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

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.

Same. Don't love that kind of bait-and-switch UX.

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

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Post by lagrange77 » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

Nice!

Did you make the 3d model on the landing page yourself? Any tutorials on that maybe?

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

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Post by codingdave » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:26 PM UTC

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 create an account. Having a page that looks like it is going to let you try it, lets you enter a subject, and then prompts you to login feels worse than just forcing a login right away. (Which is also a problem, but at least doesn't feel like you are trying to trick us.)

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

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Post by Multicomp » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

I like the idea of this if I am writing an article - I gave this (pretty) webpage only about 17 seconds of time to search for if it had anything for fiction writers - it doesn't appear to, which is fine, but might be worth nothing this is for non-fiction.

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

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Post by vivegi » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

The demo video was cool. I wish the www/internet existed when I was in high school and this tool would have been a killer app for writing student essays / reports.

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

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Post by failTide » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:33 PM UTC

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.

agreed, did not like that - instantly closed it.

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

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Post by turnsout » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

personjerry wrote: post #3

Is this just a wrapper around GPT-3?

Is a weather app just a wrapper around the weather API?