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Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by dang on Friday September 25, 2026 @08:42PM (#49851976)
(Toptext copied from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49825108.)

You probably shouldn't have posted this 14 times - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please don't use HN primarily for promotion" and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html: "a small number of reposts is ok" (14 is not a small number!) But let's not let that get in the way of a good submission.

Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by TejasH5 on Friday September 25, 2026 @09:20PM (#49852189)
None of the videos for the fake/real news examples work for me
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:53PM (#49858323)
Better ones will come soon. From live social media feeds.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by senectus1 on Friday September 25, 2026 @10:05PM (#49852473)
I like it, its a bit clunky on the desktop though. the real and fake took me a while to find on a big high rest screen.

I'd appreciate better formatting of the blind spot and "you got it wrong" results.

I feel like this is less about news and more about urban legends and old wives tales.

would be very interested in seeing this become more contemporary and up to date with more recent events.

Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:54PM (#49858341)
Glad that you liked it. I took all your feedbacks in consideration and will update soon.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by tehnoslow on Friday September 25, 2026 @10:44PM (#49852707)
Fun game, but I agree with senectus1, it's a bit clunky on desktop
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:54PM (#49858336)
I'm updating the desktop app on that. Thanks for the feedback.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by starshadowx2 on Friday September 25, 2026 @10:54PM (#49852752)
Why did this immediately ask me for permission to show notifications? What notifications could come from this?
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:51PM (#49858307)
Ok I will remove this behavior. Thanks for the feedback
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by tapland on Friday September 25, 2026 @10:55PM (#49852757)
"oh I wonder if it will have an off-white background" guessing game when seeing anything posted
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:53PM (#49858327)
I'm trying to improve the colors. Do you have any suggestions ?
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by sublinear on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:21PM (#49852899)
I like the concept, but it needs more interesting content. I was actually confused for a few rounds.

As soon as I realized it's just a game of trivia and "spot the AI image/video", my scores improved dramatically. It's like a switch flipped in my brain and I stopped overthinking these.

It seems like that's the opposite of what you intended?

Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:55PM (#49858351)
I'm doing a new update on the feed with live social media feeds (tiktok, x, insta, ...). I'll keep you updated
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by furyofantares on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:47PM (#49853018)
It just kept going and going and I was quite confused as to when it was going to give me any feedback, but I guess so was just getting them all right and there's no clear feedback in that case?
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:53PM (#49858317)
You had all correct answers. But I will update so you get the correct feedback.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by NDlurker on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:53PM (#49853040)
I have no idea who Vallas is and that's why I got that one wrong
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:53PM (#49858331)
I will add more context for this kind of uncertainty with a question mark button.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by totetsu on Saturday September 26, 2026 @01:01AM (#49853353)
Maybe reading a book or two about media literacy might help you more? It’s a very well studied area. There is lots very basic things about identifying and analysing health claims that is in the public health sector too. Groups like the anti-rumour project also have good materials. https://ccre-cemr.org/impact-community-society/anti-rumours-...

Maybe look for a university that has their critical reasoning or introduction to academic writing courses online and look at the course readers.

All of this will help you more than tweak coding a flash card app with an llm.

Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:52PM (#49858315)
Yes I agree. I'm actually searching the space. The current feed will be updated with actual live news and fakes data. Current state of product is mainly a prototype to get user feedbacks on the interface.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by mitxela on Saturday September 26, 2026 @07:29AM (#49855526)
"No stories right now"
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:55PM (#49858358)
Server is down due to usage spikes and next update. Will be up soon.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by Critikid on Saturday October 03, 2026 @12:01AM (#49941259)
I don't get how this builds media literacy. The timer doesn't give them any time to do lateral reading. Except for the "obviously untrue" examples like the one about fairies, whether they get the answer right or wrong is mostly based on whether they already know about the topics or just have a lucky guess.
Re:Show HN: A game about fake news and memes by azermite on Saturday October 03, 2026 @01:55PM (#49946310)
Thank for the feedback. I'm trying to make it better, maybe with a "?" to give more context and time. Would you suggest anything ?