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I tested with dang's username and I really don't see the similarities between the comments on: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang https://news.ycombi
by busymom0 5y ago
I tested with dang's username and I really don't see the similarities between the comments on:
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang
and
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=porphyrogene https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=porphyrogene
or
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=julianeon https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=julianeon
Your site does state:
> It compares the semantic meaning of your comment history with those of all other users, and finds the top ten users whose comment histories are most similar to yours.
So maybe it's comparing comments from entire history of the account and not just the recent ones and therefore hard for me to compare? Would it be possible for you to tweak it so that it only compares lets say the most recent 30 or 50 comments?
- gk1 5y agoIt currently compares past 3 years of comments, so yeah the similarity may not be apparent from just the recent comments. We did this so it would work even for the less active users. But I think your suggestion might work, too.
- busymom0 5y agoYea, 3 years is a long period. I think by default you should compare only past 30-60 comments and have options for comparing past year and past 3 year. If that works well, you could actually build a "dating app for intellectually curious" ones. Might be easier to do using Reddit data too.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- busymom0 5y agoLooks like the site crashed :( Gives "Please wait..."
- lordnacho 5y agoIsn't dang a bit of a special case? How many people comment about the rules of the site?
- busymom0 5y agoIt is. I just picked that because it was an already provided option and I recognized that name. I few pages of comments I compared the accounts of didn't see much similar but OP also replied that it compares 3 years worth of comments so it's hard for me to notice it.
- donkeyd 5y agoHello, doppelgänger!
- lordnacho 5y agoHeh that's an interesting one. I turn up as your doppelgänger but you don't seem to turn up as mine.