Hound Dog at Your Service
Finding good content on Steemit among thousands of posts published each day can be exhausting. But don't you worry, I can help! My name is @hounddog and I am your personalized post recommender. I hunt and track down posts that you like based on your previous upvotes and interests. I read through every pulication and, by using Natural Language Processing, can support you to discover content that is right for you! It's very easy and the only thing I want in return is a vote from you.
How It Works
- Upvote this post, giving a 100% upvote
- optionally follow me
- and resteem this post
- Reply to this post
- with just @hounddog to get personalized recommendations based on your last 5 upvotes
- or with @hounddog https://steemit.com/steemit/@myfavoriteauthor/my-favorite-post to find similar posts to the one in your comment
- Wait for about a minute and refresh this webpage
- I will recommend new, recent posts to you
- 3 recommendations for your vote
- 5 if you additionally follow me
- or even 10 if you upvoted, followed, and resteemed this post
Please, give only 100% upvotes, anything less won't get you very far!
You can get multiple recommendations if you upvote my recommendations to you and reply to this post with @hounddog another time. Make sure to vote on other posts in between, otherwise you may get the same recommendations again!
IMPORTANT: Recommendations are given until 25.03.2018 (UTC). Find a newer post of mine after that date for new recommendations.
Example
Here is an example using the trending post The blockchain revolution and the end of trust by @hitwill. Let's say you upvoted my post, followed me, and replied with:
@hounddog https://steemit.com/steemit/@hitwill/the-blockchain-revolution-and-the-end-of-trust
I would recommend the following posts:
1: Why inequality is growing so extreme and how Alaska points the way to the solution by @scottsantens (63% match)
2: Kenneth Hayne May Release Truth Bombs In Australian Banking Royal Commission Change Terms Of Reference To Look At APRA Demand GlassSteagall by @nolnocluap (68% match)
3: Australian Banking Royal Commission Exposes Cash Bribery For Loans Are We Surprised? by @nolnocluap (67% match)
4: Toward a panEU blockchain infrastructure by @sorin.cristescu (64% match)
5: Banks cryptos how steemit could inspire a change in the world. by @deliberator (62% match)
FAQs
Are you related to @trufflepig?
Yes, I am designed and coded by his developer @smcaterpillar, too. And yes, I even do use parts of @trufflepig's codebase. However, he tries to satisfy the taste of the masses whereas I try to cater to your needs only.
Can I use your service if I sold my vote to services such as @smartsteem?
Well, you can give it a try. But my suggestions are based on the upvotes of your account. If your account voted for crap, you will get crap in return. Your vote on Steemit counts, so think twice about whether you sell it to a bot! Alternatively, you can add an example post (like @hounddog https://steemit.com/steemit/@myfavoriteauthor/my-favorite-post) and I will search for other posts similar to your example.
Can I get some more recommendations?
Yes, just upvote my first recommendations to you and reply to this post with @hounddog again.
Can I send you SBD to get even more recommendations?
Well, no! Sure send me some SBD if you have no use for them, but do not expect anything in return. You pay for this service with your vote only. This is recommendation socialism, baby! If you can give a lot, you have to give a lot, if you cannot, you only have to give a little!
How do you give recommendations?
In a nuthsell, I read all posts of this week and, first, filter all short ones, non English ones, and publications drowning in spelling mistakes. Secondly, I extract the essence out of each contribution. I do this by projecting the posts into a low dimensional vector space using Latent Semantic Analysis. Next, I look up the last 5 posts you voted for (or, alternatively, just read the example post you provided) and project these into the space, too. Finally, I search the space for the articles closest to your choice by maximising the Cosine Similarity between your votes (or the example post you gave) and this week's publications.
Best with barks,
HoundDog
@hounddog <--- Call me like this after you upvoted my post!
I will answer your call as fast as I can:
Hi @hounddog, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: Madden 18 5 Tips to Improve Your Game by @tuck-fheman (49% match)
2: Fear Effect Sedna Review Very varied puzzles by @braini (45% match)
3: Game Review CALL OF BATTLEFIELD ON Android ENG 39 by @thebreakingnews (49% match)
4: Game Review MAVEL CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS ON Android ENG 40 by @thebreakingnews (47% match)
5: The very best classic MMORPG Game for Lord of the rings fans! by @baloothebear (44% match)
@hounddog
Hi @bidyut, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: Frameworks Issue 15 How to Be Visionary by @danielwong (74% match)
2: Confronting Change by @samminator (67% match)
3: FACING THE FEAR OF DEATH. Why Do I Paint Buddha Skulls. by @jankasparec (67% match)
4: Standing Alone by @larkenrose (68% match)
5: Why You Should Treat Each Day Like A Gift by @travel-cuisine (67% match)
@hounddog
Hi @smcaterpillar, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: 4 Simple Ways to Crank That SBD Payout by @kenmelendez (75% match)
2: DAILY QUALITY CONTENT REWARDS 113 by @appreciator (65% match)
3: So Far So Good! by @a11y (64% match)
4: Rebooting SteemSTEM Towards an engaged community on the STEEM blockchain! by @steemstem (64% match)
5: Answering Why Am I Getting Liquid STEEM from Author Rewards? by @spiritualmax (63% match)
@hounddog
You need to upvote the post before ;-)
Hi @energyaddict22, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: Sleeping Schedule Changes by @shikika (41% match)
2: Weeding out the comments RUBBISH! by @jaynie (35% match)
3: Who Is TrucklifeFamily A Reintroduction by @trucklife-family (35% match)
4: Reinventing myself another midlife crisis How to live a guilt free life for destroying the Earth by @purplemoon (35% match)
5: Daily Mood Journal 31418 by @ran-a-banana (39% match)
@hounddog
Hi @braaiboy, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: BoostKraze for Minnows Promotion of Your Posts Part 04 by @cryptokraze (54% match)
2: **MakeMeSmile Week 5 Announcement Post MakeMeSmile ** by @elizacheng (53% match)
3: Steem Music Let the Music Roll in Liberal Latte Report by @calebleejl (53% match)
4: BEWARE OF SMARTSTEEM by @savemax (56% match)
5: Steembay Auction for an antique US Parcel Postage Stamp from 1913! by @denmarkguy (55% match)
@hounddog
Hi @hounddog, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: One Shining Moment. by @hanshotfirst (49% match)
2: Fear Effect Sedna Review Very varied puzzles by @braini (42% match)
3: Game Review CALL OF BATTLEFIELD ON Android ENG 39 by @thebreakingnews (46% match)
4: Game Review MAVEL CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS ON Android ENG 40 by @thebreakingnews (43% match)
5: The very best classic MMORPG Game for Lord of the rings fans! by @baloothebear (44% match)
@hounddog
Hi @hounddog, thanks for voting and following! I used the following post(s) to find recommendations for you: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4, Post 5.
Based on your interests I recommend the following articles:
1: Steem Voting Activity Steem Health Part 2 by @eroche (70% match)
2: Steemsilvergold townhall discussion regarding Stax. by @silvergoldbotty (70% match)
3: Open letter to the SteemSilverGold Community from phelimint regarding Stax. by @silvergoldbotty (71% match)
4: What if there was a brand new way to vote in BuddyUP? by @buddyup (73% match)
5: How to raise your curation reward up to 12x steemit in a minute 31 by @gsxr (65% match)