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Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with an NLP model

179 points by muttled 4y ago

sinuhe69 4y ago
I like this modern time fortune teller
muttled 4y ago
Link to Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/y2xxf0 https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/y2xxf0
hk1337 4y ago
Well, stop.
- bluehorseray 4y ago
  Hehe "purgatorial"
  - graypegg 4y ago
    I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to try
  - Foobar8568 4y ago
    I wonder what pourcentage of HN readers would fall in the purgatorial category.
    - xigency 4y ago
      Another one here. Explains why I can never seem to leave.
mikercampbell 4y ago
I was wary of this, as it felt kind of like a horoscope that could apply to anyone. At the risk of TMI, I left a cult, which was the faith of my family. During that process, I experienced severe spite, grief, and joined religious recovery subreddits to vent, find community, and learn and struggle together with others like me. Over the years, I wasn't pleased with my tone. I was angry at my previous faith and its leaders for misleading me, and I spoke out about it. Being afraid I was giving too much information about myself on Reddit, and not wanting to get doxxed, I started a new account on Reddit 3 separate times over the years. I ran the analysis on each of the 3, and it captured the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes I had at the time accurately to a point. I'm glad they included the confidence level, because the primary analysis was freakishly spot on, while the lower rungs we're hit and miss. I'm kind of taken aback. Here, a cold, calculating machine is breaking down the progress I made as an individual. It was a pretty vulnerable experience. It could totally fake and I could be totally duped, but I don't care enough for it to matter because this rewarding feeling is worth it. Thanks OP. You took me on a journey.
- tomcam 4y ago
  Powerful story. You took us on a journey too
- ALittleLight 4y ago
  For what it's worth I looked at my reddit account and my hackernews account and they share one personality element in common. My perspective on this is that it's closer to cold reading type stuff - throw out a lot of traits, each of which applies to a lot of people, and then people will naturally find that a lot of what you've said applies to them. Maybe another way you could test it is give it a day or two until you've forgotten what this website says. Then, write down a short description of yourself at each of the three stages. Finally, check three random accounts and see how much overlap there is between the random accounts and your self-descriptions.
  - fho 4y ago
    Might also be that people present themselves differently on the two platforms. HN is more about professional discussion while Reddit is more about talking about hobbies.
- Pigalowda 4y ago
  But did you buy the soda stream?
thot_experiment 4y ago
I love me some tech horoscopes. Fantastic job on this, I can't wait to share this with friends at a bar or similar. It's going to be really entertaining to compare, especially for people who have multiple accounts. Seriously love projects like this.
antognini 4y ago
It gave my primary theme as "Stargazing." Given that I mostly comment on astronomy posts I guess that really is right on the money.
bfung 4y ago
Fun! If someone reads the comments first, try this in a private/incognito window please! (Then compare in non-incognito) There’s a clever product recommendation section, and the test will say “you might own…” and it showed me something I was considering to buy the other day!
- tuatoru 4y ago
  For me, it suggested something that I have actually owned twice...no, wait, three times, over the years. Lol!
- dragonsky 4y ago
  Don't drink soda, and would never bother with a soda stream... sorry, try something else next time.
63 4y ago
It appears there's some rule or other factor that prevents it from working with my name. I thought it might be length, but it does pg just fine. Perhaps because my name is entirely numeric?
- squeaky-clean 4y ago
  It seems to cache names, when I entered mine clicking didn't do anything for the first 10 tries or so, then it was "Attempting to connect to server 1 of 8" for a while, then finally loaded. When I put my name in again it was near instant.
rdedev 4y ago
It mostly feels like one of those things you read in horoscopes where it feels right because those things just apply to almost everyone. Sometimes it gives conflicting results, told memy primary theme is energetic but in my secondary theme it said I'm out of energy. That being said "You might be an introvert who still loves to have conversations" that is one of the base characteristics of my personality. So hats of to you
Centigonal 4y ago
Isn't working for me. The submit button doesn't do anything
- atfzl 4y ago
  Wait a bit, it takes some time. This tool needs better UX: - A loading bar, or some feedback that it is "analyzing data" - clicking on "Reddit" or "Hacker News" doesn't select the radio buttons
  - Izkata 4y ago
    It's not just not loading, it's not even making any network requests. Seems broken.
    - Jaygles 4y ago
      The requests seem to go through a websocket which won't show in the dev tools unless they're open when you open the page
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- wsc981 4y ago
  If you are looking on a small screen device, after pressing the button you need to scroll down a bit.
- sudo_navendu 4y ago
  Same for me. I tried waiting for a bit but still nothing.
- Centigonal 4y ago
  update: worked for me after letting the page sit for 5+ minutes.
atfzl 4y ago
I don't have a lot of comments on hn but the result is still super accurate. FML.
StanislavPetrov 4y ago
The primary theme was mostly accurate, but the secondary themes were a mix of accurate and completely inaccurate. The needs/desires and recommendation/you might own were completely off. The possible themes were somewhat applicable, but seem like they could be to most anyone.
knome 4y ago
I don't know if your service is getting hugged or what, but I can see it send off the websocket mouse click events, but it never seems to receive an actionable response. Just regular small packets I assume are keep-alives. Why does it send the screen and client size data back? Fingerprinting? I never see it send either the username, and it mentions the other site when I change it in the UI. What advantage does a websocket offer here over a standard xml http request to a regular API?
loa_in_ 4y ago
Considering some of the comments already in this thread it seems the space considered is significant and at least it's a horoscope that is tailored to the audience, i.e. it's not merely twelve (or so) categories. It's up to debate I guess if a well tailored horoscope is equivalent to an assessment, but technically both accomplish the same thing. The scary thing is both are indistinguishable from magic from where I stand. And I do put way more faith in the machine as opposed to a stranger who (arguably) knows less facts about me.
- belval 4y ago
  I actually really like the idea of guessing personality traits from how I write on the Internet. It's a fun novelty. Now the question is: do I get into Internet arguments with people that have a different/opposed primary theme? Could be an interesting follow up.
POiNTx 4y ago
The background image is 26mb, I'd suggest looking into reducing it, even if it's for your own server's cost :)
- muttled 4y ago
  You might have saved my butt by pointing that out early on in the torrent of people. Thanks.
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bearjaws 4y ago
What is the HN equivalent of Mercury in Retrograde? This seems pretty close.
creata 4y ago
Oh no, I gave it a couple of my throwaway accounts, and there was a good amount of overlap in the results. Either it gives everyone similar answers, or my throwaways can be easily linked to each other.
- bigmattystyles 4y ago
  Not to mention, you just used that website to link them in some db somewhere.
  - ysavir 4y ago
    Considering there's no authentication involved, they could theoretically link all of our names to them.
    - bigmattystyles 4y ago
      Yea, create some disinformation - but more likely than not, if the AI is any good, the author should be able to differentiate fakes from real connections.
  - creata 4y ago
    Hopefully accessing the website from different networks was enough to avoid that, but yeah, maybe.
- ta8645 4y ago
  Unless you take extreme precautions, throwaway accounts would be relatively easy to link, by those who run this site. Whether they care, or take the time to do so, is another question. Either way, it can't guarantee anonymity from the most sophisticated actors, it's just a way to keep differing opinions from turning into sustained grudges and personal feuds.
  - creata 4y ago
    I'm fine with admins being able to link accounts; I'm sure that's very useful for spam prevention. But ideally, I don't want members of the public to be able to link accounts. Maybe you're right; maybe it is hopeless against the most sophisticated actors.
zhte415 4y ago
I do indeed own a soda stream. Though I wonder how many do or are close to doing so. Do confirmation biases shift how 'right' it is in total via small specific 'rights' while we overlook 'wrongs'? For example, I do not often fish. To echo mikercampbell. And is my personality what I type on HN? Are the quite normal people I know really the closet sociopaths they appear to be via their LinkedIn babble?
ysavir 4y ago
> You might already own or plan to buy something like this book about writing novels you can use to procrastinate on writing one Well it called me right out.
- LanceH 4y ago
  I might own a hammock for use in place of a tent...that is oddly specific and correct as that is how I camp (when there are appropriate trees available).
arbitrage 4y ago
You're really pushing sodastream, huh?
userbinator 4y ago
You know it's too horoscopic when the things it tells you are roughly 50% true.
optimiz3 4y ago
Good for opposition research?
bmarquez 4y ago
> The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do. I mean this is Hacker News after all (could be guessed just by having an HN username) It did suggest a Sodastream which was pretty accurate, I already have one.
- lofatdairy 4y ago
  I also got a Sodastream suggestion which is weird because I don't recall mentioning anything about variety or a desire for soft drinks. I did comment on that notorious Peter Arnell Pepsi pitch deck but that's all that comes to mind.
  - number6 4y ago
    Maybe it's a placeholder. I have also the sodastream. Maybe it's a play to me people talk about it?
ARandomerDude 4y ago
This is a horoscope with a text input box and a button.
- augustuspolius 4y ago
  That was my instant impression as well. Barnum effect all the way.
- addaon 4y ago
  Do most horoscopes have targeted advertising hidden in them?
melony 4y ago
Do you have a local cache of the HN comment data? The response is too quick for calling the HN API + running through NLP model.
markdown 4y ago
HN broke it. Not even an error message. Nothing happens when you click the button.
voisin 4y ago
Uncanny. Your AI nailed me.
mrwnmonm 4y ago
An insult to human beings.
kissgyorgy 4y ago
Not sure what's going on, but for me this is insanely accurate. Is it some weird trick going on like the sentences are so generic everyone can see some truth to them or what?
- stingraycharles 4y ago
  Seems very generic to me. “You’re the first to take on the job”, “you want to see your ideas become reality”, all that kind of stuff could apply to anyone. I would be more impressed if they could have guessed my MBTI
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- corobo 4y ago
  That combined with peoples unconscious ability to disregard misses. For example mine said I might own or want to own guns which is almost the complete and exact opposite of me. However unless I'm being a smartarse like now I'll never mention or note or even remember the one that doesn't fit. You disregard the bits not about you (even though it's supposed to be all about you) and you share the bits that were spookily accurate. Same way Markov string chat bots in the 2000s worked. Nobody remembered when it made zero sense, but when it seemed smart they'd fall over themselves giving it a projected personality.
