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Really, I write like...What?
« on: July 21, 2010, 04:49:24 pm »
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 04:57:09 pm »
Oh man, what a blow, it said I write like Stephen King.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 04:59:14 pm »
I got two David Foster Wallaces, a Raymond Chandler and a Cory Doctorow.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 05:03:20 pm »
I did this the other day. One of my video game reviews and my most recent post in the "Tacos!" thread both came out as Dan Brown. I don't know how to feel about that; I've never read any of his stuff.

The main page of my professional blog came out as Cory Doctorow. Another professional blog post and an article about video games were Lovecraft-eque, apparently. And a marketing sheet I did for a client recently was Margaret Atwood. But the stuff that feels most natural and is the least self-edited seems to consistently come out as Dan Brown.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 05:04:33 pm »
That thing is pretty bogus actually.

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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 05:07:14 pm »
Quote from: wombat on July 21, 2010, 05:04:33 pm

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"I had a typewriter when I was 6 years old," he said. "But I'm not a published writer and I don't think I write very good."
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 05:11:51 pm »
I pasted-ed-ed in four of my journal entries and I got two Wallaces, one Palahnuik and one Vonnegut.

I have no idea if this is signifcant or not.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 05:33:20 pm »
I put in some blog posts and got either Stephen King or Kurt Vonnegut.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2010, 05:45:16 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on July 21, 2010, 05:03:20 pm
both came out as Dan Brown. I don't know how to feel about that; I've never read any of his stuff.


Mmmmmm....  Well...
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2010, 06:03:57 pm »
I seriously don't think you need to worry that a spam filter thinks you write like Dan Brown.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2010, 06:07:16 pm »
Well, I mean, if a PERSON told me I write like Dan Brown, should I worry?

The guy might be an idiot, but if he's a best-selling idiot, his writing must be at least good enough to get published. And I'm OK with that.

I would not mind being a best-selling author, is what I'm saying, even if most of the people who bought my book ultimately ended up hating me.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2010, 06:11:51 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on July 21, 2010, 06:07:16 pm
I would not mind being a best-selling author, is what I'm saying, even if most of the people who bought my book ultimately ended up hating me.

And I'd rather have five people buy my books and love me. I am lousy at business.

But really, I don't think there's any point in giving a moment's thought to who a spam filter thinks you write like.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2010, 06:34:58 pm »
my theory, based on how many people get dan brown, is that dan brown is what you get if your writing doesn't fit any of the other authors.

I got Dan Brown for a paper for school. long annoying touamb posts got cory doctorow.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2010, 06:44:44 pm »
Quote from: wombat on July 21, 2010, 06:11:51 pm
And I'd rather have five people buy my books and love me. I am lousy at business.

But really, I don't think there's any point in giving a moment's thought to who a spam filter thinks you write like.

Probably not, but it's kind of fun.
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Re: Really, I write like...What?
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2010, 07:23:41 pm »
It would be fun if it were well done.  But reading that it's just a spam filter that compares vocabulary, to only fifty authors, and seeing that it gives everyone the same answers anyway, that's no fun at all.

You know, I miss the old days when it was hard to make an internet quiz and the people who did it, put some real work into it. Get off of my lawn.
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