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www.accentquest.com 4y ago

Show HN: AccentQuest – get better at understanding Indian accents

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sceneradar.com 5y ago

Show HN: Timestamped Alerts for Movies

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: How do I release a domain name stuck with a bankrupt domain registrar?

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workoutbff.com 6y ago

Show HN: Simple tool to make a habit of exercising

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

How to politely request customers use alternate services?

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pective.com 14y ago

Show HN: Tool to check what size your monitor truly is.

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news.ycombinator.com 15y ago

Please review my site - Very Simple Survey.

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news.ycombinator.com 15y ago

I own a semi-popular fake Facebook thread maker. How should i monetize it?

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news.ycombinator.com 15y ago

Ask HN: Please review my app - Daily Todo

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techcrunch.com 15y ago

Buxfer's (YC 07) founders work for Facebook. Who works for Buxfer?

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www.ftfysearch.com 16y ago

Show HN: I made this search engine for Reddit using Bing+Reddit API.

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www.agedir.com 17y ago

Ask HN: Feedback on Age Directory based on Yahoo BOSS

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googleappengine.blogspot.com 17y ago

Google Appengine now supports HTTPS

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uncov.com 17y ago

Uncov's Back

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aws.typepad.com 17y ago

Amazon S3 introduces tiered pricing.

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www.techcrunch.com 17y ago

Y Combinator’s SocialBrowse Launches To The Public

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pective.com 17y ago

Ask YC: Feedback please - Actual size visualization webapp.

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www.google.com 17y ago

The Google Chrome download link is live.

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groups.google.com 17y ago

Google App Engine blocked in China.

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www.xequre.com 17y ago

Could someone critique this OpenID clone ?

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googleblog.blogspot.com 18y ago

Google's Wikipedia clone Knol launches.

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twitter.com 18y ago

See Twitter's SQL.

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news.cnet.com 18y ago

Yahoo ups domain registration fees from 10$ to 35$.

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www.techcrunch.com 18y ago

Posterous (YC summer 08) Beats Tumblr In Simplicity

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groups.google.com 18y ago

Is Google App Engine blocking PayPal?

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news.ycombinator.com 18y ago

Ask YC: Bayesian filter for NSFW content ?

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en.wikipedia.org 18y ago

Now Wikipedia has an API

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downforeveryoneorjustme.com 18y ago

Gmail down ?

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nonsfw.com 18y ago

Ask YC: Feedback on my site No-NSFW, The Not-Safe-For-Work Warning System.

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developer.amazonwebservices.com 18y ago

Amazon EC2 gets static IPs.

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I have been working on a web app that makes tutorials for elderly people who struggle with technology. Something as simple as "turn off the wifi and turn on data" can be a struggle for a lot of people.

My plan is to make tools for making tutorials customized exactly to the users phone / desktop screen. So if an icon is on bottom right, the tutorial should mirror the same.

I have sporadically worked on it for the few months. The only issue is whether I am dumbing down the app way too much.

I have been working on SceneRadar.

This tool displays you timestamped alerts (nudity, sex, violence or gore). So if you plan to watch a film with your child, your parents or other conservative relatives - you know when the danger scenes are going to hit you.

Since I watched lots of films during the lockdown, I thought this would be a good use of time.

https://sceneradar.com/

We can check the gender ratio [1] of the subreddit /r/hackernews (assuming the two have the same audience distribution). Unfortunately, the subreddit does not appear on the gender ratio page.

[1] http://bburky.com/subredditgenderratios/

If you check related subreddits,

/r/startups - 86:14

/r/sideproject - 91:9

/r/programming - 93:7

/r/webdev - 89:11

/r/cscareerquestions - 83:17

/r/netsec - 96:4

/r/technology - 85:15

Based on these numbers 10:1 seems like a good guess.

Thanks for the comments.

Add a premium service where the user can request who will answer the question

I have considered that. However, since the support burden alone is maybe 5x of normal questions, I might have to raise prices by 2-3x at least. I might have to also add features to the site that don't exist right now. A premium service is certainly the best option going forward.

Are you paying the experts? Can you pay them more for answering premium questions?

Yes they are paid. I already pay more if users ask for specific experts. But I still find it difficult to guarantee if a specific expert will bother turning up.

Do all the experts have the same level? (obviously no)

I suppose that is subjective. But there are objective metrics that allow users to choose better.

How much difference is there in the quality of the answers?

Experts with same rating / peer-rating are of similar quality.

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Thanks for the detailed comments.

Thanks for your comments.

My intentions are a bit less noble though. By listing alternatives, I am trying to draw attention to the pricing (my service is much cheaper) and to set expectations to match the pricing. I think some users might see this as a taunt of sorts.