bhaney 4y ago
Is this just an ad for sodastream?
- ignoramous 4y ago
  It is a sign of what's to come...
  - tgv 4y ago
    SaaS: Sodastream as a Service?
lofatdairy 4y ago
Hey, I thought it's fun. I'm surprised my top personality trait is so ambivalent, at least in the sense that horoscopes are usually pretty positive overall to my limited knowledge. For fun I ran it on some of the interesting people I've noticed on this forum, there's not _too_ much variety in traits (or product suggestions for that matter), though obviously my sampling method is biased.
Jach 4y ago
Thanks for the lols. Unfortunately not accurate at all, I've found more rings of truth in actual horoscopes (libra). Mildly disappointing but I think that's just me being spoiled by incredible AI progress elsewhere. In theory I would think a better model should be able to spit out something that correlates a lot closer with one's OCEAN traits from even small writing samples.
- BLKNSLVR 4y ago
  Happy birthday recently or soon
  - Jach 4y ago
    Heh, thanks, it was earlier this month. I've been telling people I'm two years younger than I am, after adjusting for pandemic
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  I have no faith in horoscopes at all. Both my parents are libra but neither fits that profile and they are different from each other in significant ways on many fronts. They are a perfect match though for each other.
  - Jach 4y ago
    Sounds like a balance was reached
    - doodlebugging 4y ago
      Indeed! Those scales are balanced. Maybe the symbol is correct even though none of the traits are a good match. They each accepted the other's characteristics that they liked and ignored those they didn't care for figuring that it all balanced out in the end. I can dig it.
- ilaksh 4y ago
  Hm. AI powered psychic maybe. https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEmvS8UobiJuXMZP9qQM5U https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEm...
toddm 4y ago
Big swing and a miss.
donatj 4y ago
My Hacker News one was pretty good right up until "outdoorsy" which I most certainly am not. My Reddit one never seems to populate. I'm on mobile right now so it's hard to say if there's some console error. I'll check on PC later.
- exikyut 4y ago
  Reddit accounts are not working for me either. There are no errors in the console - or responses either: this is crazily using a WebSocket connection to the server to fetch the results. And so sending off a Reddit request never returns a matching response.
p1necone 4y ago
I'm curious, did it say anything negative about anyone? I feel like it's just throwing a bunch of stuff at me to stroke my ego, and none of it felt particularly spot on (although none of it was outright wrong either). I'd be much more impressed if it worked out my character flaws, instead it just told me I like tech, building things, and the outdoors (heavily paraphrased).
Vibgyor5 4y ago
Just did this based on my Reddit profile. Few observations: a) Fairly accurate. A lot of it sounds like Horoscope-type language but it was overall fun. I'd still recommend it just for the fun aspect. b) Eerily accurate description of what I'd like to buy. Some things are easy to deduce for a person stalking my reddit but this one actually stumped me even! c) Some results seemed like just spitballing for me: - "You have probably debated smashing your phone or at least deleting your social media profile.": Strong no for first one. Sort of yes for second one. First one is an extreme detachment and digital detox, second one is but I'm fairly sure this is true for majority of people between 18-50. - "You could be happy in a semi-rural setting. You want to be able to afford to travel, and be able to live in a large city if that's where you want to be.". No for first one; true for the second part. Very generic. - There were a few other observations which are not exactly accurate ("good listener" - I am fairly sure I am not a good listener; and few other traits that are quite personal to share that it could be true if we stretch the definition but weren't true on first look) - All in all, great work. Kudos!
- Vibgyor5 4y ago
  Update: I just checked this on the basis of another old Reddit account and HN and it was quite generic and far less accurate there. (not that I expect it to be very accurate in the first place but still)
silisili 4y ago
This isn't very good. It reads like an AI written horoscope. The themes aren't even cohesive one sentence to the next, for example, the below. It feels like unrelated sentences jammed together... -- You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. You are often the life of the party. You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. Love is in your heart and your soul. You are a romantic at heart. You are often confused about love. You are often misunderstood. You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative.
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justusw 4y ago
I was told I value financial independence, but doesn’t that apply to pretty much everyone? Seems like generic horoscope language overall. But definitely provocative and made me want to write a comment to complain, ironic. +1
renewiltord 4y ago
Doesn't work for me
raydiatian 4y ago
> You have a knack for bringing out the best in others Hah, I have a knack for throwing out the best in others
sometimeshuman 4y ago
"You may feel like we've lost our way. You're tired. You have no energy." Ok that's true as of creation of my new HN account about a year ago. But when I ran it for my old account the top result had this sentence: "You have a lot of energy." Which was true back then. Does this algo weight comment based on its age ? It seems like it should otherwise what would it conclude given personalities change somewhat based on on-going challenges.
- muttled 4y ago
  > Does this algo weight comment based on its age ? No but that's a fantastic suggestion. Thanks!
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tzury 4y ago
This is awesome! ASs if I am looking at the mirror. Great work!
EamonnMR 4y ago
Anyone else not seeing any results?
- peterfield 4y ago
  yep
lostgame 4y ago
It's an ARG? For what campaign?
wruza 4y ago
A scary tool this is. Btw, it recommended me a vertical mouse, because I’m properly hydrated and my comments reflect that. Stay hydrated, purgatorials!
- dymk 4y ago
  Be sure to hydrate using a SodaStream^tm!
bbertelsen 4y ago
Do stackoverflow next!
chillfox 4y ago
It kinda gets some things right while attributing the wrong motivation. Neat project if it's just used for a bit of fun, but I could see it being horrifying if recruiters started to use it.
- deepGem 4y ago
  This could be a great tool for introverts who are borderline intimidated by behaviour questions in interviews. Even though this assessment is not accurate, I don't think it's complete BS either (at least based on my personality guess ). This is better than sitting through some Myers Briggs 30 minute exercise IMO, especially if you have a long commenting history on HN.
  - langsoul-com 4y ago
    Then people would start gaming the system. Language would be extremely constrained, most likely always positive and upbeat, all that shit. Kinda like LinkedIn these days.
    - deepGem 4y ago
      Well, it's hard to game the system over the long term especially on a platform like HN, where not every positive comment is rewarded. If the model uses any temporal aspect, then gaming it is gonna be pretty hard.
  - chillfox 4y ago
    Sure, if the profile says nice things about you. But imagine if it decided you were lazy and a slacker.
Barrin92 4y ago
It's fun and I like that it sounds very organic but it is somewhat nonsensical as it finds me to be both energic and confident in the first two categories and further down below burned out and without energy. I'm also sad to admit that unlike the test suggests I'm not very agreeable or a rugged outdoorsman but chronically online and needlessly confrontational
doodlebugging 4y ago
Pretty funny. I gave it several reddit accounts I have used over the years and my HN account and it decided I would probably like to buy a Sodastream for most of them but for others it recommended I buy a melamine cleaning sponge. I don't drink sodas at all. I'm a coffee and tea drinker (iced or hot). The accounts with the most posts ended up suggesting the sodastream whereas the accounts with the fewest posts preferred the sponge. I was complimented by the analyses that were presented so I'm totally okay having this NLP model determine that I am a great guy overall and I'm willing to overlook the things that seemed out of place. I had to make multiple tries to get it to do anything with a reddit account so it must have been really busy since it was definitely not even close to instant. EDIT: I think the ground truth should be to have a real human check out post histories and score someone using their standards and then compare it to these results. In my results I saw overlap between accounts along several themes and that to me served as an ego stroker. Hopefully in real life people see the same characteristics as were highlighted by this NLP.
- pclmulqdq 4y ago
  I was recommended a sodastream too, but I already have one... I love sparkling water.
  - doodlebugging 4y ago
    I fed my wife's reddit account to it and it suggested she would like a resin printer that cost a lot more than the geegaws it produced could sell for. LOL. I'm pretty sure that if she ever had wanted a resin printer I would already be working around it. When she decides to get something she gets it and never worries about the cost or the utility of it. She researches things and buys quality so she doesn't need to spend that money twice. And, if she thinks I could use something, she gets it without buying the junk version of the tool or item. The best wife ever.
elchief 4y ago
> You have lots of patience and can be patient with others that's 'cause you didn't see my deleted HN comments...
annoyingnoob 4y ago
Mine seems like part confidence scheme and part advertising. I don't even drink soda.
riffic 4y ago
seems awfully a lot like a horoscope, just general enough to fit anyone's situation. edit: 13 matches (14 now) for the word horoscope in the thread, lol.
shaburn 4y ago
maguay 4y ago
PG, it says, has "developed a coping mechanism that allows you to survive the world. Your coping mechanism is to avoid the pain and trauma of the past. You keep your head down, your eyes averted, and you stay in your self-protective shell. You've learned to be a hermit, to be emotionally unavailable. You are very self-reliant and independent. You're not necessarily an introvert, but you may prefer your own company. patio11, on the other hand, "would be happy living on a small pension and investment income. You want to avoid the social security trap, so you don't want to be employed after retirement. You want to stay in touch with the world, so you don't want to be isolated from society. You would probably like to spend time on hobbies. You could be happy in a semi-rural setting. You want to be able to afford to travel, and be able to live in a large city if that's where you want to be."
handedness 4y ago
I don't own a sodastream. I've never researched sodastream. Anyone wanna guess what the product placement was? This feels a lot like it's a Trojan hor(o)s(cop)e, delivering a payload of sodastream affiliate links.
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- Manu40 4y ago
  You got the soda stream one too huh? Ironically though, I have bought some of the bottles of their syrup, but only to use as a sweetener for my tea/juice while adding another flavour. So it's not entirely wrong about mixing drink concoctions.
- neilv 4y ago
  All 4 names I tried (the first 4 posters on the front page) got the Sodastream placement.
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  - taylodl 4y ago
    I got a sodastream and earplugs for musicians depending on which account I used.
- resonious 4y ago
  I got a resin printer link, and was also kind of wondering why or how the AI knows about these products. What data associates me with this resin printer and you with the sodastream?
- baxtr 4y ago
  A pretty smart one though I have to admit. We’re talking about it now on HN, which by itself is an achievement.
