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I run a website called Hey Am I Fat. We've trained a classifier based off a simple softmax regression in TensorFlow that tries to detect whether people are fat

I run a website called Hey Am I Fat. We've trained a classifier based off a simple softmax regression in TensorFlow that tries to detect whether people are fat or not. If you submit a picture of yourself to HeyAmIFat.com we can tell you if you're fat or not within minutes.

dominotw 9y ago
i think you would get more traction if you had called it doILookFat.com or doesItMakeMyButtLookBig.com . Then automatically find and link to products ( jeans/hairstyle) ect that can improve the situation. make money from product referrals.
- omarforgotpwd 9y ago
  Hahaha, the website was just made as a joke but you're probably right that it could be optimized to get more traction...
Normal_gaussian 9y ago
A nice email / phone capture portal you have there. Does anybody know what the value of such lists are? Having no other information with them I can't imagine it is much.
- agitator 9y ago
  ... Well, you know if they are fat or not. So you can market to people that now want to get fit, with their new found realization that they are fat, or people who want swim suits now knowing that they are fit.
- omarforgotpwd 9y ago
  I don't store this information after we send the response, but that would be one way to make money if you don't care about being an asshole to your users. This is mostly a joke and I don't make any money from it.
  - Normal_gaussian 9y ago
    Likely fair enough - I'm just suspicious of anything that takes contact details when it could just hold the late open and let me know when it's done
Cshelton 9y ago
I don't think it would be that much of an asshole to sell the data so that a user starts to see ads for their local gym in their Facebook feed all of the sudden. You'd be making the world a better place by encouraging the act of exercising. And the lower cost of healthcare. It's pretty much up to you now!
- fludlight 9y ago
  Gyms would be interested in this demographic in January. The highest bidder during the other 11 months would be junk food delivery.

dominotw 9y ago

i think you would get more traction if you had called it doILookFat.com or doesItMakeMyButtLookBig.com . Then automatically find and link to products ( jeans/hairstyle) ect that can improve the situation. make money from product referrals.

omarforgotpwd 9y ago
Hahaha, the website was just made as a joke but you're probably right that it could be optimized to get more traction...

Normal_gaussian 9y ago

A nice email / phone capture portal you have there. Does anybody know what the value of such lists are? Having no other information with them I can't imagine it is much.

agitator 9y ago
... Well, you know if they are fat or not. So you can market to people that now want to get fit, with their new found realization that they are fat, or people who want swim suits now knowing that they are fit.
omarforgotpwd 9y ago
I don't store this information after we send the response, but that would be one way to make money if you don't care about being an asshole to your users. This is mostly a joke and I don't make any money from it.
- Normal_gaussian 9y ago
  Likely fair enough - I'm just suspicious of anything that takes contact details when it could just hold the late open and let me know when it's done

Cshelton 9y ago

I don't think it would be that much of an asshole to sell the data so that a user starts to see ads for their local gym in their Facebook feed all of the sudden. You'd be making the world a better place by encouraging the act of exercising. And the lower cost of healthcare. It's pretty much up to you now!

fludlight 9y ago
Gyms would be interested in this demographic in January. The highest bidder during the other 11 months would be junk food delivery.