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Show HN: Similar user search for Hacker News

9 points by naveen99 2y ago

features: 1. find similar users 2. similarity and dissimilarity search for comments 3. Browse user comments from oldest first 4. Flattened comments in reverse chronological order on stories 5. Find similar stories Self hosted on a single machine. Probably not ready, but oh well… Instructions for free trial: (create account -> confirm email -> request free trial from profile page). Or download ios app: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/hacker-read/id6479697844 https://apps.apple.com/in/app/hacker-read/id6479697844

skeptrune 2y ago
This is sweet! User search search is especially cool. That's not something we got to with ours.
- naveen99 2y ago
  Thanks. Check out similar stories also, let me know what you think.
yodon 2y ago
Man, this looks really scammy, like it's pretending to be HN to harvest passwords. Don't make it look exactly like the HN banner and HN login page. And why are you forcing people to create an account and password for this?
- naveen99 2y ago
  Definitely not the intent. We can make it more explicit that we are not affiliated with yc. Partly to prevent hug of death. If site holds up, we can open it some.
naveen99 2y ago
If signup is too onerous, just post your similarity search request here, and I will post the result here.
- naveen99 2y ago
  only one person figured out how to sign up for free trial... i guess we need to make it easier... In the meantime, more explicit instructions: after creating account, click on the username in the top right corner. Then, enter an email, verify email. Then, click on the username in the top right corner again. Click on request free trial.
  - istinetz 2y ago
    Dude?
  - yodon 2y ago
    > only one person figured out how to sign up for free trial... No. Only one person was willing to go through the hassle of creating an account and the risk of giving you a password just to try this. Launching a product is commonly much harder than writing the software. This is an example of that reality.
    - naveen99 2y ago
      Removed requirement to setup a password, if you want to try again.
    - naveen99 2y ago
      Yes. Almost as humbling as the market… I feel like w. coyote, looking both ways before crossing the train track, and then getting run over anyway, when I try to cross, after seeing no train coming. There is no risk in creating a one time password… But, yes we’ll atleast temporarily remove the login wall probably.
  - avery17 2y ago
    That's stupid.
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naveen99 2y ago
Example similar users to me: https://hn.garglet.com/similar/users/naveen99 https://hn.garglet.com/similar/users/naveen99 Hacker Read top | best | new | newcomments | about | bookmarklet test5 user: naveen99 submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2011-08-23 16:43:30 karma: 1022 about: Radiology / artificial intelligence naveen@garglet.com @naveengarg Similar Users: user: raincom submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2014-09-15 22:00:57 karma: 2986 about: glad.gift6991@fastmail.com #similarity score: 0.618 user: bduerst submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-09-12 10:26:02 karma: 10513 about: Hey stalker. All comments represent my own (probably poorly formed) opinions and views only. . #similarity score: 0.497 user: conanbatt submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2013-01-01 18:32:27 karma: 3199 about: None #similarity score: 0.497 user: lottin submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2013-09-18 17:03:28 karma: 3178 about: None #similarity score: 0.434 user: adrianN submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-12-11 08:00:15 karma: 29032 about: See my website http://adriann.github.io http://adriann.github.io #similarity score: 0.363 user: DeathArrow submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2016-08-05 03:08:12 karma: 8443 about: None #similarity score: 0.312 user: adventured submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-11-15 02:53:17 karma: 39655 about: Serial entrepreneur for about 27 years. I just like building. #similarity score: 0.292 user: arcticbull submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2014-08-08 10:49:12 karma: 29226 about: Nomadic Canadian/British/Polish iOS Engineer. #similarity score: 0.282 user: harryh submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-02-20 12:26:28 karma: 13828 about: i turn beer into software CTO at Attentive formerly of Google, Foursquare & Hometeam #similarity score: 0.279 user: opportune submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2017-01-17 17:50:29 karma: 14190 about: opportune1@protonmail.com #similarity score: 0.274 user: p1esk submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-05-26 18:19:02 karma: 5193 about: #similarity score: 0.252 user: empath75 submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2015-07-13 12:08:24 karma: 15373 about: None #similarity score: 0.242 user: ScottBurson submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-08-30 21:00:40 karma: 10178 about: I can be reached at #similarity score: 0.242 user: ipaddr submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2021-03-06 19:42:43 karma: 6202 about: None #similarity score: 0.222 user: DennisP submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2007-09-21 17:35:33 karma: 17707 about: None #similarity score: 0.206 user: Ekaros submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2020-06-05 02:07:42 karma: 6275 about: None #similarity score: 0.198