- znpy 4y ago
pclmulqdq 4y ago
This was very horoscope-like, and I project pretty strong personalities here and on my reddit accounts, so it was able to pick up those as "primary" traits. It also left a laundry list of other traits. I would have been more impressed if it guessed less about me.
belkarx 4y ago
If anyone is looking for better Reddit account analysis: https://redditmetis.com/ https://redditmetis.com/ is a great site (not mine, I just think it's really well designed)
- danmur 4y ago
  That one claims I like Nioh, which is a damn lie. Maybe it confuses like with white hot rage.
kyleyeats 4y ago
What ad integration does this use? Thinking about selling some sodastreams through my own test.
AMICABoard 4y ago
Here is my comment. For science! Good Luck! Awesome. Maybe. Why? Why Not? What did you learn? All your base are belong to us!
AMICABoard 4y ago
Primary Theme Purgatorial Your personality theme is purgatorial. It feels like we're in the in-between times. You wonder: What's next? What's the meaning of it all? You may feel like we've lost our way. You're tired. You have no energy. You're may be struggling to keep up with the demands of your work, your family, or maybe kids. You have no time to relax or to explore yourself. You may be burned out. You have a nagging feeling that something's wrong. You feel like you're not doing what you're meant to be doing. Secondary Theme Energy You are a pioneer. You like to work on projects. You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. You don't like to waste time and money. You like to have fun. You like to explore new things. You like to learn. You like to do things you can be proud of. You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. Secondary Theme The Great Adventure You have probably debated smashing your phone or at least deleting your social media profile. It’s not easy to shut out the world when you’re on a career trajectory, though. Maybe you'd rather read books, learn a new language, take a yoga class, or take up knitting. Maybe you need a little push in the right direction. A little help to get going, a little encouragement to grow. Needs/Desires Your Needs, Desires, and Values (beta) Acceptance Health Good Mental Health This feature isn't really tested yet. Let me know how it works in the subreddit. Recommendation You might own You might already own or plan to buy something like the sodastream because you'd get to create a bunch of random drinks before you went back to just buying name brand soda Possible Theme Stargazing Your personality theme is stargazing. Your head is far above the clouds. It's in the stars. You see the world in the broadest of terms. You are not a person of narrow interests. You enjoy wide and varied conversation. You have a knack for bringing out the best in others, working with them and motivating them to achieve their highest potential. You can usually be found doing something unusual and creative. Possible Theme Expression You put a lot of thought into what you say and how you say it. You use your words to make an impact on people. You give life to the words you speak. You are passionate about your personality and what it is you do. You care about what you put out into the world. You are intuitive, and you use it to find your way around this world or the one you create. Possible Theme Mover and a Shaker You say what you mean and you don't mince words. You have a quick wit and are often funny. You can be sarcastic and blunt, maybe with a quick temper. You are quick to make decisions and you are often decisive. You are a risk taker and are constantly looking for new challenges. You prefer to do things your way, and you are usually successful. You aren't easily controlled or manipulated. Possible Theme Craving There's something you want right now, but for whatever reason you can't or shouldn't have it. It may be a response to something in your environment that's pulling on your subconscious, or just an old habit you're trying to kick. Whatever it is, there's a reason you can't have what you want. Possible Theme The Reluctant Leader You are reserved, intellectual, and logical. You may appear shy and awkward at first, but they're actually very witty and have a great sense of humor. You are practical, practical, practical. You are detail-oriented and driven. You're a bit of a perfectionist, but you know when to give someone a break. You're very serious about your work. You can shine in the background, but you know when to stand up and be counted. You can be a little stubborn, especially if you believe you know what's best for everyone.
peter_retief 4y ago
I am really not that nice and always had bad luck with sodastreams :)
AMICABoard 4y ago
Do you have a git?
langsoul-com 4y ago
Love the recommended ad in the middle, asked me if I'd like to buy a resin printer xD How do these recommendation models even work? Is it just using some open source analysis?
WrtCdEvrydy 4y ago
Primary Theme Energy You are a pioneer. You like to work on projects. You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. You don't like to waste time and money. You like to have fun. You like to explore new things. You like to learn. You like to do things you can be proud of. You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. - 8/10 Secondary Theme Ideation You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. You want to see YOUR idea out there. Maybe improve something that's already there. You think through your projects from start to finish, and motivated by the challenge of turning an idea into reality. - 8/10 Secondary Theme Ready for Anything You're a rugged outdoorsman who's always ready for a challenge. You're ready for any kind of adventure. You love to hunt and fish, camp out under the stars, and explore new places. You like to be outdoors, in nature, and you love to meet new people. You can't wait to find out what's out there. You don't just play it safe. You're a risk-taker who loves adventure and a challenge. - 0/10 Needs/Desires Your Needs, Desires, and Values (beta) Acceptance Good Mental Health Achieving Happiness This feature isn't really tested yet. Let me know how it works in the subreddit. Recommendation You might own You might already own or plan to buy something like the sodastream because you'd get to create a bunch of random drinks before you went back to just buying name brand soda - LOL, no, nicer try. Possible Theme Ability You are someone who is determined, strong and proud. You are not rude, and you do not tolerate rudeness. You are confident and are aware of your own strengths and weaknesses. You are proud of your accomplishments and achievements. You believe that your opinions are valid, and you are comfortable with who you are and what you believe in. You are confident, but not cocky. - 6/10 Possible Theme The Bigger The Better The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do. - 8/10 Possible Theme Independent You've earned what you have. You're the first to take on a job. You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. And it's your life. You want to be recognized for your uniqueness. You're a leader at home, your family, and at work. - 5/10 Possible Theme Expression You put a lot of thought into what you say and how you say it. You use your words to make an impact on people. You give life to the words you speak. You are passionate about your personality and what it is you do. You care about what you put out into the world. You are intuitive, and you use it to find your way around this world or the one you create. - 6/10 Possible Theme Quiet Storm You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. You are often the life of the party. You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. Love is in your heart and your soul. You are a romantic at heart. You are often confused about love. You are often misunderstood. You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative. - 2/10 I don't know, maybe needs some more testing and less sodastream profiteering.
langsoul-com 4y ago
Primary Theme: Ideation You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. You want to see YOUR idea out there. Maybe improve something that's already there. You think through your projects from start to finish, and motivated by the challenge of turning an idea into reality. Actually pretty accurate, my blog [1] is more or less the embodiment of that idea. My own ideas, made it myself instead of WordPress or Shopify (which would've been much easier). [1]: https://langsoul.com https://langsoul.com
314 4y ago
I didn't use it. From the comments it seems that most people are happy to give up their personal information. I assume that the poster now has a reasonably noiseless database of IPs and hn/reddit profiles. This is obviously highly valuable for marketing as it can be fused with existing profiles and then datamined across a large number of posts.
- choeger 4y ago
  Also highly illegal in the EU. So if the author does this and reads this comment: Better stay where you are or you might get fined into oblivion.
- cerved 4y ago
  > This is obviously highly valuable for marketing Yes, all that from data from tens of people is going to rake in the big $$
  - pugworthy 4y ago
    "Sodastream prices skyrocket! Market unsure of cause!"
- pugworthy 4y ago
  By virtue of your account name, you already gave it up. This site lets you decide to do it, despite the fact that it's already happened perhaps many times without your knowledge.
- 63 4y ago
  An oddly cynical take. If it's true, I'll do us both a favor and look up your name instead of mine. There's no limit to the number of names you can query, so it's really a pretty poor way to associate usernames with ips with any certainty.
  - doodlebugging 4y ago
    Yeah. I actually fed a bunch of reddit usernames into it from a bunch of subs I visit and some random ones. I used people who posted frequently on those subs. The funny thing is that it apparently has a limited list of characteristics to assign. Maybe we collectively have a very limited feature set? Who knew I enjoy testing features and breaking things? There was a huge amount of repetition in the results, especially for the part where the results mention that it may not be ready for real life so send feedback. I did see a lot of other product recommendations though so it isn't stuck on sodastream like others have suggested. This is probably good for a drunk party night game where everyone can laugh at the analyses it spits out about each other. I'm not convinced it is a useful tool for anything else except for maybe affiliate link income in the product recommendations for the site owner. It seems designed to be an ego stroker, like horoscopes. I think I am more likely to believe the spooky action at a distance feel of a horoscope over this NLP output.
gojomo 4y ago
Hmm, was hoping for something more like a Big-5 or Meyers-Briggs analysis, not as rah-rah horoscopy.
barbariangrunge 4y ago
I read a lot of personality test books, including some of Jung's work, when I was a teenager. The tests don't work. You can get almost as good results by randomly picking a type and seeing if your personality matches -- if the technique is sold to you well enough, it will seem to match, simply due to your own imagination. Or, these days, the imaginations of marketing people and product designers and their algorithms that recommend us the dumbest, most irrelevant, grossest junk. How many times did each of you see YouTube recommendations for that Johnny Depp trial? It was 50% of my recommendations one day, like 16/30 videos, and I never clicked on one or anything like it. So much for profiling
pugworthy 4y ago
The product placements with (I assume) Amazon affiliate links are hilarious.
Baeocystin 4y ago
:: Generated on my Hacker News handle :: "You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding." While accurate, I don't think this took too much thought from the model, considering the site!
choeger 4y ago
I think it's complete bullshit and I fell for it. sigh As a matter of fact, both Hackernews and reddit accounts have wildly different results. Also, the response is way to quick to fetch all comments from either platform (and you're not telling me you scraped reddit completely, don't you?). Seems to be hugged to death now. So I cannot try with a nonexistent account id.
- ben174 4y ago
