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gogurt2000 | 11 months ago

I think you should reach out to science and education influencers. At very least they can give you site feedback. If they like it, you might find opportunities to promote the site. I'd be interested to see what Tom Scott says (see his RI presentation: "There is No Algorithm for Truth").

If you want to aggressively promote it, setup some bots that fact check posts from popular figures known for spreading misinformation. Lead with the credibility score for their claims, give the briefest explanation possible, and link to the full report on the site. Be prepared to be very unpopular with some groups that don't care about any kind of analysis or evidence, but trust that you'll reach others who do.

Good luck!

Some honest (if blunt) feedback:

- You need to debug your react code. Something is constantly running. Your site shouldn't hit 100% CPU usage when sitting idle. This isn't just a performance issue, it's also a credibility issue.

- Rework the floating elements on report pages ("Try Another Analysis", "Credibility Score", "Other Reports"). Depending on the dimensions of the viewport, these cover the page's content, making it unreadable. This is also a credibility issue. Credible sites don't bombard the user with popups.

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thealecpow|11 months ago

Very cool ideas to be honest! I took your advice and went through the react code. I don't know if everything is fixed, but I did find some memory leaks that would take my ram to 100% in idle. Very bad UX, thank you for the tip! As for the bots themselves, any tips on what would work for building these bots? What stack should I go for?