{"slug": "respectify", "name": "Respectify", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.419, "rising": -1.31, "first": "2026-02-25", "latest": "2026-02-25", "why": "That's a really novel approach to the misinformation crisis and I love the product idea.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "That's a really novel approach to the misinformation crisis and I love the product idea.", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Respectify"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 754582304, "item_id": 47161394, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161394", "by": "mwachs", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really love the tone you have for this product.", "excerpt": "I really love the tone you have for this product. I also vibecoded a thing (much more niche--https://peeps.biz/about) and felt the freedom to inject my own tone on it because it's personal. These apps/services are feeling more like zines or an indie band than a company seeking world domination or VC investment, and I think that's pretty neat.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Respectify \u2013 a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better"}, {"id": 754561952, "item_id": 47160122, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160122", "by": "cookiengineer", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "That's a really novel approach to the misinformation crisis and I love the product idea.", "excerpt": "Take my upvote! That's a really novel approach to the misinformation crisis and I love the product idea. It would be pretty awesome with a plugin system so that you can integrate it with other websites, too. Wish you the best for it! PS: the website is _really_ slow on Android Firefox. I had to use my Desktop system to try it out.", "context": "", "use_case": "comment moderation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Respectify \u2013 a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better"}, {"id": 754540592, "item_id": 47158787, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158787", "by": "earthnail", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Anyway, I love the idea and really hope you\u2019ll succeed.", "excerpt": "I tried it as well with a contrarian view on UBI. I think the UBI one is a great test case. If you\u2019re against the idea you will likely argue that it is idealistic and that in the real world it would create bad incentives. So basically you end up arguing for a darker, more pessimistic world view, and that tends to get flagged very quickly by the tool right now. I think you should fix that. 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The overall problem needs to be tackled from all angles - poster pre-post self-awareness (like respecify b", "context": "", "use_case": "comment moderation for forums", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Respectify \u2013 a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["comment moderation", "comment moderation for forums"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 796554017, "item_id": 49784626, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784626", "by": "vintagedave", "date": "2026-09-21", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "we launched Respectify on HN which is about good communication", "excerpt": "This is really interesting. I tested it vs an article I just posted [0], and got these results: https://grounnel.vercel.app/check/bgrXR8CzY0T4wEabapJrQAJWpcwAO9VG Which looks really solid. The example [1] travel diary is not perfect though -- not a criticism, you're clearly in alpha, and I think this is brilliant work. I also appreciate sharing an example that may not be marketing-perfect, if you know what I mean. > ", "context": "Launched Respectify on HN", "use_case": "Detecting poor-quality comments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: A fact-checker where the model can't fabricate a quote"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47151842", "title": "Show HN: Respectify \u2013 a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784317", "title": "Show HN: A fact-checker where the model can't fabricate a quote", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 4}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 754582304, "item_id": 47161394, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47161394", "by": "mwachs", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really love the tone you have for this product.", "excerpt": "I really love the tone you have for this product. 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PS: the website is _really_ slow on Android Firefox. I had to use my Desktop system to try it out.", "context": "", "use_case": "comment moderation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Respectify \u2013 a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better"}, {"id": 754540592, "item_id": 47158787, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158787", "by": "earthnail", "date": "2026-02-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Anyway, I love the idea and really hope you\u2019ll succeed.", "excerpt": "I tried it as well with a contrarian view on UBI. I think the UBI one is a great test case. If you\u2019re against the idea you will likely argue that it is idealistic and that in the real world it would create bad incentives. So basically you end up arguing for a darker, more pessimistic world view, and that tends to get flagged very quickly by the tool right now. I think you should fix that. 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