Comments on: Hunch.com’s decision making engine launches. Someone add Twitter now

By: Decision Engines on the Rise, Getting more Social | Marcel Media

Decision Engines on the Rise, Getting more Social | Marcel Media — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:36:52 +0000

[...] like Google and Yahoo!, however, Hunch really is a decision engine, and more of a social network. TechCrunch states, “Hunch is a social network where the social object is sharing questions (and thus [...]

By: StevieB’s Shared Items – June 16, 2009 at Lost in Cyberspace

StevieB’s Shared Items – June 16, 2009 at Lost in Cyberspace — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:07:19 +0000

[...] Hunch.com’s decision making engine launches. Someone add Twitter nowJune 15, 2009 [...]

By: Search Engine Optimization is Dead! Long Live Answer Engines. | Best Traffic Tips

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:50:50 +0000

[...] Hunch, a new site from the co-founder of Flickr, launched today. [...]

By: La co-fundadora de Flickr lanza Hunch.com, un buscador basado en decisiones

La co-fundadora de Flickr lanza Hunch.com, un buscador basado en decisiones — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:46:06 +0000

[...] se afirma en TechCrunch, Hunch “es una red social donde el objeto social es compartir preguntas (y, por tanto, [...]

By: Michael Muchmore

Michael Muchmore — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:18:30 +0000

Is there a quota of stories that have to mention Twitter per day at TechCrunch? We get it: You guys are Twitter boosters. But I’m sure it has nothing to do with any investments. BTW, I like Hunch a lot.

By: Amit

Amit — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:01:36 +0000

This site is essentially a platform for user-generated quizzes — where meaningless answers to meaningless questions are translated into meaningless advice. Sorry, I’m having trouble enough removing such items from my Facebook feed, forget spending time on a site dedicated to this concept.

By: broadstuff

broadstuff — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:58:48 +0000

I have a Hunch that this won’t fly yet…

Tried out Hunch, the new service from Flickr’s founder Caterina Fake. In essence its 20 questions meets Myers Briggs – tries to suss out your personality, and the recommends things like cars, holidays, music you may like. Now these sorts of tests are …

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:30 +0000

Really? I saw 5 months on “All content”. Hey ho.

By: alan p

alan p — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:59:55 +0000

Be far quicker just to ask Twitter the questions…..

By: Hunch: A Real Decision-Making Engine | UpGRD me

Hunch: A Real Decision-Making Engine | UpGRD me — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:42:25 +0000

[...] if it is actually going to be useful or is just hype and will die off in a few months. (Found on TechCrunch) Category: Productivity, Tech | Leave a comment [...]

By: Kosso

Kosso — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:21:02 +0000

Hmmm… a possible API candidate for my @question and @answer twitter accounts?

By: fb676495206

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:20:04 +0000

I think Hunch is pretty cool. I’ve been using it during the beta and I think it has a good success rate predicting the decisions I would have made anyway. The API is a really neat idea and may be their best contribution in the end.

My only issue is that once again it is a national/global destination site and really not organized around the community of people whose opinions and ideas I’m most likely to want and trust.

I’d prefer to go to a local site and ask questions in a less structured way and see what they have to say. For example http://questionland.thestranger.com is for people who read The Stranger in Seattle and Questionland should be available to all cities with alternative weeklies/sites after the upcoming AAN conference.

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Caterina Fake’s Hunch: “Yahoo Answers Is Not The Answer.”

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:29:50 +0000

[...] a “decision engine” even though it is really just a search engine. But Hunch, a startup which launched publicly today, is an actual decision engine. The only thing it attempts to do is help you make a decision [...]

By: Dean Higginbotham

Dean Higginbotham — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:07:38 +0000

Oh, I thought the repeats were to test if you were REALLY telling the truth! =D

Where’s my free iPod?

By: fb2250783

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:42:03 +0000

I'm getting a endless parade of repeated questions, too. Either we killed it, or we're some sort of demographic enigma that it can't identify, so it's just going to keep asking questions until we die or go insane. (I had that problem with firefly.com back in the day. Damn thing never did make a recommendation for me; just kept asking me to rate more and more albums. Apparently, I was just too contrary for them to figure out.)

By: james

james — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:17:19 +0000

YAWWWWN….
I tried it and answered what seemed like endless set of questions and was not at all impressed. Waste of time and surprised TC recommended it.

By: Internet newsCaterina Fake’s Hunch: “Yahoo Answers Is Not The Answer.” | 82123

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:44:07 +0000

[...] engine” even though it is really just a search engine. But Hunch, a startup which launched publicly today, is an actual decision engine. The only thing it attempts to do is help you make a decision [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:27:49 +0000

They spent $2 MILLION on something that anyone with half a brain can decide upon.

Do you really need someone to tell you if you need a convertible? Only a moron would think about using convertible in a rainy day.

Seriously, this will be a giant fail.

By: Zack B.

Zack B. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:25:41 +0000

Extremely buggy indeed – java failing in question windows just about every other time.

I know it’s their first day live, but c’mon, these are basic functions we’re talking here – and surely they did load testing prior to today to make sure they could handle the traffic from all the inevitable buzz from blogs.

On a positive note, seems like it could be cool if it worked properly…

By: infinity

infinity — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:11:37 +0000

It keeps on repeating the same questions for me , or erroring, and every now and then asking a new question, after it asked me if i had ever lived where the nearest neighbor was more the 1/4 mile away 8 times(it seems like it, they were interspersed with other questions) I gave up..

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:04:11 +0000

I just spent 15 minutes answering dozens of answers, go to my profile and it says ‘Remembered answers: 0′ … FAIL

By: Mash123 » Caterina Fake’s Hunch: “Yahoo Answers Is Not The Answer.”

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:49:41 +0000

[...] even though it is really just a search engine. But Hunch, a startup which launched publicly today, is an actual decision engine. The only thing it attempts to do is help [...]

By: Caterina Fake’s Hunch: “Yahoo Answers Is Not The Answer.” | Viningmedia Nieuws

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:52:23 +0000

By: Dez

Dez — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:51:33 +0000

My first question was “Do you believe in the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse?”

My Answer: Bring it!

Hunch.com FTW!

By: Caterina Fake’s Hunch: “Yahoo Answers Is Not The Answer.” | The Good NET Guide

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:50:12 +0000