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Thanks for the positive response. If three things were to get added to this, what should they be?

by riffer 17y ago

adrianwaj 17y ago
- explanation about what it does and how - username has period afterward, for self-linking back to site - various ratios next to each user name in a table, maybe linking to searchyc ie http://searchyc.com/user/riffer http://searchyc.com/user/riffer
ratsbane 17y ago
1) If I understand correctly the first slider ranks greater similarity in commenting on the same threads the farther left you go and similar word choice the farther right you go. Why not make this two separate sliders? 2) For each of the matches could you show some of the data used to compute the matches... e.g., for semantic matches, show the top X (maybe five?) common words or phrases you matched on. For threads, show the parent or OP of the five most recent threads... something like that. 3) Really neat. I like this. It's quick too. How did you do it? Did you replicate the entire HN database? Third suggestion: post the source or just post an explanation of how it works.
- ratsbane 17y ago
  ... and 4: apply the same thing to twitter (!)
  - riffer 17y ago
    Yeah, that's one of things to consider. All of the logic for this was originally developed for another purpose, and it got applied to HN for fun. The human connection element makes it very cool, and so do the possiblities for applying it to so many different applications.
rms 17y ago
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- riffer 17y ago
  This is fun to consider. Are you thinking of people who have completely different interests? Or folks who are interested in similar things but disagree?
  - rms 17y ago
    I'm really not sure. I was naively thinking whatever the opposite of the existing algorithm is.
    - riffer 17y ago
      These are the 12 'farthest' from you, rms: osteele erikstarck zedshaw atarashi matthavener clemesha alrex021 cliff NateLawson jefffoster mrcharles fix3r This was done with the karma effectively off (same as the karma slider in the middle). What do you think? Anybody there you think shouldn't be?
      - rms 17y ago
        Thanks. Most of the comments of those users are about programming which I don't often discuss here. Erikstarck doesn't really comment in the programming discussions but his comment style is definitely different from mine.
blasdel 17y ago
Could you provide a reverse search -- who's lists do I show up on? How about displaying the values used to order the result set, so you could compare weightings across users? reply

Thanks for the positive response. If three things were to get added to this, what should they be?

by riffer 17y ago

Thanks for the positive response. If three things were to get added to this, what should they be?

- explanation about what it does and how - username has period afterward, for self-linking back to site - various ratios next to each user name in a table, maybe linking to searchyc ie http://searchyc.com/user/riffer http://searchyc.com/user/riffer

ratsbane 17y ago

1) If I understand correctly the first slider ranks greater similarity in commenting on the same threads the farther left you go and similar word choice the farther right you go. Why not make this two separate sliders? 2) For each of the matches could you show some of the data used to compute the matches... e.g., for semantic matches, show the top X (maybe five?) common words or phrases you matched on. For threads, show the parent or OP of the five most recent threads... something like that. 3) Really neat. I like this. It's quick too. How did you do it? Did you replicate the entire HN database? Third suggestion: post the source or just post an explanation of how it works.

ratsbane 17y ago
... and 4: apply the same thing to twitter (!)
- riffer 17y ago
  Yeah, that's one of things to consider. All of the logic for this was originally developed for another purpose, and it got applied to HN for fun. The human connection element makes it very cool, and so do the possiblities for applying it to so many different applications.

rms 17y ago

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riffer 17y ago
This is fun to consider. Are you thinking of people who have completely different interests? Or folks who are interested in similar things but disagree?
- rms 17y ago
  I'm really not sure. I was naively thinking whatever the opposite of the existing algorithm is.
  - riffer 17y ago
    These are the 12 'farthest' from you, rms: osteele erikstarck zedshaw atarashi matthavener clemesha alrex021 cliff NateLawson jefffoster mrcharles fix3r This was done with the karma effectively off (same as the karma slider in the middle). What do you think? Anybody there you think shouldn't be?
    - rms 17y ago
      Thanks. Most of the comments of those users are about programming which I don't often discuss here. Erikstarck doesn't really comment in the programming discussions but his comment style is definitely different from mine.

blasdel 17y ago

Could you provide a reverse search -- who's lists do I show up on? How about displaying the values used to order the result set, so you could compare weightings across users? reply