  This is nothing more impressive than the horoscope in the newspaper. It's a cold read and people will always fall for it because they believe what they want to hear.
  - Mordisquitos 4y ago
    I find it even less impressive than most horoscopes. At least horoscopes skillfully make use of the Barnum effect[0] to trick people into believing the reading. The results of this on my own users, on the other hand, are much too specific to pretend to hide how wildly inaccurate they are. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
- super256 4y ago
  > Also, the response is way to quick to fetch all comments from either platform I didn't try the Reddit thingy, but for HN there is the algolia index, which is close to instant. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=super256&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  - muttled 4y ago
    This is correct. I'm able to grab most users' comment histories in under a second and it tells the data sources at the bottom.
- 5350-uiop-1130 4y ago
  > both Hackernews and reddit accounts have wildly different results why is that unusual, HN is more focused so the comments trend towards work, whereas Reddit is a lot more general.
pugworthy 4y ago
It's nice to know that gallowboob would probably like a meat thermometer
joeframbach 4y ago
This is fake as hell and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for treating it with any sincerity. It's an ad placement for Amazon clicks. That's all. Flag and move on.
- mkr-hn 4y ago
  Time to buy a Sodastream, discontinued tactical vest, and/or resin printer and spend more time outdoors to validate the reading.
topspin 4y ago
55/45-ish? Flipping a coin on a checklist might have done as well. I'm pleased with this outcome; apparently I'm not trivially quantified by my comments.
Manu40 4y ago
I'm going to share my results in long form, with commentary in (). Reader be warned, I am being as bluntly honest about my opinions on these results and about myself in conjunction with them as should be allowable. So prepare some popcorn. ========================== Primary Theme: Quiet Storm -You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. (correct?) -You are often the life of the party. (In discord maybe) - You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. (Yes) - Love is in your heart and your soul. (Hmmm... that's a tricky one. Not a no, but yes wouldn't be 100% accurate either. It's more like I tolerate a lot of you, whilst many of you think you are the ones tolerating me.) - You are a romantic at heart. (Yes, which sometimes gets me into trouble.) - You are often confused about love. (see prior 2) - You are often misunderstood. (See prior 3) - You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. (Don't we all?) - You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative. (I am somewhat of an artistic sort with my history playing 5 different instruments at proficient levels. But scratch out creative, and substitute intelligent; but good luck convincing me that a person is this trait without being questioned on belief sets. The problem with the creative part, is that we all can be creative; but I am not attracted towards anyone in particular who is creative. Even mentally disadvantaged people can be creative with fecal wall drawings. I know, because one of my brothers takes care of these sorts of folk.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Theme: Independent You've earned what you have. (Whilst this might be a one size fits all for many, it is triply true for me. Not much has ever been given to me freely.) You're the first to take on a job. (More like first to take on a job if no one else is doing it to my satisfaction. If anyone reading this is into that MBTI stuff; look up the result for INTJ-T.) You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. (Can be, and sometimes am; but not entirely in control at all times. Sometimes life feels like a rollercoaster I didn't sign on for.) And it's your life. (You'd think so, right?) You want to be recognized for your uniqueness. (Seems like a once again one size fits all comment.) You're a leader at home, your family, and at work. (Yeah, and no. It's really only when I am being confounded by incompetence that I start to lead people away from that incompetence.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Theme: Energy You are a pioneer. (You might be right in some ways.) You like to work on projects. (Yes.) You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. (I taught myself basically everything I know about computers and many other things; and have led some others to new understanding on those subject matters because of it.) You don't like to waste time and money. (Ironically, one wouldn't understand this to be true by observing me in a short term fashion. It would look like I am wasting lots of time, and possibly money. But EVERYTHING I do has a reason, whether anyone likes it or not, and everything I buy has a use that is beyond just wants; not just needs. But to the outside observers, it may seem otherwise due to their own inability to project their own selves and assumptions of me; onto me.) You like to have fun. (Don't we all?) You like to explore new things. (Take away new, and it's correct.) You like to learn. (Yes, but I hate being taught. It's a tricky thing, since not all those who teach, should. But I do like to learn. So much so, that I have taught myself many subject matters both in school and out of school. If I was bored in school, I would flip ahead in the text book and start doing the work that was supposed to be saved for later. It annoyed some teachers, <who shouldn't be teaching> and others loved it.) You like to do things you can be proud of. (Once again a one size fits all it seems to me). You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. (See earlier statement about tolerating others. Also, I taught a practical mute how to say a word on the bus ride home, so he could insult some kid who was bullying him. So yeah, I have patience, but only for the people who deserve it.) You have a lot of energy. (Eeeehhhhhh... once upon a time ago, maybe. Now? eeeehhhh... I dunno.) -------------------- Edit: Comment too long, see part 2.
ben174 4y ago
Wow this troubles me this stayed on the HN fp for three hours (and counting). It's clearly someone trying to profit off affiliate links using the oldest tricks in the book.
- c7b 4y ago
  Probably just shows that the HN reputation model isn't too hard to game. I actually don't know what their defence against Sybil attacks looks like.
mjrbrennan 4y ago
"You might already own or plan to buy something like this book about writing novels you can use to procrastinate on writing one" - You cut me deep, thank you.
dvh 4y ago
This is bullshit, I only drink tap water.
th3iedkid 4y ago
This is fun!
davidguetta 4y ago
"You are not rude, and you do not tolerate rudeness" Im literally 6x more rude on the internet than in real life ><
rayiner 4y ago
> primary theme: You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. > secondary theme: … You are the dreamer, the idealist, the rebel, the romantic, the free thinker. The hippie and the punk rocker, the grunge fan, the pop fan, the emo, the indie, the hipster. So wrong it’s mildly offensive. The last concert I went to was Carrie Underwood.
cr4nberry 4y ago
Imo personality tests are bullshit but this is a cool website
creakingstairs 4y ago
Mine is pretty accurate but they were vague enough to be applicable for a lot of engineers in their 30s :p
- corobo 4y ago
  "You might be in tech" I wonder how they got that from my HN profile!
sandos 4y ago
This is so bad. Bad bad bad. Everything it says is generic crap that would apply to... a very large percentage of... humanity on internet forums! It didn't even know, for sure, that I am in tech which would be bleedingly obvious to any human.
psychphysic 4y ago
Isn't this just the usual rainbow/barnham statement rubbish? Seems like it for me.
micrum 4y ago
Honestly, it described me more accurately than I possibly could (based on a Reddit username)
tickerticker 4y ago
Product suggestion was........a tactical vest [?] that was permanently out of stock on Amazon ??? How does this pair with a primary theme of defiance.... TIL forms of non-admissable legal evidence [polygraph, barking dogs] which are nevertheless considered useful to a judge. This tool sounds similar.....not useless, not definitive.
entropicgravity 4y ago
How well your results align with the Big Five personality test (free and validated) then that would be interesting.
marclou 4y ago
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meldyr 4y ago
Seems like a great tool to link reddit usernames to IP-addresses. It reads like a standard horoscope. Have to admit. I've been an idiot and fell for this data-gathering trap
ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
Well, it didn’t do too well, with me (“rugged outdoorsman”? Shirley, you jest). But I’m an oddball. People misjudge me all the time. No reason to think an algorithm would do any better.
warbler73 4y ago
Have to ask... do you log or otherwise save ip address and usernames and if so what are your future plans for this info.
Akronymus 4y ago
Thankfully wasn't all that accurate for me.
jbrooksuk 4y ago
At first I was offended by how accurate the SodaStream comment was, but hey... we all want to create our own bubbly drinks.
kstenerud 4y ago
Every name I've put in so far seems to want the exact same product despite wildly differing but strangely-similar-in-a-way personalities. How fascinating.
whatwhatwhat_ 4y ago
ilaksh 4y ago
That is just a clever ad. It probably doesn't even look at your comments. Check out this AI "psychic". Much more interesting https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEmvS8UobiJuXMZP9qQM5U https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEm...
wseqyrku 4y ago
I like one to estimate commenters' age. It seems like 80% of the internet is written by teenagers now (this includes HN comments).
alpaca128 4y ago
The topmost results are not wrong but that's because they're horoscope-like vague guesswork. The "possible themes" are as wrong as they possibly can be. Yeah, no. Save yourself the NLP model processing power and just use a random generator, the quality of results will be the same.
gcr 4y ago
This is a Rorschach test of course. Taking the bait, it’s interesting to compare my Reddit and HN accounts pre-transition with my Reddit account post-transition. The former two have eerily similar predictions of escapism, shyness, and knowledge acquisition, and posturing; the later has much stronger themes of self-actualization, confidence, particularity, and stubborn risktaking. Like a horoscope, this could also just be me seeing what I want to see however. These things offer only lensed views of ourselves I’d be curious to see a tool that could compute trends over time as a reminder of how we change
thasaleni 4y ago
almost nailed me to the T, so impressive
AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
Life of the party? Enjoy working in tech? Have a passion for my job? Primary and both secondaries completely wrong.
dTal 4y ago
>You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't All that from my HN username? Spooky!!!
JetAlone 4y ago
My personality is not purgatorial. It's all about the tollhouses, baby.
DeathArrow 4y ago
This will enter history as the one of the lamest attempts to trick HN users in order to achieve undeserved fame. :)
rawgabbit 4y ago
I only submitted my HN. I was pretty impressed. Accurate >You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. >You have no time to relax or to explore yourself. You may be burned out. >You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. >You like to be around people who are hard working and dependable. You are curious and a good listener. You are easygoing and patient, and you prefer to deal with things rather than argue about them. Not Accurate >You love to hunt and fish, camp out under the stars, and explore new places. You like to be outdoors, in nature, and you love to meet new people.I >Financial independence is important to you. I like to believe this is true. >You are probably a very interesting person to talk to.
tickerticker 4y ago
My product recommendation was a tactical vest that was permanently out of stock on Amazon. Huh? Primary theme was Defiant

