Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by kmfrk » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:23 PM UTC

Interesting project, which might help serve to mute my Twitter feed the same way Tweetbot does.

Unfortunately, its filters make a really obvious mistake, which is to include very normal queries; I mean, c'mon, I hate baseball and everything, but does it seriously make sense to filter tweets with the words "yankees, tigers, indians(!), pirates, and giants"?

I'd really love a way to save and export filters, so I could use them in, say Tweetbot. Maybe you could set up a platform that allows user-created filters.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by the_watcher » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:27 PM UTC

I sent this to someone who complained on Facebook about not being able to block Buzzfeed posts. I then made a joke that I now am seriously disappointed in the Buzzfeed/Bleacher Report SEO team about: How is there not a Buzzfeed about blocking Buzzfeed? Even if it's just something like "1500 Reasons Blocking Buzzfeed Won't Make Your Facebook Better."

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by the_watcher » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:28 PM UTC

dl_terp wrote: post #3

What is the eventual revenue model for this? It seems this is going to take quite a bit of computing to remain a free chrome extension for too long.

Until this post, I thought this was just someone making a little tool to fix their own problem.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by the_watcher » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

The team page is enjoyable.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by 6thSigma » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

I rarely browse social media on browsers, but if I did I'd use this to help block spoilers. I turned my phone off the night of the Breaking Bad finale because I wasn't able to watch it live.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by mccolin » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:29 PM UTC

I'd like to see something that makes people more comfortable with the idea of unfriending folks that overpost annoying things, rather than covering up and hiding content over and over.

That said, the technology behind this looks like it could have a lot of practical uses. I especially like the example with TV show spoilers.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by QuasiAlon » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

dl_terp wrote: post #3

What is the eventual revenue model for this? It seems this is going to take quite a bit of computing to remain a free chrome extension for too long.

targeted advertising and selling annonymized data are two ways that make sense

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by jqueryin » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

Cool concept. I toyed with a similar concept on Pinterest when my wife got sick of seeing things for workouts, abs, core excercises, and the like. It's only a proof of concept bookmarklet and they may have changed up their source since I created it, but feel free to check it out and run with it:

https://github.com/cballou/Pinterest-Keyword-Removal-Tool

It searches for cards containing specific keywords and removes/hides the entirety of the card from the DOM so you don't have to look at it. It worked seamlessly with their infinite scrolling from my initial testing.

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by buckbova » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 6:08 PM UTC

adamb0mb1 wrote: post #5

Congrats on taking the leap. One quick thought though: A fun side-project does not a company make. Good luck, and let us know how we can help. But I'd start thinking real hard about how to make money (companies that want to block porn, but not all of tumblr (or reddit))

Replace spoilers with ads like:

"Don't get SPOILED. Use ziplock bags for freshness".

Re: Show HN: Left Buzzfeed to launch this

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Post by AznHisoka » Fri, Nov 08, 2013, 6:10 PM UTC

bambax wrote: post #8

Using an ordinary English word with no capitalization for your product's name makes the marketing copy hard to read. I first parsed "Why rather kicks ass" as "Why rather kick ass" and thought "yeah, why not go kick some ass (?) instead of sitting behind my computer like I've been doing all day". Then I realized you meant "Why our product (which is named "rather") kicks ass".

This might also be a sign the copy is focusing too much on themselves, and why they kick ass... rather than why you can kick ass if you use it. A subtle difference.