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I do not understand what is meant by "proposes content to share." My best guess is that I would visit http://proposer.ai http://proposer.ai and I would be prese

by dfc 12y ago

I do not understand what is meant by "proposes content to share." My best guess is that I would visit http://proposer.ai http://proposer.ai and I would be presented with a list of things that I should tweet/like/submit-to-hn? Why would I vouch for / share something that I had not read myself? Accumulate magic internet points? I hope my interpretation is wrong because it sounds like a product that supports and tacitly condones shallow, insincere, attention seeking behavior on the internet. I realize that sounds harsh but I am really perplexed by the use of "recommend content to share" versus "recommend content to personally consume." It seems that in order to make good decisions about what to share the site would not only need information about me but also information about my social graph. More than anything it sounds like a wonderful tool for astroturfing campaigns. Corporate PR departments would love to re-brand advertising as "AI based merit recommendations."

mercurialshark 12y ago
And what's wrong with magic internet points? I over-simplified the premise. We want to identify interesting and unique content, produced by individuals/publications that may not have any real visibility. This would serve as a win-win for the creator and sharer. Obscure content - that isn't fortunate enough to be on HN or some equivalent - needs a way to be identified and considered for digestion besides popularity. I never said users wouldn't read it before sharing it. While companies could certainly abuse it, that's not the purpose. If I had a smarty-pants blog, but no blog followers, I'd be happy that a deep-learning service classified my theoretical physics blog for consideration/syndication somewhere based on substance of the posts...
- dfc 12y ago
  I am extremely suspicious of the continued emphasis on "sharing" instead of "consuming."
  - mercurialshark 12y ago
    Ok, I'll baby step my logical jump, people would share things they have consumed first... 1. Identify stuff you would not have known about. 2. Much wow - mind imploding 3. Share something that is different and substantive because I happen to hate most shit on social media (not required, but in reality sometimes people share stuff they get excited about) 4. Make the world slightly smarter, expose smartguy's blog to others
mercurialshark 12y ago
In regards to the social graph bit you added. Good point, however I want to stay away from amazon style recommenders, there are plenty to go around already. A users behavior is immaterial to external content's relevance to a subject matter. Yes, if it were to account for your behavior there could be ancillary benefits, but I'd like to start from a purely objective approach to identify stuff as defined by category.

by dfc 12y ago

mercurialshark 12y ago

And what's wrong with magic internet points? I over-simplified the premise. We want to identify interesting and unique content, produced by individuals/publications that may not have any real visibility. This would serve as a win-win for the creator and sharer. Obscure content - that isn't fortunate enough to be on HN or some equivalent - needs a way to be identified and considered for digestion besides popularity. I never said users wouldn't read it before sharing it. While companies could certainly abuse it, that's not the purpose. If I had a smarty-pants blog, but no blog followers, I'd be happy that a deep-learning service classified my theoretical physics blog for consideration/syndication somewhere based on substance of the posts...

dfc 12y ago
I am extremely suspicious of the continued emphasis on "sharing" instead of "consuming."
- mercurialshark 12y ago
  Ok, I'll baby step my logical jump, people would share things they have consumed first... 1. Identify stuff you would not have known about. 2. Much wow - mind imploding 3. Share something that is different and substantive because I happen to hate most shit on social media (not required, but in reality sometimes people share stuff they get excited about) 4. Make the world slightly smarter, expose smartguy's blog to others

mercurialshark 12y ago

In regards to the social graph bit you added. Good point, however I want to stay away from amazon style recommenders, there are plenty to go around already. A users behavior is immaterial to external content's relevance to a subject matter. Yes, if it were to account for your behavior there could be ancillary benefits, but I'd like to start from a purely objective approach to identify stuff as defined by category.