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Show HN: The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool
- istarial 5y agoHey HN! - here's the rundown: - You can find out what people say about any topic, based on the comments they've left on the tool. - No account needed. Searches and comments are anonymous. - You might enjoy seeing the many comments and searches that people have done in just the past two days. - Right now, profanity is censored. This is part of mitigating initial toxicity. I'm implementing accounts soon, so you can toggle off this filter on your own accord. - This tool is a work in progress, but I am improving things dramatically each day. If it's not up-to-par for you right now, definitely check it out later! Thanks :)
- sanketsarang 5y agoI am confused. Does it only capture comments created on the tool, or it captures comments from anywhere on the internet?
- istarial 5y agoStrictly the tool for now.
- sanketsarang 5y agoGot it. I see a classic launch problem coming your way. How do you attract the first set of content creators, when there aren't any content consumers? Have you given this a thought?
- schyle 5y agoDo you have a video in which you have a run-through on how to use this tool?
- istarial 5y agoI don't right now - but now that you mentioned it, I'll definitely create one. Will ping you here once it's ready.
- GoToRO 5y agoExplore comments people made is not related to my search that has no comments. Takes a while to figure it out. Anyway, really cool idea. It’s Yahoo! with the power of the crowds.
- istarial 5y agoI'll be tweaking that shortly! Just released that feature last night before I went to bed haha
- forgotmypw17 5y agoGreat idea, and quality implementation! I think the main thing you are missing right now is some seed content. If I were you, I would start going through each recent search query and adding some content, even a sentence or two. People are already searching, and you're doing a great job exposing this, now there just needs to be some results, and first-visitors may not be interested in doing the work for it. I think you're on the right track, and your project has great potential!
- istarial 5y agoThat's a clever idea - thank you! Agree with your take too. In fact, part of the reason I elected for anonymity & account-free comments was to lower that barrier.
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoNice idea. However, a few words might not be able to establish the proper context for making comments. I fear it might encourage polarized comments.
- istarial 5y agoStrong possibility - I'm sure there's a way to create a system as an extension of the current one to mitigate this issue though.
- derekzhouzhen 5y agoI am sure you will find it someday. Good luck