179 points by muttled 4y ago

I like this modern time fortune teller

Link to Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/y2xxf0 https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/y2xxf0

hk1337 4y ago

Well, stop.

bluehorseray 4y ago
Hehe "purgatorial"
- graypegg 4y ago
  I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to try
- Foobar8568 4y ago
  I wonder what pourcentage of HN readers would fall in the purgatorial category.
  - xigency 4y ago
    Another one here. Explains why I can never seem to leave.

mikercampbell 4y ago

I was wary of this, as it felt kind of like a horoscope that could apply to anyone. At the risk of TMI, I left a cult, which was the faith of my family. During that process, I experienced severe spite, grief, and joined religious recovery subreddits to vent, find community, and learn and struggle together with others like me. Over the years, I wasn't pleased with my tone. I was angry at my previous faith and its leaders for misleading me, and I spoke out about it. Being afraid I was giving too much information about myself on Reddit, and not wanting to get doxxed, I started a new account on Reddit 3 separate times over the years. I ran the analysis on each of the 3, and it captured the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes I had at the time accurately to a point. I'm glad they included the confidence level, because the primary analysis was freakishly spot on, while the lower rungs we're hit and miss. I'm kind of taken aback. Here, a cold, calculating machine is breaking down the progress I made as an individual. It was a pretty vulnerable experience. It could totally fake and I could be totally duped, but I don't care enough for it to matter because this rewarding feeling is worth it. Thanks OP. You took me on a journey.

tomcam 4y ago
Powerful story. You took us on a journey too
ALittleLight 4y ago
For what it's worth I looked at my reddit account and my hackernews account and they share one personality element in common. My perspective on this is that it's closer to cold reading type stuff - throw out a lot of traits, each of which applies to a lot of people, and then people will naturally find that a lot of what you've said applies to them. Maybe another way you could test it is give it a day or two until you've forgotten what this website says. Then, write down a short description of yourself at each of the three stages. Finally, check three random accounts and see how much overlap there is between the random accounts and your self-descriptions.
- fho 4y ago
  Might also be that people present themselves differently on the two platforms. HN is more about professional discussion while Reddit is more about talking about hobbies.
Pigalowda 4y ago
But did you buy the soda stream?

thot_experiment 4y ago

I love me some tech horoscopes. Fantastic job on this, I can't wait to share this with friends at a bar or similar. It's going to be really entertaining to compare, especially for people who have multiple accounts. Seriously love projects like this.

antognini 4y ago

It gave my primary theme as "Stargazing." Given that I mostly comment on astronomy posts I guess that really is right on the money.

bfung 4y ago

Fun! If someone reads the comments first, try this in a private/incognito window please! (Then compare in non-incognito) There’s a clever product recommendation section, and the test will say “you might own…” and it showed me something I was considering to buy the other day!

tuatoru 4y ago
For me, it suggested something that I have actually owned twice...no, wait, three times, over the years. Lol!
dragonsky 4y ago
Don't drink soda, and would never bother with a soda stream... sorry, try something else next time.

63 4y ago

It appears there's some rule or other factor that prevents it from working with my name. I thought it might be length, but it does pg just fine. Perhaps because my name is entirely numeric?

squeaky-clean 4y ago
It seems to cache names, when I entered mine clicking didn't do anything for the first 10 tries or so, then it was "Attempting to connect to server 1 of 8" for a while, then finally loaded. When I put my name in again it was near instant.

rdedev 4y ago

It mostly feels like one of those things you read in horoscopes where it feels right because those things just apply to almost everyone. Sometimes it gives conflicting results, told memy primary theme is energetic but in my secondary theme it said I'm out of energy. That being said "You might be an introvert who still loves to have conversations" that is one of the base characteristics of my personality. So hats of to you

Centigonal 4y ago

Isn't working for me. The submit button doesn't do anything

atfzl 4y ago
Wait a bit, it takes some time. This tool needs better UX: - A loading bar, or some feedback that it is "analyzing data" - clicking on "Reddit" or "Hacker News" doesn't select the radio buttons
- Izkata 4y ago
  It's not just not loading, it's not even making any network requests. Seems broken.
  - Jaygles 4y ago
    The requests seem to go through a websocket which won't show in the dev tools unless they're open when you open the page
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wsc981 4y ago
If you are looking on a small screen device, after pressing the button you need to scroll down a bit.
sudo_navendu 4y ago
Same for me. I tried waiting for a bit but still nothing.
Centigonal 4y ago
update: worked for me after letting the page sit for 5+ minutes.

atfzl 4y ago

I don't have a lot of comments on hn but the result is still super accurate. FML.

StanislavPetrov 4y ago

The primary theme was mostly accurate, but the secondary themes were a mix of accurate and completely inaccurate. The needs/desires and recommendation/you might own were completely off. The possible themes were somewhat applicable, but seem like they could be to most anyone.

knome 4y ago

I don't know if your service is getting hugged or what, but I can see it send off the websocket mouse click events, but it never seems to receive an actionable response. Just regular small packets I assume are keep-alives. Why does it send the screen and client size data back? Fingerprinting? I never see it send either the username, and it mentions the other site when I change it in the UI. What advantage does a websocket offer here over a standard xml http request to a regular API?

loa_in_ 4y ago

Considering some of the comments already in this thread it seems the space considered is significant and at least it's a horoscope that is tailored to the audience, i.e. it's not merely twelve (or so) categories. It's up to debate I guess if a well tailored horoscope is equivalent to an assessment, but technically both accomplish the same thing. The scary thing is both are indistinguishable from magic from where I stand. And I do put way more faith in the machine as opposed to a stranger who (arguably) knows less facts about me.

belval 4y ago
I actually really like the idea of guessing personality traits from how I write on the Internet. It's a fun novelty. Now the question is: do I get into Internet arguments with people that have a different/opposed primary theme? Could be an interesting follow up.

POiNTx 4y ago

The background image is 26mb, I'd suggest looking into reducing it, even if it's for your own server's cost :)

muttled 4y ago
You might have saved my butt by pointing that out early on in the torrent of people. Thanks.

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bearjaws 4y ago

What is the HN equivalent of Mercury in Retrograde? This seems pretty close.

creata 4y ago

Oh no, I gave it a couple of my throwaway accounts, and there was a good amount of overlap in the results. Either it gives everyone similar answers, or my throwaways can be easily linked to each other.

bigmattystyles 4y ago
Not to mention, you just used that website to link them in some db somewhere.
- ysavir 4y ago
  Considering there's no authentication involved, they could theoretically link all of our names to them.
  - bigmattystyles 4y ago
    Yea, create some disinformation - but more likely than not, if the AI is any good, the author should be able to differentiate fakes from real connections.
- creata 4y ago
  Hopefully accessing the website from different networks was enough to avoid that, but yeah, maybe.
ta8645 4y ago
Unless you take extreme precautions, throwaway accounts would be relatively easy to link, by those who run this site. Whether they care, or take the time to do so, is another question. Either way, it can't guarantee anonymity from the most sophisticated actors, it's just a way to keep differing opinions from turning into sustained grudges and personal feuds.
- creata 4y ago
  I'm fine with admins being able to link accounts; I'm sure that's very useful for spam prevention. But ideally, I don't want members of the public to be able to link accounts. Maybe you're right; maybe it is hopeless against the most sophisticated actors.

zhte415 4y ago

I do indeed own a soda stream. Though I wonder how many do or are close to doing so. Do confirmation biases shift how 'right' it is in total via small specific 'rights' while we overlook 'wrongs'? For example, I do not often fish. To echo mikercampbell. And is my personality what I type on HN? Are the quite normal people I know really the closet sociopaths they appear to be via their LinkedIn babble?

ysavir 4y ago

> You might already own or plan to buy something like this book about writing novels you can use to procrastinate on writing one Well it called me right out.

LanceH 4y ago
I might own a hammock for use in place of a tent...that is oddly specific and correct as that is how I camp (when there are appropriate trees available).

arbitrage 4y ago

You're really pushing sodastream, huh?

userbinator 4y ago

You know it's too horoscopic when the things it tells you are roughly 50% true.

optimiz3 4y ago

Good for opposition research?

bmarquez 4y ago

> The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do. I mean this is Hacker News after all (could be guessed just by having an HN username) It did suggest a Sodastream which was pretty accurate, I already have one.

lofatdairy 4y ago
I also got a Sodastream suggestion which is weird because I don't recall mentioning anything about variety or a desire for soft drinks. I did comment on that notorious Peter Arnell Pepsi pitch deck but that's all that comes to mind.
- number6 4y ago
  Maybe it's a placeholder. I have also the sodastream. Maybe it's a play to me people talk about it?

ARandomerDude 4y ago

This is a horoscope with a text input box and a button.

augustuspolius 4y ago
That was my instant impression as well. Barnum effect all the way.
addaon 4y ago
Do most horoscopes have targeted advertising hidden in them?

melony 4y ago

Do you have a local cache of the HN comment data? The response is too quick for calling the HN API + running through NLP model.

markdown 4y ago

HN broke it. Not even an error message. Nothing happens when you click the button.

voisin 4y ago

Uncanny. Your AI nailed me.

mrwnmonm 4y ago

An insult to human beings.

kissgyorgy 4y ago

Not sure what's going on, but for me this is insanely accurate. Is it some weird trick going on like the sentences are so generic everyone can see some truth to them or what?

stingraycharles 4y ago
Seems very generic to me. “You’re the first to take on the job”, “you want to see your ideas become reality”, all that kind of stuff could apply to anyone. I would be more impressed if they could have guessed my MBTI
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corobo 4y ago
That combined with peoples unconscious ability to disregard misses. For example mine said I might own or want to own guns which is almost the complete and exact opposite of me. However unless I'm being a smartarse like now I'll never mention or note or even remember the one that doesn't fit. You disregard the bits not about you (even though it's supposed to be all about you) and you share the bits that were spookily accurate. Same way Markov string chat bots in the 2000s worked. Nobody remembered when it made zero sense, but when it seemed smart they'd fall over themselves giving it a projected personality.

bhaney 4y ago

Is this just an ad for sodastream?

ignoramous 4y ago
It is a sign of what's to come...
- tgv 4y ago
  SaaS: Sodastream as a Service?

lofatdairy 4y ago

Hey, I thought it's fun. I'm surprised my top personality trait is so ambivalent, at least in the sense that horoscopes are usually pretty positive overall to my limited knowledge. For fun I ran it on some of the interesting people I've noticed on this forum, there's not _too_ much variety in traits (or product suggestions for that matter), though obviously my sampling method is biased.

