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Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by toss1 »

framschwartz wrote: post #2

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

Looks fantastic, and very good to hear (related to my neuroscience courses in college) that you found filtering to be a primary issue -- you're on to something.

At first glance, the subscriptions seem to offer certain numbers of new trends. Is there a way to say that we're looking for new trends in some type of topic, vs whatever trends come up in your general scan? (feel free to tell me to read further if I've missed something)

Looks very cool - thanks!

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by lettergram »

framschwartz wrote: post #2

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

Congratulations!

We built a similar product:

https://projectpiglet.com/

Except it appears we do filtering very differently. Our system also suggests points to enter and leave a given asset based on the information.

It’s a pretty hard and crowded space. Feel free to look at some of my repos and blog posts, might shed some light on how to improve your system. Although your UI/UX is far superior

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by framschwartz »

magthor wrote: post #28

I just signed up for the $29/mo plan. I appreciate that I immediately received the June and July newsletters. In the July one, there is a good idea that is very relevant to my wife's business (she owns a chain of hair salons). Thanks for making this, it's really cool!

So awesome that it's been helpful! Always glad to hear. Feel free to hit me up if there are any other ways we can be helpful! noah@meetglimpse.com

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by framschwartz »

wslh wrote: post #33

But this gives the information every month instead of when the growth is happening?

Exceedingly few trends - whether companies, products, industries, etc. become popular overnight.

Truly sustainable trends have healthy growth curves, rarely propped up by huge spikes often caused by PR or unsustainable growth stunts.

If we showed you everything that was happening the day or even week it started to be talked about or searched more than 100 times per day, you'd see a ton of noise, 99% of which would be useless long term.

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by framschwartz »

aaronsnoswell wrote: post #30
framschwartz wrote: post #2

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

Hi! Thanks for sharing. I would love to know what an 'Exponential+ Trend' is. It's no clear from the landing page and I can't find any links to more information about this. Congrats!

Hi Aaron! We define an Exponential+ Trend just as one that is growing much faster than normal. We used to call these "Hyper Growth Trends" but we tested and found that Exponential+ was more clear.

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by framschwartz »

heleninboodler wrote: post #20
framschwartz wrote: post #2

Hey everyone, founder here. A few friends and I built Glimpse to surface trending topics - companies, products, industries, everything - and we send out curated trend reports via email. The way it works is we first capture nearly every topic online, then we look at frequency of discussion, searches, shares, etc. around each topic. Beyond just the growth in frequency, our software looks for indicators that a trend is…

Would be helpful to see a sample report (even a non-current one) before signing up.

The paid plans all come with past reports - If you'd like me to send you one, put your email below and I'll send one over!

Re: Show HN: We track Reddit, Google trends, Twitter, etc. to find trending topics

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Post by prab97 »

framschwartz wrote: post #37
aaronsnoswell wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! Thanks for sharing. I would love to know what an 'Exponential+ Trend' is. It's no clear from the landing page and I can't find any links to more information about this. Congrats!

Hi Aaron! We define an Exponential+ Trend just as one that is growing much faster than normal. We used to call these "Hyper Growth Trends" but we tested and found that Exponential+ was more clear.

Isn't that mathematically exponential, just with a larger base?
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