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How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Performance: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well for some users with podcasts they know
From 2 comments
It worked well for me. I put in three podcasts that I listen to, and the first two results are two more podcasts that I listen to. There were a lot of my favourites in the whole…
martopix on HNNice work, I put in my favourite podcast and did get some really good suggestions , granted there were some (a few) results that weren't very similar. It feels like something…
zote on HN
Surfaced good new podcasts for some searches
From 2 comments
Just to counter a possible bias of people pointing out only weird results: I looked for podcasts like "conversations with tyler" and got other podcasts produced by the mercatus…
amadeuspagel on HNNice work, I put in my favourite podcast and did get some really good suggestions , granted there were some (a few) results that weren't very similar. It feels like something…
zote on HN
Objections
Recommendations are often unrelated, such as Chapo Trap House leading to Rachel Maddow
From 3 comments
I put in "Chapo Trap House" and "The Adam Friedland Show" and it recommended "The Rachel Maddow Show"????
ok123456 on HNI am not sure that this works very well. I put in "BibleProject" and "Alastair's Adversaria" which are both Christian Theology podcasts, and I got back "Erotic Short Stories:…
timdiggerm on HNNot sure about this. I searched for my own podcast, The GMRS Podcast, and the suggestions were all over the place. The Tournament Poker Podcast being number one followed by a…
donniefitz2 on HN
Results for niche or specific podcasts are poor
From 3 comments
I am not sure that this works very well. I put in "BibleProject" and "Alastair's Adversaria" which are both Christian Theology podcasts, and I got back "Erotic Short Stories:…
timdiggerm on HNI typed in a game club let's play type podcast (Playthrough) and one of the results was a woodworking podcast...
maupin on HNTo echo others: I love the concept for this, but I do not think the current implementation is successful. I put in The Lowe Post (a fairly popular ESPN basketball podcast) and…
jmduke on HN
Requires subscription or payment before recommendations
From 1 comment
It's asking me to subscribe and pay before I get any recommendations. Hard pass.
georgel on HN
Launched without adequate testing
From 1 comment
I’m getting really tired of this “launch an AI product with no QA and have users point out your mistakes” approach. It’s very clear that this site doesn’t work. Anyone who uses…
yunwal on HN
Requests
Recommend podcasts by shared hosts or guests
From 1 comment
To echo others: I love the concept for this, but I do not think the current implementation is successful. I put in The Lowe Post (a fairly popular ESPN basketball podcast) and…
jmduke on HN
Recommendations for podcasts with related episodes or repurposed content
From 1 comment
Me too. I really enjoy MRKT Call from Risk Reversal Media. They also repost their MRKT Call podcasts into their „on the tape“ podcast podcast. But when you enter one of those…
super256 on HN
Questions
How are similarities computed: manual classification or description text?
From 1 comment
How are you classifying them to get the similarity? It it a manual process or you are using the description of each podcast?
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
Apple Podcasts has similar recommendations
From 1 comment
Apple Podcasts is the only platform I know of that provides this sort of functionality and support even there is hit & miss.
ESMirro on HN
Feature inside podcast apps such as Spotify is suggested as better fit
From 1 comment
I tried to do this a while back. People just don't want that kind of search in a standalone site, needs to be a feature on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
jdbiggs on HN