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Is your work better than kittens?

63 points by dangelov 13y ago

zytek 13y ago
I love it.
prawks 13y ago
Right frame isn't loading properly when it progresses to the next one for me (on Chrome), so I get a kitten or a black screen. Pretty easy choice.
- dangelov 13y ago
  It sometimes takes a while for the photo on the right to load, but eventually they do (at least for me, i'm on Opera)
epochwolf 13y ago
One problem. The kittens are loading much faster than the other images. This might be skewing the results.
duiker101 13y ago
while it's a wonderful idea and I love it, it has one problem. No matter your work, you can't beat kittens. And also the work images sometime don't load.
- bulte-rs 13y ago
  Unless your work incorporates multiple kittens. Moar kittens > One little cat
- runn1ng 13y ago
  >No matter your work, you can't beat kittens. I think that's the joke.
svantana 13y ago
Good idea, but ideally it should use machine learning to try to show as interesting stuff as possible to each user, based on results of earlier answers. I.e., if I choose the non-kitten, show me something (statistically) related to that. (Not sure what goes on behind the scenes, but it did feel very random and not very adaptive to my previous decisions)
mjolk 13y ago
Caution, NSFW content.
- erikig 13y ago
  Which also happened to be the only work that is better than kittens, go figure...
robodale 13y ago
Maybe this could be transitioned to some sort of live split testing platform or something...otherwise, I don't see much value to it other than show-and-tell.
pnathan 13y ago
Someone uploaded a puppy as the constrast vs kitten.
ArekDymalski 13y ago
Love the concept. But the descriptions like "Oh, come on!" or "Are you sure?" are confusing. And actually pushing people too much towards joking.
jesskerca 13y ago
Highly allergic to cats, of all ages and sizes. Regardless of my work, it will always be better than kittens.
cynoclast 13y ago
I don't click clickbait.
joekrill 13y ago
I'm confused on how to vote. Intuitively I think I click on whichever I think is better. But when I hover over the the non-kitten, it gives me a weird message like "Get Real", "Are You Blind?", "Not Now, Not Ever", and "Not Likely". Which kind of leads me to think that I'm voting for the kitten even when clicking on the non-kitten?
- FeloniousHam 13y ago
  I've clicked a few, and I still don't get which way I'm voting. Dumb user or bad UI?
deelowe 13y ago
Huh. Definitely wasn't expecting porn to show up when clicking this link...
- dangelov 13y ago
  I wasn't expecting it to show when I posted it either. It was mostly people's work. I've seen it posted on quite a few places, so I'm guessing the surge of posts and lack of (or insufficient) moderation did their thing.

63 points by dangelov 13y ago

zytek 13y ago

I love it.

Right frame isn't loading properly when it progresses to the next one for me (on Chrome), so I get a kitten or a black screen. Pretty easy choice.

dangelov 13y ago
It sometimes takes a while for the photo on the right to load, but eventually they do (at least for me, i'm on Opera)

epochwolf 13y ago

One problem. The kittens are loading much faster than the other images. This might be skewing the results.

duiker101 13y ago

while it's a wonderful idea and I love it, it has one problem. No matter your work, you can't beat kittens. And also the work images sometime don't load.

bulte-rs 13y ago
Unless your work incorporates multiple kittens. Moar kittens > One little cat
runn1ng 13y ago
>No matter your work, you can't beat kittens. I think that's the joke.

svantana 13y ago

Good idea, but ideally it should use machine learning to try to show as interesting stuff as possible to each user, based on results of earlier answers. I.e., if I choose the non-kitten, show me something (statistically) related to that. (Not sure what goes on behind the scenes, but it did feel very random and not very adaptive to my previous decisions)

mjolk 13y ago

Caution, NSFW content.

erikig 13y ago
Which also happened to be the only work that is better than kittens, go figure...

robodale 13y ago

Maybe this could be transitioned to some sort of live split testing platform or something...otherwise, I don't see much value to it other than show-and-tell.

pnathan 13y ago

Someone uploaded a puppy as the constrast vs kitten.

ArekDymalski 13y ago

Love the concept. But the descriptions like "Oh, come on!" or "Are you sure?" are confusing. And actually pushing people too much towards joking.

jesskerca 13y ago

Highly allergic to cats, of all ages and sizes. Regardless of my work, it will always be better than kittens.

cynoclast 13y ago

I don't click clickbait.

joekrill 13y ago

I'm confused on how to vote. Intuitively I think I click on whichever I think is better. But when I hover over the the non-kitten, it gives me a weird message like "Get Real", "Are You Blind?", "Not Now, Not Ever", and "Not Likely". Which kind of leads me to think that I'm voting for the kitten even when clicking on the non-kitten?

FeloniousHam 13y ago
I've clicked a few, and I still don't get which way I'm voting. Dumb user or bad UI?

deelowe 13y ago

Huh. Definitely wasn't expecting porn to show up when clicking this link...

dangelov 13y ago
I wasn't expecting it to show when I posted it either. It was mostly people's work. I've seen it posted on quite a few places, so I'm guessing the surge of posts and lack of (or insufficient) moderation did their thing.