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Hey HN! - here's the rundown:

- You can find out what people say about any topic, based on the comments they've left on the tool.

- No account needed. Searches and comments are anonymous.

- You might enjoy seeing the many comments and searches that people have done in just the past two days.

- Right now, profanity is censored. This is part of mitigating initial toxicity. I'm implementing accounts soon, so you can toggle off this filter on your own accord.

- This tool is a work in progress, but I am improving things dramatically each day. If it's not up-to-par for you right now, definitely check it out later!

Thanks :)

This is super cool. Congrats on the launch!
I am confused. Does it only capture comments created on the tool, or it captures comments from anywhere on the internet?
Strictly the tool for now.
Got it. I see a classic launch problem coming your way. How do you attract the first set of content creators, when there aren't any content consumers? Have you given this a thought?
Do you have a video in which you have a run-through on how to use this tool?
I don't right now - but now that you mentioned it, I'll definitely create one. Will ping you here once it's ready.
Explore comments people made is not related to my search that has no comments. Takes a while to figure it out.

Anyway, really cool idea. It’s Yahoo! with the power of the crowds.

I'll be tweaking that shortly! Just released that feature last night before I went to bed haha
Great idea, and quality implementation!

I think the main thing you are missing right now is some seed content.

If I were you, I would start going through each recent search query and adding some content, even a sentence or two.

People are already searching, and you're doing a great job exposing this, now there just needs to be some results, and first-visitors may not be interested in doing the work for it.

I think you're on the right track, and your project has great potential!

That's a clever idea - thank you!

Agree with your take too. In fact, part of the reason I elected for anonymity & account-free comments was to lower that barrier.

Nice idea. However, a few words might not be able to establish the proper context for making comments. I fear it might encourage polarized comments.
Strong possibility - I'm sure there's a way to create a system as an extension of the current one to mitigate this issue though.