Jach 4y ago

Thanks for the lols. Unfortunately not accurate at all, I've found more rings of truth in actual horoscopes (libra). Mildly disappointing but I think that's just me being spoiled by incredible AI progress elsewhere. In theory I would think a better model should be able to spit out something that correlates a lot closer with one's OCEAN traits from even small writing samples.

BLKNSLVR 4y ago
Happy birthday recently or soon
- Jach 4y ago
  Heh, thanks, it was earlier this month. I've been telling people I'm two years younger than I am, after adjusting for pandemic
doodlebugging 4y ago
I have no faith in horoscopes at all. Both my parents are libra but neither fits that profile and they are different from each other in significant ways on many fronts. They are a perfect match though for each other.
- Jach 4y ago
  Sounds like a balance was reached
  - doodlebugging 4y ago
    Indeed! Those scales are balanced. Maybe the symbol is correct even though none of the traits are a good match. They each accepted the other's characteristics that they liked and ignored those they didn't care for figuring that it all balanced out in the end. I can dig it.
ilaksh 4y ago
Hm. AI powered psychic maybe. https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEmvS8UobiJuXMZP9qQM5U https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEm...

toddm 4y ago

Big swing and a miss.

donatj 4y ago

My Hacker News one was pretty good right up until "outdoorsy" which I most certainly am not. My Reddit one never seems to populate. I'm on mobile right now so it's hard to say if there's some console error. I'll check on PC later.

exikyut 4y ago
Reddit accounts are not working for me either. There are no errors in the console - or responses either: this is crazily using a WebSocket connection to the server to fetch the results. And so sending off a Reddit request never returns a matching response.

p1necone 4y ago

I'm curious, did it say anything negative about anyone? I feel like it's just throwing a bunch of stuff at me to stroke my ego, and none of it felt particularly spot on (although none of it was outright wrong either). I'd be much more impressed if it worked out my character flaws, instead it just told me I like tech, building things, and the outdoors (heavily paraphrased).

Vibgyor5 4y ago

Just did this based on my Reddit profile. Few observations: a) Fairly accurate. A lot of it sounds like Horoscope-type language but it was overall fun. I'd still recommend it just for the fun aspect. b) Eerily accurate description of what I'd like to buy. Some things are easy to deduce for a person stalking my reddit but this one actually stumped me even! c) Some results seemed like just spitballing for me: - "You have probably debated smashing your phone or at least deleting your social media profile.": Strong no for first one. Sort of yes for second one. First one is an extreme detachment and digital detox, second one is but I'm fairly sure this is true for majority of people between 18-50. - "You could be happy in a semi-rural setting. You want to be able to afford to travel, and be able to live in a large city if that's where you want to be.". No for first one; true for the second part. Very generic. - There were a few other observations which are not exactly accurate ("good listener" - I am fairly sure I am not a good listener; and few other traits that are quite personal to share that it could be true if we stretch the definition but weren't true on first look) - All in all, great work. Kudos!

Vibgyor5 4y ago
Update: I just checked this on the basis of another old Reddit account and HN and it was quite generic and far less accurate there. (not that I expect it to be very accurate in the first place but still)

silisili 4y ago

This isn't very good. It reads like an AI written horoscope. The themes aren't even cohesive one sentence to the next, for example, the below. It feels like unrelated sentences jammed together... -- You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. You are often the life of the party. You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. Love is in your heart and your soul. You are a romantic at heart. You are often confused about love. You are often misunderstood. You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative.

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justusw 4y ago

I was told I value financial independence, but doesn’t that apply to pretty much everyone? Seems like generic horoscope language overall. But definitely provocative and made me want to write a comment to complain, ironic. +1

renewiltord 4y ago

Doesn't work for me

raydiatian 4y ago

> You have a knack for bringing out the best in others Hah, I have a knack for throwing out the best in others

sometimeshuman 4y ago

"You may feel like we've lost our way. You're tired. You have no energy." Ok that's true as of creation of my new HN account about a year ago. But when I ran it for my old account the top result had this sentence: "You have a lot of energy." Which was true back then. Does this algo weight comment based on its age ? It seems like it should otherwise what would it conclude given personalities change somewhat based on on-going challenges.

muttled 4y ago
> Does this algo weight comment based on its age ? No but that's a fantastic suggestion. Thanks!

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tzury 4y ago

This is awesome! ASs if I am looking at the mirror. Great work!

EamonnMR 4y ago

Anyone else not seeing any results?

peterfield 4y ago
yep

lostgame 4y ago

It's an ARG? For what campaign?

wruza 4y ago

A scary tool this is. Btw, it recommended me a vertical mouse, because I’m properly hydrated and my comments reflect that. Stay hydrated, purgatorials!

dymk 4y ago
Be sure to hydrate using a SodaStream^tm!

bbertelsen 4y ago

Do stackoverflow next!

chillfox 4y ago

It kinda gets some things right while attributing the wrong motivation. Neat project if it's just used for a bit of fun, but I could see it being horrifying if recruiters started to use it.

deepGem 4y ago
This could be a great tool for introverts who are borderline intimidated by behaviour questions in interviews. Even though this assessment is not accurate, I don't think it's complete BS either (at least based on my personality guess ). This is better than sitting through some Myers Briggs 30 minute exercise IMO, especially if you have a long commenting history on HN.
- langsoul-com 4y ago
  Then people would start gaming the system. Language would be extremely constrained, most likely always positive and upbeat, all that shit. Kinda like LinkedIn these days.
  - deepGem 4y ago
    Well, it's hard to game the system over the long term especially on a platform like HN, where not every positive comment is rewarded. If the model uses any temporal aspect, then gaming it is gonna be pretty hard.
- chillfox 4y ago
  Sure, if the profile says nice things about you. But imagine if it decided you were lazy and a slacker.

Barrin92 4y ago

It's fun and I like that it sounds very organic but it is somewhat nonsensical as it finds me to be both energic and confident in the first two categories and further down below burned out and without energy. I'm also sad to admit that unlike the test suggests I'm not very agreeable or a rugged outdoorsman but chronically online and needlessly confrontational

doodlebugging 4y ago

Pretty funny. I gave it several reddit accounts I have used over the years and my HN account and it decided I would probably like to buy a Sodastream for most of them but for others it recommended I buy a melamine cleaning sponge. I don't drink sodas at all. I'm a coffee and tea drinker (iced or hot). The accounts with the most posts ended up suggesting the sodastream whereas the accounts with the fewest posts preferred the sponge. I was complimented by the analyses that were presented so I'm totally okay having this NLP model determine that I am a great guy overall and I'm willing to overlook the things that seemed out of place. I had to make multiple tries to get it to do anything with a reddit account so it must have been really busy since it was definitely not even close to instant. EDIT: I think the ground truth should be to have a real human check out post histories and score someone using their standards and then compare it to these results. In my results I saw overlap between accounts along several themes and that to me served as an ego stroker. Hopefully in real life people see the same characteristics as were highlighted by this NLP.

pclmulqdq 4y ago
I was recommended a sodastream too, but I already have one... I love sparkling water.
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  I fed my wife's reddit account to it and it suggested she would like a resin printer that cost a lot more than the geegaws it produced could sell for. LOL. I'm pretty sure that if she ever had wanted a resin printer I would already be working around it. When she decides to get something she gets it and never worries about the cost or the utility of it. She researches things and buys quality so she doesn't need to spend that money twice. And, if she thinks I could use something, she gets it without buying the junk version of the tool or item. The best wife ever.

elchief 4y ago

> You have lots of patience and can be patient with others that's 'cause you didn't see my deleted HN comments...

annoyingnoob 4y ago

Mine seems like part confidence scheme and part advertising. I don't even drink soda.

riffic 4y ago

seems awfully a lot like a horoscope, just general enough to fit anyone's situation. edit: 13 matches (14 now) for the word horoscope in the thread, lol.

shaburn 4y ago

maguay 4y ago

PG, it says, has "developed a coping mechanism that allows you to survive the world. Your coping mechanism is to avoid the pain and trauma of the past. You keep your head down, your eyes averted, and you stay in your self-protective shell. You've learned to be a hermit, to be emotionally unavailable. You are very self-reliant and independent. You're not necessarily an introvert, but you may prefer your own company. patio11, on the other hand, "would be happy living on a small pension and investment income. You want to avoid the social security trap, so you don't want to be employed after retirement. You want to stay in touch with the world, so you don't want to be isolated from society. You would probably like to spend time on hobbies. You could be happy in a semi-rural setting. You want to be able to afford to travel, and be able to live in a large city if that's where you want to be."

handedness 4y ago

I don't own a sodastream. I've never researched sodastream. Anyone wanna guess what the product placement was? This feels a lot like it's a Trojan hor(o)s(cop)e, delivering a payload of sodastream affiliate links.

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Manu40 4y ago
You got the soda stream one too huh? Ironically though, I have bought some of the bottles of their syrup, but only to use as a sweetener for my tea/juice while adding another flavour. So it's not entirely wrong about mixing drink concoctions.
neilv 4y ago
All 4 names I tried (the first 4 posters on the front page) got the Sodastream placement.
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- taylodl 4y ago
  I got a sodastream and earplugs for musicians depending on which account I used.
resonious 4y ago
I got a resin printer link, and was also kind of wondering why or how the AI knows about these products. What data associates me with this resin printer and you with the sodastream?
baxtr 4y ago
A pretty smart one though I have to admit. We’re talking about it now on HN, which by itself is an achievement.
znpy 4y ago

pclmulqdq 4y ago

This was very horoscope-like, and I project pretty strong personalities here and on my reddit accounts, so it was able to pick up those as "primary" traits. It also left a laundry list of other traits. I would have been more impressed if it guessed less about me.

belkarx 4y ago

If anyone is looking for better Reddit account analysis: https://redditmetis.com/ https://redditmetis.com/ is a great site (not mine, I just think it's really well designed)

danmur 4y ago
That one claims I like Nioh, which is a damn lie. Maybe it confuses like with white hot rage.

kyleyeats 4y ago

What ad integration does this use? Thinking about selling some sodastreams through my own test.

