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Comment by jjcob

15 hours ago

Even with the stats it doesn't work. Maybe hacker news comments don't preserve whitespace or something.

ummm just tested, works: <copy>A simple way to prove that a piece of text, a post, a message, was written by me.

Yes, the burden should not lie on the author, and you could argue it's not even relevant. Still, the default has shifted and there's a refreshing feeling when you're forced to choose your own words.

This is not perfect. You can still find ways to have a machine write a text into this box. But what's guaranteed is the time: writing a message takes the time a human would actually need.

At the very least writtenhuman.com is a statement that the problem it's tackling is real. One with the potential to become a global crisis.

(plausibility 100/100 · mean 58 wpm · peak 108 wpm · cadence 4.5 keys/s · duration 2:56)</copy>

  • Still doesn't work for me. Maybe it's line endings or something. I'm on Safari on macOS.

    • Oh I see, yeah I'm actually experiencing the same on mobile. I'll add some trims and remove line breaks for validation. Also include the stats and reconstruct them before submission so only the text needs to be pasted. thx for the feedback!