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38points
19comments
#1,013of 2,533 in 2021
Top 40%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

0 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.

Execution: 0 for, 1 against

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Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Results mostly on topic and the stack works well

    From 1 comment
    • This is a good effort. The tech stack seem to work well and results are mostly on topic. Some results are off though, for example this article https://morningbrief.ai/l2/0/h64qAA…
      freediver on HN
  • Sleek and useful product

    From 2 comments
    • Very sleek. Do you use click through rate as a metric for ranking? If yes, then I fear it is going to promote click bait kind of title/summary/cover picture. If not, why are you…
      derekzhouzhen on HN
    • You guys have built quite a nice and useful product. I was thinking of a similar project which required crawling all of reddit. But presently there are some hiccups due to the…
      frontman1988 on HN

Objections

  • Pricing: 3-month free trial requested, cost concerns

    From 2 comments
    • This is a good effort. The tech stack seem to work well and results are mostly on topic. Some results are off though, for example this article https://morningbrief.ai/l2/0/h64qAA…
      freediver on HN
    • ‘Destiny convergence’ heh. Can you not bring the cost down to $50/mo until you reach product market fit?
      freediver on HN
  • Some results off-topic or old (6+ days)

    From 1 comment
    • This is a good effort. The tech stack seem to work well and results are mostly on topic. Some results are off though, for example this article https://morningbrief.ai/l2/0/h64qAA…
      freediver on HN
  • Design and UX are weak

    From 1 comment
    • This is a good effort. The tech stack seem to work well and results are mostly on topic. Some results are off though, for example this article https://morningbrief.ai/l2/0/h64qAA…
      freediver on HN
  • 500 error on keyword entry on Android Chrome

    From 1 comment
    • I wanted to give this a try, but as soon as I type any keyword or select an entry from either of the drop downs, I get a huge "500 Internal Server Error" dialogue box. Using…
      geetuu on HN

Requests

  • RSS export of feed

    From 1 comment
    • Is there a way to export the feed to a RSS reader? Maybe 1 post per section?
      kettro on HN
  • Log in and scan preferences from likes

    From 1 comment
    • I wish there was an option to log in with my account and scan my preference based on my likes.
      amir734jj on HN
  • Keyboard support in confirmation dialogs

    From 1 comment
    • Is there somewhere I can suggest sources? I really love your product, but I couldn't see where you got your data from. Also a small but annoying thing, when I delete topics the…
      tomjen3 on HN
  • Suggest or add more sources

    From 1 comment
    • Is there somewhere I can suggest sources? I really love your product, but I couldn't see where you got your data from. Also a small but annoying thing, when I delete topics the…
      tomjen3 on HN

Questions

  • Does ranking use click-through rate?

    From 1 comment
    • Very sleek. Do you use click through rate as a metric for ranking? If yes, then I fear it is going to promote click bait kind of title/summary/cover picture. If not, why are you…
      derekzhouzhen on HN
  • Where does the Reddit data come from?

    From 1 comment
    • You guys have built quite a nice and useful product. I was thinking of a similar project which required crawling all of reddit. But presently there are some hiccups due to the…
      frontman1988 on HN
  • Which data sources are used?

    From 1 comment
    • Is there somewhere I can suggest sources? I really love your product, but I couldn't see where you got your data from. Also a small but annoying thing, when I delete topics the…
      tomjen3 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Huginn and Google Alerts

    From 1 comment
    • I use Huginn + Google Alerts for this, but haven't found anything great for curating conversation from the Twitter community. For example, show me what was talked about the most…
      tectonic on HN

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