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Somebody please make a browser plugin that uses this data. I know the data isn't perfect, but it would be nice to be able see who in a thread is a top HNer and

by rebelde 12y ago

Somebody please make a browser plugin that uses this data. I know the data isn't perfect, but it would be nice to be able see who in a thread is a top HNer and which character traits are outliers from the norm. You get insulted by somebody ranked low in Sympathy? No need to worry. I'm serious. Somebody do this. It would look great on the résumé.

angersock 12y ago
Or, we could learn to do brief history searches and check out past user comments if it really matters. I'm generally pretty suspicious of any sort of computer-generated personality profiles, and though I understand the appeal to techies of empathy-as-a-service I don't think it's something we should consider relying upon. Hell, half the fun in life is trying to figure out who other people really are.
- foolinaround 12y ago
  one man's fun is another man's nightmare.
- waterlesscloud 12y ago
  Empathy-as-a-service is the killer app for Google Glass. Finally!
  - jerf 12y ago
    Actually, that's way less far-fetched than you think: http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/google-glass-app-reads-emotions-may-benefit-some-autism http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/google-glass-app-...
  - hluska 12y ago
    Somewhere, an ad executive is thinking up a commercial about humanizing glassholes...
    - gleenn 12y ago
      I'm sitting on a sleepy but full Tokyo train and laughed out loud... those glassholes don't have a chance do they.
kolinko 12y ago
One of the other fun ideas we had: display a personality rating next to the comment input field. Imagine how it would affect people commenting if they saw that what they are supposed to post is aggressive, or passive-aggressive ;)
- vegedor 12y ago
  I do see a negative number next to my username close to the input field. Since it doesn't decrease anymore, I suppose it must had an effect.
fivedogit 12y ago
Hi. I built a Chrome extension for Hacker News that lets people follow others and get notifications when they are replied to or their karma changes. http://hackbook.club http://hackbook.club The ext basically matches my original vision now, so I'm thinking hard about what features to add next, but I'm not quite sure I understand what you're asking for. Are you saying that when the extension says "So and so replied to you", you want, say, a sympathy score shown with that user as well?
- rebelde 12y ago
  On one level it could be a simple bookmarket (bookmark with JS). When clicked, it goes through the HN discussion page. When it finds a top HNer's username, it (1) colors it and (2) shows the category if that HNer is in the top or bottom 10% in any category. For instance: edw519 33 minutes ago | link Top: Cheerfulness, Orderliness, Gregariousness, Agreeableness Bottom: Imagination, Authority-challenging, Intellect (I'd also something that shows me when a commenter is somebody important, even if not a karma king.)
  - fivedogit 12y ago
    Ok this actually makes a lot of sense. When someone replies to you on Facebook, you generally know who they are. On Hacker News, you have no idea. Including some basic (albeit imperfect) information along with a notification reply could be really useful. This could even be true for the follow-feed mechanism. If you're following someone on Twitter or friends with them on Facebook and they write something that appears in your feed, you are already familiar with the author on some level. In the Hackbook extension, it's fairly common to follow people and not know much about them at all. Again, including some basic Watson-generated information along with the "a user you're following wrote a comment" newsfeed item could be helpful. Let me give it some more thought and maybe I'll have time to work on it this week.
d0vs 12y ago
> You get insulted by somebody ranked low in Sympathy? No need to worry. Because you totally need to worry if someone insults you on the Internet.
- d23 12y ago
  As it turns out, words can unexpectedly hurt whether they come from the internet, office, or a bathroom stall.
maheshj567 12y ago
Observing something changes it. It'd probably be useful in the beginning, but as soon as people start replying based on these personality profiles, it won't be useful anymore.

by rebelde 12y ago

angersock 12y ago

Or, we could learn to do brief history searches and check out past user comments if it really matters. I'm generally pretty suspicious of any sort of computer-generated personality profiles, and though I understand the appeal to techies of empathy-as-a-service I don't think it's something we should consider relying upon. Hell, half the fun in life is trying to figure out who other people really are.

foolinaround 12y ago
one man's fun is another man's nightmare.
waterlesscloud 12y ago
Empathy-as-a-service is the killer app for Google Glass. Finally!
- jerf 12y ago
  Actually, that's way less far-fetched than you think: http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/google-glass-app-reads-emotions-may-benefit-some-autism http://www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/google-glass-app-...
- hluska 12y ago
  Somewhere, an ad executive is thinking up a commercial about humanizing glassholes...
  - gleenn 12y ago
    I'm sitting on a sleepy but full Tokyo train and laughed out loud... those glassholes don't have a chance do they.

kolinko 12y ago

One of the other fun ideas we had: display a personality rating next to the comment input field. Imagine how it would affect people commenting if they saw that what they are supposed to post is aggressive, or passive-aggressive ;)

vegedor 12y ago
I do see a negative number next to my username close to the input field. Since it doesn't decrease anymore, I suppose it must had an effect.

fivedogit 12y ago

Hi. I built a Chrome extension for Hacker News that lets people follow others and get notifications when they are replied to or their karma changes. http://hackbook.club http://hackbook.club The ext basically matches my original vision now, so I'm thinking hard about what features to add next, but I'm not quite sure I understand what you're asking for. Are you saying that when the extension says "So and so replied to you", you want, say, a sympathy score shown with that user as well?

rebelde 12y ago
On one level it could be a simple bookmarket (bookmark with JS). When clicked, it goes through the HN discussion page. When it finds a top HNer's username, it (1) colors it and (2) shows the category if that HNer is in the top or bottom 10% in any category. For instance: edw519 33 minutes ago | link Top: Cheerfulness, Orderliness, Gregariousness, Agreeableness Bottom: Imagination, Authority-challenging, Intellect (I'd also something that shows me when a commenter is somebody important, even if not a karma king.)
- fivedogit 12y ago
  Ok this actually makes a lot of sense. When someone replies to you on Facebook, you generally know who they are. On Hacker News, you have no idea. Including some basic (albeit imperfect) information along with a notification reply could be really useful. This could even be true for the follow-feed mechanism. If you're following someone on Twitter or friends with them on Facebook and they write something that appears in your feed, you are already familiar with the author on some level. In the Hackbook extension, it's fairly common to follow people and not know much about them at all. Again, including some basic Watson-generated information along with the "a user you're following wrote a comment" newsfeed item could be helpful. Let me give it some more thought and maybe I'll have time to work on it this week.

d0vs 12y ago

> You get insulted by somebody ranked low in Sympathy? No need to worry. Because you totally need to worry if someone insults you on the Internet.

d23 12y ago
As it turns out, words can unexpectedly hurt whether they come from the internet, office, or a bathroom stall.

maheshj567 12y ago

Observing something changes it. It'd probably be useful in the beginning, but as soon as people start replying based on these personality profiles, it won't be useful anymore.