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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by mikaelaast on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:40PM (#34731935)
OP here. Valid point! I find it hard to strike a good balance between demonstrating value and cutting to the chase. I wanted it to come off as a utility that lets you take action immediately.
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday February 09, 2023 @05:38PM (#34732694)
My first reaction was “I can barely tell what this does” so it’s hard to feel motivated to take action at that point.
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by marketerinland on Thursday February 09, 2023 @06:37PM (#34733344)
Agreed
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by whywhywouldyou on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:21PM (#34735570)
I had the same response. And beyond the motivation factor, the second response was, "I suppose I could test it myself, but I'm not uploading a picture of my screen to a strange website"
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by mikaelaast on Friday February 10, 2023 @01:51AM (#34736481)
OP here. As per the footer text: "Image processing is done in the browser. No image data is stored or transmitted."
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by pbhjpbhj on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:03AM (#34736942)
If you've the security consciousness to not upload then there's no way you trust that.
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by cinntaile on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:50AM (#34737237)
This critique makes no sense. Just monitor the traffic by using a random image if you don't trust the disclaimer?
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by pbhjpbhj on Friday February 10, 2023 @08:50AM (#34739568)
Monitoring the traffic is consequent to distrusting the site, surely. I too would use an arbitrary image with no PII.
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Re:Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramat... by TaylorAlexander on Friday February 10, 2023 @01:25PM (#34743595)
Or just.. close the page and go do something else, which is what I did.
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