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Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by pavornyoh »

tekromancr wrote: post #37
pavornyoh wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

@Jaymzcampbell, The suggested rewrite for "the dudes and dudettes were here" and gave it a 60/100 and a neutral response was "The N(hint: for black) and fellas were here". All in all, this is a neat site for when I am angry and need to be polite with words. I like the responses you got though. I can see myself using you are a glamorous horse:)

This actually seems pretty profound. Semantically, in some contexts, those words could be used interchangeably. It seems that the algorithm simply didn't understand the context where it would be socially acceptable to use such language, It's kinda like a small child!

>It seems that the algorithm simply didn't understand the context where it would be socially acceptable to use such language, It's kinda like a small child!

Thats correct. I further used the the suggested rewrites and it came back with some wild suggestions. It is hard to get $100%.

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by rahimnathwani »

te_platt wrote: post #39
chavesn wrote: post #30

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"Thank you, but please realize that your response is zero percent correct, thanks." 94/100

Thank you, please understand your lovely response is zero percent correct, thanks. 95/100

Thanks, please understand your lovely response is zero percent correct :)

97/100

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by rahimnathwani »

1123581321 wrote: post #24

It suggested I upgrade the curse in "Yo, fix the goddamn server already" to motherfucking (as it's only merely contentious.) I don't think it does what it promises! Fun idea, though.

And when you feed that output back as input, the top suggestion is: "Yo, fix the goddamn civil servants before"

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by reviseddamage »

the suggestions for impolite needs fix?

If you enter vulgarities and offensive language, the suggestions seem to be just as bad.

""this is a fucking stupid task and idiotic in it's delivery.""

edit: it's a really cool tool, actually has helped me to make polite to uber polite.

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by xnxn »

anthony_romeo wrote: post #44
jordigh wrote: post #27

Fun game. Trying to say "you are wrong" in the most polite way possible. I still cannot get anything above 70.

Hi! I thank you kindly for your lovely thoughts! Haha, please! They are very specious! Thanks! :-) 99/100

(Yours is my favorite so far, LOL.)

Hi, I would discuss the impressive contrast between these thoughts and the facts of reality with you, please; thanks! :)

100/100

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by esnard »

jordigh wrote: post #27

Fun game. Trying to say "you are wrong" in the most polite way possible. I still cannot get anything above 70.

"Good afternoon, I'm very happy that you've sent a solution to our very good enigma we've published last week, our review team analyzed it and they would like you to stop contacting us with your miscellany of formulas, so thanks a lot for your interest but please understand we'll call the police if you backslide.:-)"

98/100

Re: Show HN: FoxType – Using NLP to help you write more politely

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Post by dang »

pavornyoh wrote: post #25
jaymzcampbell wrote: post #21

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Agreed, it's nicely put together. I think this could grow into a handy tool, like an advanced thesaurus of sorts. Not sure if it was another word, but the word 'dudes' still has a suggestion to a word I'd firmly rank 'impolite' when I tried just now. That said it includes a whole bunch of swear words (marked impolite) - I could weirdly see using this to add a bit of flair to a put down. I do find these things quite f…

@Jaymzcampbell, The suggested rewrite for "the dudes and dudettes were here" and gave it a 60/100 and a neutral response was "The N(hint: for black) and fellas were here". All in all, this is a neat site for when I am angry and need to be polite with words. I like the responses you got though. I can see myself using you are a glamorous horse:)

> @Jaymzcampbell,

Please don't repeat the username you're replying to. HN's threaded comments make that redundant.

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