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by josephjrobison 2786 days ago
I love this idea, but one big idea just popped into my head: can you add on actual people in those segments to review the writing and give feedback?

A lot of content marketing teams would pay $5, $10, even $25 per person to read the article and give feedback meeting whatever criteria is set.

It would eassentially be just like UserTesting.com but for articles.

As Google’s algo has improved to the point where they’re getting closer to mimicking real human signals on judging an article’s quality, this would help bridge that gap.

I know it adds a ton more labor costs and work, but you could train your own algorithm over time based on the real human feedback.

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This is a fascinating idea - it's definitely possible, though easier for some groups of people than others (I don't think I'll be able to hire doctors for $25/article). I think the human and AI analyses would contrast each other nicely -- the model would estimate how well people will react on average and the human analysis, although idiosyncratic, will pick up on more abstract qualities of writing, like the flow. I'll put this down as a feature to implement in the long-term -- thanks for the idea!