9 points by naveen99 2y ago

skeptrune 2y ago

This is sweet! User search search is especially cool. That's not something we got to with ours.

naveen99 2y ago
Thanks. Check out similar stories also, let me know what you think.

yodon 2y ago

Man, this looks really scammy, like it's pretending to be HN to harvest passwords. Don't make it look exactly like the HN banner and HN login page. And why are you forcing people to create an account and password for this?

naveen99 2y ago
Definitely not the intent. We can make it more explicit that we are not affiliated with yc. Partly to prevent hug of death. If site holds up, we can open it some.

naveen99 2y ago

If signup is too onerous, just post your similarity search request here, and I will post the result here.

naveen99 2y ago
only one person figured out how to sign up for free trial... i guess we need to make it easier... In the meantime, more explicit instructions: after creating account, click on the username in the top right corner. Then, enter an email, verify email. Then, click on the username in the top right corner again. Click on request free trial.
- istinetz 2y ago
  Dude?
- yodon 2y ago
  > only one person figured out how to sign up for free trial... No. Only one person was willing to go through the hassle of creating an account and the risk of giving you a password just to try this. Launching a product is commonly much harder than writing the software. This is an example of that reality.
  - naveen99 2y ago
    Removed requirement to setup a password, if you want to try again.
  - naveen99 2y ago
    Yes. Almost as humbling as the market… I feel like w. coyote, looking both ways before crossing the train track, and then getting run over anyway, when I try to cross, after seeing no train coming. There is no risk in creating a one time password… But, yes we’ll atleast temporarily remove the login wall probably.
- avery17 2y ago
  That's stupid.

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naveen99 2y ago

Example similar users to me: https://hn.garglet.com/similar/users/naveen99 https://hn.garglet.com/similar/users/naveen99 Hacker Read top | best | new | newcomments | about | bookmarklet test5 user: naveen99 submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2011-08-23 16:43:30 karma: 1022 about: Radiology / artificial intelligence naveen@garglet.com @naveengarg Similar Users: user: raincom submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2014-09-15 22:00:57 karma: 2986 about: glad.gift6991@fastmail.com #similarity score: 0.618 user: bduerst submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-09-12 10:26:02 karma: 10513 about: Hey stalker. All comments represent my own (probably poorly formed) opinions and views only. . #similarity score: 0.497 user: conanbatt submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2013-01-01 18:32:27 karma: 3199 about: None #similarity score: 0.497 user: lottin submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2013-09-18 17:03:28 karma: 3178 about: None #similarity score: 0.434 user: adrianN submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-12-11 08:00:15 karma: 29032 about: See my website http://adriann.github.io http://adriann.github.io #similarity score: 0.363 user: DeathArrow submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2016-08-05 03:08:12 karma: 8443 about: None #similarity score: 0.312 user: adventured submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-11-15 02:53:17 karma: 39655 about: Serial entrepreneur for about 27 years. I just like building. #similarity score: 0.292 user: arcticbull submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2014-08-08 10:49:12 karma: 29226 about: Nomadic Canadian/British/Polish iOS Engineer. #similarity score: 0.282 user: harryh submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-02-20 12:26:28 karma: 13828 about: i turn beer into software CTO at Attentive formerly of Google, Foursquare & Hometeam #similarity score: 0.279 user: opportune submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2017-01-17 17:50:29 karma: 14190 about: opportune1@protonmail.com #similarity score: 0.274 user: p1esk submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2012-05-26 18:19:02 karma: 5193 about: #similarity score: 0.252 user: empath75 submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2015-07-13 12:08:24 karma: 15373 about: None #similarity score: 0.242 user: ScottBurson submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2010-08-30 21:00:40 karma: 10178 about: I can be reached at #similarity score: 0.242 user: ipaddr submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2021-03-06 19:42:43 karma: 6202 about: None #similarity score: 0.222 user: DennisP submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2007-09-21 17:35:33 karma: 17707 about: None #similarity score: 0.206 user: Ekaros submissions comments favorites similar users created: 2020-06-05 02:07:42 karma: 6275 about: None #similarity score: 0.198