organisation names
From 1 comment
I found a bug: Try entering the name of an organisation that has a # symbol in it, or a /
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
Questions
How the text is generated
From 3 comments
Haha, some of them are hilarious. Some more obviously generated than others, but still... good job. How are they generated? I managed to get some gems like this: > The earliest…
joneil on HNI love this. How does it work? > Salmonella helped beyoncé achieve a meteoric rise to fame and influence. In 1750, Benjamin Franklin was observed by over fifteen residents of…
lightyrs on HNLooks like it's a mix of markov chain generator and mad-libs style random fact generation, am I close? (sorry for curling the site way too many times)
chewxy on HN
Alternatives named
Postmodernism Generator
From 1 comment
Good stuff. Reminded me that the Postmodernism Generator is still out there as well, and as equally, gloriously incomprehensible : http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/
tbrake on HN