Summary of FractalReader’s Operations

From the [/villagepump/Posting about Fractal Summaries to 𝕏 on 4/26/2024](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/フラクタル要約のことを𝕏に投稿 2024/4/26) post from FractalReader’s Operations Diary:

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  • Is it okay to post..?
    • Considering the possibility of receiving backlash
  • Having recently had a bad experience on social media, cautious about tweeting something that might go viral
    • 🍵(/villagepump/takker)
    • Posting about drawing AI seems to spark controversy, but what about the world of written content?
      • Was there any backlash towards that direction?(/villagepump/blu3mo)
        • Hadn’t thought about it at all
        • Reveals the homogeneity of the people one usually talks to
      • Oh, the backlash wasn’t about that?(/villagepump/takker)
        • Couldn’t imagine any other kind of backlash
  • Possibilities
    • No significant engagement
      • -> No problem since nothing particular happened
    • Around 10 RTs
    • 100 RTs
      • Starts reaching strange places
      • Around 10,000 views?
      • If 100 people input a lengthy article into FractalReader, a $100 bill will be sent
        • If it’s truly a powerful product, then that expense might be worth it
        • Due to character limits, summaries costing thousands of yen cannot be input at once
      • Should we create a page to display when there are too many requests for billing?(/villagepump/nishio)
    • 1000 RTs
      • Riding the trend
  • Tried tweeting
    • Objective: To see how many users actually engage with it when placed in a widely visible space and verify how many continue to use it
      • More interested in how many users continue to use it rather than how many try it initially
    • First 10 minutes
    • First 30 minutes
      • 26 Reposts, 85 Likes, 51 Bookmarks
      • 21 requests, $7
        • Endurable(/villagepump/blu3mo)
        • If it can’t be monetized in the future, it might just end up as a kind person shouldering the costs of people’s summary AI(/villagepump/blu3mo)
      • Retweeted by rkmt-sensei!
    • First hour
      • Noticed some people inputting obscene content
        • What are they trying to achieve..?
        • LOL(/villagepump/はるひ)
        • Trying to view foreign adult sites but can’t be bothered to translate?(/villagepump/sta)
      • Many people mistakenly input article URLs, so added explanatory notes to the input field.
      • 70 RTs, 255 Likes, 166 Bookmarks
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        • 5% engagement is strong(/villagepump/sta)
      • About 50 requests, $11.38
      • Fastest wind speed in my tweets(/villagepump/blu3mo)
        • Expected to land around 700 RTs
        • It’s 2:30 AM so I’m going to sleep
          • Good night(/villagepump/takker)
      • Hoping not to go bankrupt when waking up
  • Woke up
    • 523 Reposts, 1992 Likes, 1276 Bookmarks- image
    • Approximately 170 requests, $51
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  • Money is melting away~~
    • It’s the maximum risk I can bear personally.
    • Once I’ve come this far, I want to monetize properly and get returns.
    • It’s tough (/villagepump/はるひ).
  • It’s getting late in Japan, so I’ll take a break for now.
    • If by any chance it starts to grow even bigger from here, I’ll switch to gpt-3.5-turbo to lower the quality.
  • Seems like fewer posts are being seen on Twitter than I thought (/villagepump/nishio).
    • Interpretation is ambiguous (/villagepump/blu3mo).
      • “A: Posts from (/villagepump/blu3mo) are not being viewed as expected.”
      • “B: Other people are not posting about FractalReader as much as expected.”
      • Which one could it be?
      • B, I searched with the domain name but there are few people sharing summary results (/villagepump/nishio).
        • Possibility (/villagepump/blu3mo).
          • Redirected to a URL like /view/{UUID}, and I felt that only a few people could sense that it can be shared with others.
          • Should we try adding a share button?
            • Personally, I don’t want it (/villagepump/blu3mo).
              • I don’t want to clutter the reader screen with unnecessary elements.
              • Should I mention it in the initial tips?
  • Want to avoid being deceived by feedback like “I want to try it” or “I think it’s useful” (/villagepump/blu3mo).
    • (Self-reflection)
    • Measure how many people actually continue to use it to make a judgment.
    • Similar to the discussion in /motoso/蜃気楼アイデア#5ee92c80774b170000b09b82 (/villagepump/takker).
    • Important. Minimum Viable Product (or rather, Lean Startup) (/villagepump/sta).
    • Those who say “I want to try it” generally don’t use it, and they won’t continue to use it either (/villagepump/nishio).
      • People who genuinely want to use it will use it as soon as possible.

Around 18 hours have passed.

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  • Results of Day 1 (Google Analytics)
    • (/villagepump/偉業)(/villagepump/tsuzumik)
  • It seems like tipping will roughly balance the income and expenses (/villagepump/blu3mo).
    • Grateful (blu3mo)(blu3mo)(blu3mo).
    • Most are originally acquaintances, but I received $50 from someone I have never met before.
      • It’s reassuring.
    • (This is more of a donation than payment, so it can’t be said that FractalReader is sustainable as a business).