Ask HN: Looking for a Tool to Monitor Hacker News

[8ta4]

Here’s what I need:

1. A tool that can mark a post as an example of a problem my product can solve. 2. This tool should then diligently monitor new posts, scoring them based on their similarity to the examples I've provided. 3. When it finds a match, it should notify me so I can engage with the post.

Is there an existing tool that can do this?

I’ve developed a similar tool for Reddit. This tool, equipped with the power of natural language processing and machine learning, was designed to monitor posts and alert me when it found discussions about problems my product could solve so that I could earn karma, awards, and gold.

But Reddit’s strike taught some of us a valuable lesson. We learned that there is more to life than karma, awards, and gold. Reddit's strike also taught some of us a harsh lesson. We learned that there is nothing more to life than karma, awards, and gold.

Hacker News seems like a more promising place.

[plussmart2018]

Have you tried this one? https://syften.com/?redirect=false#pricing. Seems like it's an option for your use case. You just format the example of a problem as keyword as filter.

[plussmart2018]

When it finds a match => do you define a score threshold for this? Like if a post's threshold is greater than the threshold, then the tool marks it as a match.

a similar tool for Reddit => can you help share the link if the tool is public? I'd love to take a look at it.

[mtmail]

It's good you learned karma/award/gold don't matter.