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Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by netanbing »

codingdave wrote: post #6

Clever idea. I like the concept, and think it could be a great product. But your site gives me a bad vibe: 1) I feel like the term, "Socratic method" is fairly well understood. Am I wrong? Because trying to rephrase it feels like you are dumbing down your marketing for an audience that... well, isn't me. Which is fine if I'm an outlier. I just thought it was a common term. 2) Either let people try it, or make them cr…

Yes! Completely agree with your second point. Users shouldn't have to think and type a query only to find out the "Create Draft" takes you to a Google login page. Poor UX design choice.

Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by powerhour »

azeirah wrote: post #32

I can't sign-up because my google account doesn't have a last name. Django error: Field last_name cannot be blank

See also: "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names" https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by csw-001 »

tunesmith wrote: post #17

I think this is an amazing tool and implementation, particularly if it is geared toward helping the author understand the issue efficiently. I would recommend a better voice-over for the video, it is by far the limiting factor of the presentation. Finally, I would recommend adding more plagiarism controls to the tool. People are going to be so tempted to just paste in what the AI summarizes without understanding or e…

My first thought here was "tools like this could be a really cool to help improve the quality of my student's papers." My immediate second thought was "this trend in tooling is going to lead to tons of AI churned summary copypasta in all of the future paper's I read."

Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by henriquemaia »

Your product seems nice. I have nothing to take away from it.

However, consider what codingdave have told you about the Socratic questions. The ones in the video are no doubt helpful for someone trying to find their way on a text. But they are not Socratic questions.

Good luck for your project.

Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by 98codes »

idiotsecant wrote: post #2

Do I need to make an account to test this? It seems to let me get to the topic prompt without logging in and then insists on a log in.

Seemed like it to me -- quick way to get me to close the tab and never think about it again.

Re: Show HN: I made a writing tool that asks questions like Socrates

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Post by smitty1e »

codingdave wrote: post #6

Clever idea. I like the concept, and think it could be a great product. But your site gives me a bad vibe: 1) I feel like the term, "Socratic method" is fairly well understood. Am I wrong? Because trying to rephrase it feels like you are dumbing down your marketing for an audience that... well, isn't me. Which is fine if I'm an outlier. I just thought it was a common term. 2) Either let people try it, or make them cr…

3) One cannot put substantial content into the cloud without knowing that it will be used in ways one cannot anticipate.
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