AMICABoard 4y ago

Here is my comment. For science! Good Luck! Awesome. Maybe. Why? Why Not? What did you learn? All your base are belong to us!

AMICABoard 4y ago

Primary Theme Purgatorial Your personality theme is purgatorial. It feels like we're in the in-between times. You wonder: What's next? What's the meaning of it all? You may feel like we've lost our way. You're tired. You have no energy. You're may be struggling to keep up with the demands of your work, your family, or maybe kids. You have no time to relax or to explore yourself. You may be burned out. You have a nagging feeling that something's wrong. You feel like you're not doing what you're meant to be doing. Secondary Theme Energy You are a pioneer. You like to work on projects. You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. You don't like to waste time and money. You like to have fun. You like to explore new things. You like to learn. You like to do things you can be proud of. You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. Secondary Theme The Great Adventure You have probably debated smashing your phone or at least deleting your social media profile. It’s not easy to shut out the world when you’re on a career trajectory, though. Maybe you'd rather read books, learn a new language, take a yoga class, or take up knitting. Maybe you need a little push in the right direction. A little help to get going, a little encouragement to grow. Needs/Desires Your Needs, Desires, and Values (beta) Acceptance Health Good Mental Health This feature isn't really tested yet. Let me know how it works in the subreddit. Recommendation You might own You might already own or plan to buy something like the sodastream because you'd get to create a bunch of random drinks before you went back to just buying name brand soda Possible Theme Stargazing Your personality theme is stargazing. Your head is far above the clouds. It's in the stars. You see the world in the broadest of terms. You are not a person of narrow interests. You enjoy wide and varied conversation. You have a knack for bringing out the best in others, working with them and motivating them to achieve their highest potential. You can usually be found doing something unusual and creative. Possible Theme Expression You put a lot of thought into what you say and how you say it. You use your words to make an impact on people. You give life to the words you speak. You are passionate about your personality and what it is you do. You care about what you put out into the world. You are intuitive, and you use it to find your way around this world or the one you create. Possible Theme Mover and a Shaker You say what you mean and you don't mince words. You have a quick wit and are often funny. You can be sarcastic and blunt, maybe with a quick temper. You are quick to make decisions and you are often decisive. You are a risk taker and are constantly looking for new challenges. You prefer to do things your way, and you are usually successful. You aren't easily controlled or manipulated. Possible Theme Craving There's something you want right now, but for whatever reason you can't or shouldn't have it. It may be a response to something in your environment that's pulling on your subconscious, or just an old habit you're trying to kick. Whatever it is, there's a reason you can't have what you want. Possible Theme The Reluctant Leader You are reserved, intellectual, and logical. You may appear shy and awkward at first, but they're actually very witty and have a great sense of humor. You are practical, practical, practical. You are detail-oriented and driven. You're a bit of a perfectionist, but you know when to give someone a break. You're very serious about your work. You can shine in the background, but you know when to stand up and be counted. You can be a little stubborn, especially if you believe you know what's best for everyone.

peter_retief 4y ago

I am really not that nice and always had bad luck with sodastreams :)

AMICABoard 4y ago

Do you have a git?

langsoul-com 4y ago

Love the recommended ad in the middle, asked me if I'd like to buy a resin printer xD How do these recommendation models even work? Is it just using some open source analysis?

WrtCdEvrydy 4y ago

Primary Theme Energy You are a pioneer. You like to work on projects. You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. You don't like to waste time and money. You like to have fun. You like to explore new things. You like to learn. You like to do things you can be proud of. You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. - 8/10 Secondary Theme Ideation You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. You want to see YOUR idea out there. Maybe improve something that's already there. You think through your projects from start to finish, and motivated by the challenge of turning an idea into reality. - 8/10 Secondary Theme Ready for Anything You're a rugged outdoorsman who's always ready for a challenge. You're ready for any kind of adventure. You love to hunt and fish, camp out under the stars, and explore new places. You like to be outdoors, in nature, and you love to meet new people. You can't wait to find out what's out there. You don't just play it safe. You're a risk-taker who loves adventure and a challenge. - 0/10 Needs/Desires Your Needs, Desires, and Values (beta) Acceptance Good Mental Health Achieving Happiness This feature isn't really tested yet. Let me know how it works in the subreddit. Recommendation You might own You might already own or plan to buy something like the sodastream because you'd get to create a bunch of random drinks before you went back to just buying name brand soda - LOL, no, nicer try. Possible Theme Ability You are someone who is determined, strong and proud. You are not rude, and you do not tolerate rudeness. You are confident and are aware of your own strengths and weaknesses. You are proud of your accomplishments and achievements. You believe that your opinions are valid, and you are comfortable with who you are and what you believe in. You are confident, but not cocky. - 6/10 Possible Theme The Bigger The Better The internet is awesome. You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't. You are patient and have a passion for the job you do. - 8/10 Possible Theme Independent You've earned what you have. You're the first to take on a job. You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. And it's your life. You want to be recognized for your uniqueness. You're a leader at home, your family, and at work. - 5/10 Possible Theme Expression You put a lot of thought into what you say and how you say it. You use your words to make an impact on people. You give life to the words you speak. You are passionate about your personality and what it is you do. You care about what you put out into the world. You are intuitive, and you use it to find your way around this world or the one you create. - 6/10 Possible Theme Quiet Storm You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. You are often the life of the party. You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. Love is in your heart and your soul. You are a romantic at heart. You are often confused about love. You are often misunderstood. You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative. - 2/10 I don't know, maybe needs some more testing and less sodastream profiteering.

langsoul-com 4y ago

Primary Theme: Ideation You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. You want to see YOUR idea out there. Maybe improve something that's already there. You think through your projects from start to finish, and motivated by the challenge of turning an idea into reality. Actually pretty accurate, my blog [1] is more or less the embodiment of that idea. My own ideas, made it myself instead of WordPress or Shopify (which would've been much easier). [1]: https://langsoul.com https://langsoul.com

314 4y ago

I didn't use it. From the comments it seems that most people are happy to give up their personal information. I assume that the poster now has a reasonably noiseless database of IPs and hn/reddit profiles. This is obviously highly valuable for marketing as it can be fused with existing profiles and then datamined across a large number of posts.

choeger 4y ago
Also highly illegal in the EU. So if the author does this and reads this comment: Better stay where you are or you might get fined into oblivion.
cerved 4y ago
> This is obviously highly valuable for marketing Yes, all that from data from tens of people is going to rake in the big $$
- pugworthy 4y ago
  "Sodastream prices skyrocket! Market unsure of cause!"
pugworthy 4y ago
By virtue of your account name, you already gave it up. This site lets you decide to do it, despite the fact that it's already happened perhaps many times without your knowledge.
63 4y ago
An oddly cynical take. If it's true, I'll do us both a favor and look up your name instead of mine. There's no limit to the number of names you can query, so it's really a pretty poor way to associate usernames with ips with any certainty.
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  Yeah. I actually fed a bunch of reddit usernames into it from a bunch of subs I visit and some random ones. I used people who posted frequently on those subs. The funny thing is that it apparently has a limited list of characteristics to assign. Maybe we collectively have a very limited feature set? Who knew I enjoy testing features and breaking things? There was a huge amount of repetition in the results, especially for the part where the results mention that it may not be ready for real life so send feedback. I did see a lot of other product recommendations though so it isn't stuck on sodastream like others have suggested. This is probably good for a drunk party night game where everyone can laugh at the analyses it spits out about each other. I'm not convinced it is a useful tool for anything else except for maybe affiliate link income in the product recommendations for the site owner. It seems designed to be an ego stroker, like horoscopes. I think I am more likely to believe the spooky action at a distance feel of a horoscope over this NLP output.

gojomo 4y ago

Hmm, was hoping for something more like a Big-5 or Meyers-Briggs analysis, not as rah-rah horoscopy.

barbariangrunge 4y ago

I read a lot of personality test books, including some of Jung's work, when I was a teenager. The tests don't work. You can get almost as good results by randomly picking a type and seeing if your personality matches -- if the technique is sold to you well enough, it will seem to match, simply due to your own imagination. Or, these days, the imaginations of marketing people and product designers and their algorithms that recommend us the dumbest, most irrelevant, grossest junk. How many times did each of you see YouTube recommendations for that Johnny Depp trial? It was 50% of my recommendations one day, like 16/30 videos, and I never clicked on one or anything like it. So much for profiling

pugworthy 4y ago

The product placements with (I assume) Amazon affiliate links are hilarious.

