Show HN: Is this headline fake or not? (opens in new tab)

It took me a while to figure out that I should drag the headline left or right. I first tried to click the red "fake" and green "not", I tried to click on the headline, etc. I then realized that it was written in the light grey message to which I was not paying attention.

It may be my fault, just giving the feedback in case it can help to improve the UX.

We live in crazy times - but can you tell how crazy?

Hello HN, A friend and I made this to show two things: - Neural networks have become incredibly good at producing grammatically correct but completely nonsensical text - There are so many nonsensical headlines nowadays, it's hard to distinguish fake from real

Have fun!

Happy for all feedback. GitHub at https://github.com/TristanMenzinger/IsThisHeadlineFakeOrNot (frontend only).

Fun idea!

I will say that the interface feels a bit mobile-first to a fault: the swiping interaction isn't very desktop friendly. It'd be nice to have some buttons to click on for those of us using mice or trackpads.

I don't think I can agree with the claim about perfect grammar, a lot of the fake headlines had grammatical errors.

I found the easy way of identifying the real from the fake (aside from the grammatical errors) was basically the absurd or extreme (typical clickbait) vs logical nonsense.

Examples

> The haunted is not what we think it's

> The Most Common Words You'd Name You... But Couldn't Names

Grammatical error

> These adorable pets are supporting the womens march

Just typical clickbait

> Shane Nakua's Cameo Line is just like any young girl's face

I don't understand what that is actually trying to say, so I put it in the logical nonsense pile.

The backgrounds disappear for me and all the headlines melt together, so I can't distinguish them before making my choice. I'm using adblocker and an old version of chrome though, so might only be a problem for me. Image: ibb.co/qg9yrMh

I think the problem with this is that it’s not fun because it’s too hard :/ headlines have seriously degenerated.

Web gangsters will definetly appreciate this great new training resource! ;)

This made me tilted from losing too much