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Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

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Post by fivedogit »

rebelde wrote: post #26

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.

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

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?

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

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Post by fivedogit »

I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but @Tichy ranks first in Emotional range, Fiery, Prone to worry, Melancholy, Immoderation, Self-consciousness and 2nd in Susceptible to stress. I haven't read any of his/her comments but this makes me wonder how distinctly each of these measurements are calculated. Given another random set of 100 users, would one user come out on top in all of these categories too?

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#53

Post by edw519 »

This is hilarious!

I'm ranked first in:

  Cheerfulness   (Before or after morning coffee?)
  Orderliness    (Because of my 3rd normal form sock drawer?)
  Gregariousness (Before of after my 3rd beer?)
  Agreeableness  (I disagree! Watson needs debugging.)
I'm ranked dead last in:

  Imagination (No one I know could imagine how this could be.)
  Authority-challenging (My teachers & bosses would disagree.)
  Intellect (Before or after my mother dropped me on my head?)

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#54

Post by Mz »

edw519 wrote: post #53

This is hilarious! I'm ranked first in: Cheerfulness (Before or after morning coffee?) Orderliness (Because of my 3rd normal form sock drawer?) Gregariousness (Before of after my 3rd beer?) Agreeableness (I disagree! Watson needs debugging.) I'm ranked dead last in: Imagination (No one I know could imagine how this could be.) Authority-challenging (My teachers & bosses would disagree.) Intellect (Before or after my m…

Intellect (Before or after my mother dropped me on my head?)

In other words, you are ranked 148th out of like 100k really smart people.

So, maybe quitcherbitchin? :-)

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#55

Post by sysk »

edw519 wrote: post #53

This is hilarious! I'm ranked first in: Cheerfulness (Before or after morning coffee?) Orderliness (Because of my 3rd normal form sock drawer?) Gregariousness (Before of after my 3rd beer?) Agreeableness (I disagree! Watson needs debugging.) I'm ranked dead last in: Imagination (No one I know could imagine how this could be.) Authority-challenging (My teachers & bosses would disagree.) Intellect (Before or after my m…

This could make a good movie plot. The all powerful AI analyses your characteristics, gets it all wrong and assigns you to the wrong line of work (Harry Potter?) :)

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

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Post by lstamour »

sysk wrote: post #55
edw519 wrote: post #53

This is hilarious! I'm ranked first in: Cheerfulness (Before or after morning coffee?) Orderliness (Because of my 3rd normal form sock drawer?) Gregariousness (Before of after my 3rd beer?) Agreeableness (I disagree! Watson needs debugging.) I'm ranked dead last in: Imagination (No one I know could imagine how this could be.) Authority-challenging (My teachers & bosses would disagree.) Intellect (Before or after my m…

This could make a good movie plot. The all powerful AI analyses your characteristics, gets it all wrong and assigns you to the wrong line of work (Harry Potter?) :)

Sounds more like Divergent. Gah, can't believe I know that.

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#57

Post by TillE »

canvia wrote: post #48

I wonder if this could be used to detect shills and astroturfers.

I don't think this kind of analysis would provide any insight there. A simple look at users who have high activity on certain topics would be a good first filter, though.

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#58

Post by dragonwriter »

Mz wrote: post #54
edw519 wrote: post #53

This is hilarious! I'm ranked first in: Cheerfulness (Before or after morning coffee?) Orderliness (Because of my 3rd normal form sock drawer?) Gregariousness (Before of after my 3rd beer?) Agreeableness (I disagree! Watson needs debugging.) I'm ranked dead last in: Imagination (No one I know could imagine how this could be.) Authority-challenging (My teachers & bosses would disagree.) Intellect (Before or after my m…

Intellect (Before or after my mother dropped me on my head?) In other words, you are ranked 148th out of like 100k really smart people. So, maybe quitcherbitchin? :-)

> In other words, you are ranked 148th out of like 100k really smart people.

Its not a top by category ranking of all HN posters, there's a merged list of top commenters and leaders, and then the ranking is from that. Being on the bottom of that (as I am for agreeability) doesn't mean you are still ahead of everyone on HN that didn't make the list.

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

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Post by Mz »

dragonwriter wrote: post #58
Mz wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Intellect (Before or after my mother dropped me on my head?) In other words, you are ranked 148th out of like 100k really smart people. So, maybe quitcherbitchin? :-)

> In other words, you are ranked 148th out of like 100k really smart people. Its not a top by category ranking of all HN posters, there's a merged list of top commenters and leaders, and then the ranking is from that. Being on the bottom of that (as I am for agreeability) doesn't mean you are still ahead of everyone on HN that didn't make the list.

You are being pedantic. I am being sort of humorous.

I think the main gist of my point stands though: Ranking dead last on this list hardly equates to "dropped on your head." That's like saying "I only won one of the less important Nobel Prizes. God, I'm such a loser." Or something.

I like edw. I like a lot of people here. But sometimes folks here really suffer from tunnel vision in a bad way.

Cheers.

Re: Show HN: Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API

#60

Post by rebelde »

fivedogit wrote: post #51
rebelde wrote: post #26

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.

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 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,…

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.)

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