Baeocystin 4y ago

:: Generated on my Hacker News handle :: "You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding." While accurate, I don't think this took too much thought from the model, considering the site!

choeger 4y ago

I think it's complete bullshit and I fell for it. sigh As a matter of fact, both Hackernews and reddit accounts have wildly different results. Also, the response is way to quick to fetch all comments from either platform (and you're not telling me you scraped reddit completely, don't you?). Seems to be hugged to death now. So I cannot try with a nonexistent account id.

ben174 4y ago
This is nothing more impressive than the horoscope in the newspaper. It's a cold read and people will always fall for it because they believe what they want to hear.
- Mordisquitos 4y ago
  I find it even less impressive than most horoscopes. At least horoscopes skillfully make use of the Barnum effect[0] to trick people into believing the reading. The results of this on my own users, on the other hand, are much too specific to pretend to hide how wildly inaccurate they are. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
super256 4y ago
> Also, the response is way to quick to fetch all comments from either platform I didn't try the Reddit thingy, but for HN there is the algolia index, which is close to instant. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=super256&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- muttled 4y ago
  This is correct. I'm able to grab most users' comment histories in under a second and it tells the data sources at the bottom.
5350-uiop-1130 4y ago
> both Hackernews and reddit accounts have wildly different results why is that unusual, HN is more focused so the comments trend towards work, whereas Reddit is a lot more general.

pugworthy 4y ago

It's nice to know that gallowboob would probably like a meat thermometer

joeframbach 4y ago

This is fake as hell and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for treating it with any sincerity. It's an ad placement for Amazon clicks. That's all. Flag and move on.

mkr-hn 4y ago
Time to buy a Sodastream, discontinued tactical vest, and/or resin printer and spend more time outdoors to validate the reading.

topspin 4y ago

55/45-ish? Flipping a coin on a checklist might have done as well. I'm pleased with this outcome; apparently I'm not trivially quantified by my comments.

Manu40 4y ago

I'm going to share my results in long form, with commentary in (). Reader be warned, I am being as bluntly honest about my opinions on these results and about myself in conjunction with them as should be allowable. So prepare some popcorn. ========================== Primary Theme: Quiet Storm -You are compassionate and have a soft spot for the underdog. (correct?) -You are often the life of the party. (In discord maybe) - You are a free spirit, and you like to be comfortable. (Yes) - Love is in your heart and your soul. (Hmmm... that's a tricky one. Not a no, but yes wouldn't be 100% accurate either. It's more like I tolerate a lot of you, whilst many of you think you are the ones tolerating me.) - You are a romantic at heart. (Yes, which sometimes gets me into trouble.) - You are often confused about love. (see prior 2) - You are often misunderstood. (See prior 3) - You like to be liked and to feel appreciated. (Don't we all?) - You are attracted to the arts and people who are creative. (I am somewhat of an artistic sort with my history playing 5 different instruments at proficient levels. But scratch out creative, and substitute intelligent; but good luck convincing me that a person is this trait without being questioned on belief sets. The problem with the creative part, is that we all can be creative; but I am not attracted towards anyone in particular who is creative. Even mentally disadvantaged people can be creative with fecal wall drawings. I know, because one of my brothers takes care of these sorts of folk.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Theme: Independent You've earned what you have. (Whilst this might be a one size fits all for many, it is triply true for me. Not much has ever been given to me freely.) You're the first to take on a job. (More like first to take on a job if no one else is doing it to my satisfaction. If anyone reading this is into that MBTI stuff; look up the result for INTJ-T.) You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. (Can be, and sometimes am; but not entirely in control at all times. Sometimes life feels like a rollercoaster I didn't sign on for.) And it's your life. (You'd think so, right?) You want to be recognized for your uniqueness. (Seems like a once again one size fits all comment.) You're a leader at home, your family, and at work. (Yeah, and no. It's really only when I am being confounded by incompetence that I start to lead people away from that incompetence.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary Theme: Energy You are a pioneer. (You might be right in some ways.) You like to work on projects. (Yes.) You want to do things that you know how to do, so you like to learn new things. (I taught myself basically everything I know about computers and many other things; and have led some others to new understanding on those subject matters because of it.) You don't like to waste time and money. (Ironically, one wouldn't understand this to be true by observing me in a short term fashion. It would look like I am wasting lots of time, and possibly money. But EVERYTHING I do has a reason, whether anyone likes it or not, and everything I buy has a use that is beyond just wants; not just needs. But to the outside observers, it may seem otherwise due to their own inability to project their own selves and assumptions of me; onto me.) You like to have fun. (Don't we all?) You like to explore new things. (Take away new, and it's correct.) You like to learn. (Yes, but I hate being taught. It's a tricky thing, since not all those who teach, should. But I do like to learn. So much so, that I have taught myself many subject matters both in school and out of school. If I was bored in school, I would flip ahead in the text book and start doing the work that was supposed to be saved for later. It annoyed some teachers, <who shouldn't be teaching> and others loved it.) You like to do things you can be proud of. (Once again a one size fits all it seems to me). You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. (See earlier statement about tolerating others. Also, I taught a practical mute how to say a word on the bus ride home, so he could insult some kid who was bullying him. So yeah, I have patience, but only for the people who deserve it.) You have a lot of energy. (Eeeehhhhhh... once upon a time ago, maybe. Now? eeeehhhh... I dunno.) -------------------- Edit: Comment too long, see part 2.

ben174 4y ago

Wow this troubles me this stayed on the HN fp for three hours (and counting). It's clearly someone trying to profit off affiliate links using the oldest tricks in the book.

c7b 4y ago
Probably just shows that the HN reputation model isn't too hard to game. I actually don't know what their defence against Sybil attacks looks like.

mjrbrennan 4y ago

"You might already own or plan to buy something like this book about writing novels you can use to procrastinate on writing one" - You cut me deep, thank you.

dvh 4y ago

This is bullshit, I only drink tap water.

th3iedkid 4y ago

This is fun!

davidguetta 4y ago

"You are not rude, and you do not tolerate rudeness" Im literally 6x more rude on the internet than in real life ><

rayiner 4y ago

> primary theme: You love to see your ideas come to life. What already exists is simply not good enough. > secondary theme: … You are the dreamer, the idealist, the rebel, the romantic, the free thinker. The hippie and the punk rocker, the grunge fan, the pop fan, the emo, the indie, the hipster. So wrong it’s mildly offensive. The last concert I went to was Carrie Underwood.

cr4nberry 4y ago

Imo personality tests are bullshit but this is a cool website

creakingstairs 4y ago

Mine is pretty accurate but they were vague enough to be applicable for a lot of engineers in their 30s :p

corobo 4y ago
"You might be in tech" I wonder how they got that from my HN profile!

sandos 4y ago

This is so bad. Bad bad bad. Everything it says is generic crap that would apply to... a very large percentage of... humanity on internet forums! It didn't even know, for sure, that I am in tech which would be bleedingly obvious to any human.

psychphysic 4y ago

Isn't this just the usual rainbow/barnham statement rubbish? Seems like it for me.

micrum 4y ago

Honestly, it described me more accurately than I possibly could (based on a Reddit username)

tickerticker 4y ago

Product suggestion was........a tactical vest [?] that was permanently out of stock on Amazon ??? How does this pair with a primary theme of defiance.... TIL forms of non-admissable legal evidence [polygraph, barking dogs] which are nevertheless considered useful to a judge. This tool sounds similar.....not useless, not definitive.

entropicgravity 4y ago

How well your results align with the Big Five personality test (free and validated) then that would be interesting.

marclou 4y ago

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meldyr 4y ago

Seems like a great tool to link reddit usernames to IP-addresses. It reads like a standard horoscope. Have to admit. I've been an idiot and fell for this data-gathering trap

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago

Well, it didn’t do too well, with me (“rugged outdoorsman”? Shirley, you jest). But I’m an oddball. People misjudge me all the time. No reason to think an algorithm would do any better.

warbler73 4y ago

Have to ask... do you log or otherwise save ip address and usernames and if so what are your future plans for this info.

Akronymus 4y ago

Thankfully wasn't all that accurate for me.

jbrooksuk 4y ago

At first I was offended by how accurate the SodaStream comment was, but hey... we all want to create our own bubbly drinks.

kstenerud 4y ago

Every name I've put in so far seems to want the exact same product despite wildly differing but strangely-similar-in-a-way personalities. How fascinating.

whatwhatwhat_ 4y ago

ilaksh 4y ago

That is just a clever ad. It probably doesn't even look at your comments. Check out this AI "psychic". Much more interesting https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEmvS8UobiJuXMZP9qQM5U https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=pIyOeG445ZYwPjw7qnPCpcEm...

wseqyrku 4y ago

I like one to estimate commenters' age. It seems like 80% of the internet is written by teenagers now (this includes HN comments).

alpaca128 4y ago

The topmost results are not wrong but that's because they're horoscope-like vague guesswork. The "possible themes" are as wrong as they possibly can be. Yeah, no. Save yourself the NLP model processing power and just use a random generator, the quality of results will be the same.

gcr 4y ago

This is a Rorschach test of course. Taking the bait, it’s interesting to compare my Reddit and HN accounts pre-transition with my Reddit account post-transition. The former two have eerily similar predictions of escapism, shyness, and knowledge acquisition, and posturing; the later has much stronger themes of self-actualization, confidence, particularity, and stubborn risktaking. Like a horoscope, this could also just be me seeing what I want to see however. These things offer only lensed views of ourselves I’d be curious to see a tool that could compute trends over time as a reminder of how we change

thasaleni 4y ago

almost nailed me to the T, so impressive

AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago

Life of the party? Enjoy working in tech? Have a passion for my job? Primary and both secondaries completely wrong.

dTal 4y ago

>You work with tech or maybe have considered it. You probably have a knack for coding, and might love to work for a tech company if you already don't All that from my HN username? Spooky!!!

JetAlone 4y ago

My personality is not purgatorial. It's all about the tollhouses, baby.

DeathArrow 4y ago

This will enter history as the one of the lamest attempts to trick HN users in order to achieve undeserved fame. :)

rawgabbit 4y ago

I only submitted my HN. I was pretty impressed. Accurate >You have lots of patience and can be patient with others. You have a lot of energy. >You have no time to relax or to explore yourself. You may be burned out. >You're tough, you're confident, you're in control. >You like to be around people who are hard working and dependable. You are curious and a good listener. You are easygoing and patient, and you prefer to deal with things rather than argue about them. Not Accurate >You love to hunt and fish, camp out under the stars, and explore new places. You like to be outdoors, in nature, and you love to meet new people.I >Financial independence is important to you. I like to believe this is true. >You are probably a very interesting person to talk to.

tickerticker 4y ago

My product recommendation was a tactical vest that was permanently out of stock on Amazon. Huh? Primary theme was Defiant