Siftnet. The World's Time Network
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Siftnet. The World's Time Network
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#2I like the idea. CC'ing Sift seems scary for a user. What if it completely misunderstands the message and shows wrong info? That would look bad for the user. Is there a way to preview the message it sends to the other party?
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#3Is the time saved by using Sift really that much better than just doing this myself?
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#4I like the idea. CC'ing Sift seems scary for a user. What if it completely misunderstands the message and shows wrong info? That would look bad for the user. Is there a way to preview the message it sends to the other party?
Yes. Actually, your Sift responds back in 3-5 seconds telling you what it thinks you meant and let's you simply confirm when it gets it right or edit any details it missed. Natural language processing is hard so our approach is to do the best job we can and make sure the user agrees; after all the customer/user is always right, not the algorithm.
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#5Is the time saved by using Sift really that much better than just doing this myself?
Try it out and let us know? We're in closed alpha but I can share an invite link.
Of course with Siftnet you cut down on the back and forth but more importantly you've given the other person an opportunity to find a time with you as soon as you send your first e-mail to them. You don't have to deal with the delay of back and forth emails or people going on vacation half-way through the meeting negotiation process.
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#6I like the idea. CC'ing Sift seems scary for a user. What if it completely misunderstands the message and shows wrong info? That would look bad for the user. Is there a way to preview the message it sends to the other party?
Yes. Actually, your Sift responds back in 3-5 seconds telling you what it thinks you meant and let's you simply confirm when it gets it right or edit any details it missed. Natural language processing is hard so our approach is to do the best job we can and make sure the user agrees; after all the customer/user is always right, not the algorithm.
Nice. I'm curious to see how the UI looks for the other person. I'm imagining some sort of grid where they can select available time slots?
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. Actually, your Sift responds back in 3-5 seconds telling you what it thinks you meant and let's you simply confirm when it gets it right or edit any details it missed. Natural language processing is hard so our approach is to do the best job we can and make sure the user agrees; after all the customer/user is always right, not the algorithm.
Nice. I'm curious to see how the UI looks for the other person. I'm imagining some sort of grid where they can select available time slots?
Yeah, basically let's them pick from a bunch of suggestions. Care to try it out?
www.siftnet.com/alpha code: 8800
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice. I'm curious to see how the UI looks for the other person. I'm imagining some sort of grid where they can select available time slots?
Yeah, basically let's them pick from a bunch of suggestions. Care to try it out? www.siftnet.com/alpha code: 8800
Thanks! I sent you some feedback using the form on your website.
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#9Please don't put "Show HN" in titles before the work is ready for everyone to try out: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.
Also, please don't solicit upvotes. This is called a voting ring and usually causes your submission to get penalized by HN's software.
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#10Is the time saved by using Sift really that much better than just doing this myself?
Try it out and let us know? We're in closed alpha but I can share an invite link. Of course with Siftnet you cut down on the back and forth but more importantly you've given the other person an opportunity to find a time with you as soon as you send your first e-mail to them. You don't have to deal with the delay of back and forth emails or people going on vacation half-way through the meeting negotiation process.
Sure. I'd love one!
Does this work for only gmail or does it work with exchange?