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I know it’s a friction, but we were (maybe still are) a bit paranoid of abuse or bot attacks, as we are using a paid api to roll this thing. One suggestion othe

I know it’s a friction, but we were (maybe still are) a bit paranoid of abuse or bot attacks, as we are using a paid api to roll this thing. One suggestion others gave was to show stories generated by other users, I think that might work. What do you think?

oniony 1y ago
Just have the beginner puppy book available in all languages (or major ones).
random42 1y ago
1. Generate a story. 2. Make it available for all (major) languages. 3. Profit! Also, integrate with captcha + rate limit to prevent abuse. Authentication alone is not strong enough deterrent to a motivated adversary.
yuvadam 1y ago
Provide a free experience that doesn't hit any paid APIs and doesn't require any registration or friction, you'll convert much better.
- j45 1y ago
  Conversion can mean paying customers, not just free users. I could see using this on a mobile/tablet app.
carstenhag 1y ago
Have beginner and intermediate examples (1 page) available. Also helps show what the real UI looks like. Because the current tiny demo UI is probably not the real one, not sure? Also, pricing is not mentioned anywhere on the start page or before signup
InsideOutSanta 1y ago
Why not offer a whole library of stories generated by other users that have been reviewed by a human and deemed good? I'm the target audience for this app, but I don't really want to generate my own stories; I want to read. Generating stories is just additional work for me, and I don't know how good the story is before I generate and read it. If I had access to a library of human-reviewed stories, I'd just read those, knowing that they are at least okay. You wouldn't even have to review them yourself; you could have a system for users to rate stories. You're selling this as an AI product, but I don't care about AI. I care about learning a new language by reading stories.
- ErigmolCt 1y ago
  Exactly this. Most language learners aren't itching to become story generators - we just want quality, engaging content that helps us practice
- onkkos 1y ago
  That is really a good idea! Then subscribers could like/upvote Stories when they like them.
- celltalk 1y ago
  We have included the latest stories generated by the community, so there is more content to discover on the app. We can have a look at the voting & sharing features etc. later.
j45 1y ago
- Stories generated by other users would be interesting. - You could look at running a locally hosted model. There are some good story writing ones, albeit unsure for languages. - Help visitors generate example stories for language pairs on your website ... if a language pair already has one, maybe show a pre-existing one. .. if it's a new language pair being tested, inform the user it may be shared with others to let them see how the system works?

oniony 1y ago

Just have the beginner puppy book available in all languages (or major ones).

random42 1y ago

1. Generate a story. 2. Make it available for all (major) languages. 3. Profit! Also, integrate with captcha + rate limit to prevent abuse. Authentication alone is not strong enough deterrent to a motivated adversary.

yuvadam 1y ago

Provide a free experience that doesn't hit any paid APIs and doesn't require any registration or friction, you'll convert much better.

j45 1y ago
Conversion can mean paying customers, not just free users. I could see using this on a mobile/tablet app.

carstenhag 1y ago

Have beginner and intermediate examples (1 page) available. Also helps show what the real UI looks like. Because the current tiny demo UI is probably not the real one, not sure? Also, pricing is not mentioned anywhere on the start page or before signup

InsideOutSanta 1y ago

Why not offer a whole library of stories generated by other users that have been reviewed by a human and deemed good? I'm the target audience for this app, but I don't really want to generate my own stories; I want to read. Generating stories is just additional work for me, and I don't know how good the story is before I generate and read it. If I had access to a library of human-reviewed stories, I'd just read those, knowing that they are at least okay. You wouldn't even have to review them yourself; you could have a system for users to rate stories. You're selling this as an AI product, but I don't care about AI. I care about learning a new language by reading stories.

ErigmolCt 1y ago
Exactly this. Most language learners aren't itching to become story generators - we just want quality, engaging content that helps us practice
onkkos 1y ago
That is really a good idea! Then subscribers could like/upvote Stories when they like them.
celltalk 1y ago
We have included the latest stories generated by the community, so there is more content to discover on the app. We can have a look at the voting & sharing features etc. later.

j45 1y ago

- Stories generated by other users would be interesting. - You could look at running a locally hosted model. There are some good story writing ones, albeit unsure for languages. - Help visitors generate example stories for language pairs on your website ... if a language pair already has one, maybe show a pre-existing one. .. if it's a new language pair being tested, inform the user it may be shared with others to let them see how the system works?