Show HN: The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool

https://thesocialsearchengine.com/

by istarial • 5 years ago

9 15 5 years ago

thesocialsearchengine.com

istarial7• 5 years ago

Hey HN! - here's the rundown:

- You can find out what people say about any topic, based on the comments they've left on the tool.

- No account needed. Searches and comments are anonymous.

- You might enjoy seeing the many comments and searches that people have done in just the past two days.

- Right now, profanity is censored. This is part of mitigating initial toxicity. I'm implementing accounts soon, so you can toggle off this filter on your own accord.

- This tool is a work in progress, but I am improving things dramatically each day. If it's not up-to-par for you right now, definitely check it out later!

Thanks :)

fspacef• 5 years ago

This is super cool. Congrats on the launch!

istarial7• 5 years ago

Thank you so much :-)

sanketsarang2• 5 years ago

I am confused. Does it only capture comments created on the tool, or it captures comments from anywhere on the internet?

istarial7• 5 years ago

Strictly the tool for now.

sanketsarang2• 5 years ago

Got it. I see a classic launch problem coming your way. How do you attract the first set of content creators, when there aren't any content consumers? Have you given this a thought?

schyle• 5 years ago

Do you have a video in which you have a run-through on how to use this tool?

istarial7• 5 years ago

I don't right now - but now that you mentioned it, I'll definitely create one. Will ping you here once it's ready.

GoToRO• 5 years ago

Explore comments people made is not related to my search that has no comments. Takes a while to figure it out.

Anyway, really cool idea. It’s Yahoo! with the power of the crowds.

istarial7• 5 years ago

I'll be tweaking that shortly! Just released that feature last night before I went to bed haha

forgotmypw17• 5 years ago

Great idea, and quality implementation!

I think the main thing you are missing right now is some seed content.

If I were you, I would start going through each recent search query and adding some content, even a sentence or two.

People are already searching, and you're doing a great job exposing this, now there just needs to be some results, and first-visitors may not be interested in doing the work for it.

I think you're on the right track, and your project has great potential!

istarial7• 5 years ago

That's a clever idea - thank you!

Agree with your take too. In fact, part of the reason I elected for anonymity & account-free comments was to lower that barrier.

derekzhouzhen2• 5 years ago

Nice idea. However, a few words might not be able to establish the proper context for making comments. I fear it might encourage polarized comments.

istarial7• 5 years ago

Strong possibility - I'm sure there's a way to create a system as an extension of the current one to mitigate this issue though.

derekzhouzhen2• 5 years ago

I am sure you will find it someday. Good luck

Show HN: The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool

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