What's the best way to refer my friends to HashThySelf?
Look at the bottom of your search results page. You will see a URL below the line
"... Share thine enjoyment". This typically looks something like:
"http://www.hashthyself.com/cgi-bin/d?k=R4J96pWAAbdnpHWSnavyEgf". This is your Zeta link.
Copy and paste this in your email to friends. The content of that page is self-explanatory.
Alternately forward the link at the bottom of your "Votest thou..."
page. Either way, you should be able to revisit your "Votest thou..."
page from time to time and see whom your friends think you look like.
This is a great tool to prune down your list of friends in case you have
trouble coping with your hectic social calendar.
How can I turn the picture on my home page into a link that goes into my Zetas page at HashThySelf?
Copy your Zeta link (see above) into your clipboard. Now edit the html of your home page
and find the place where you display your photo. Bracket the
<img> tag like so:
<a href="http://www.hashthyself.com/cgi-bin/d?k=R4J96pWAAbdnpHWSnavyEgf">
<img src="/path/to/your/photo.jpg" alt="Your Name">
</a>
What's with the voting page?
HashThySelf is a nascent service. It is young, and we depend upon you to train its Zetamaton to search better. If you get results that you don't think are quite right, you will get an opportunity to rerank the hits in the order you see fit and submit your ranking to the service. At some point when we have sufficient data, we will use this information to retrain our algorithms and give you better matches. You will find that we have tried to make the voting process as fun as possible in order to make it easy for you to submit votes.
Is it true that I need no more than 5 clicks to shuffle pics to any desired ranking on the voting page?
It is true. If you can work out the rather simple logic, you'll be able to prove that you need at most 5 clicks to rearrange the pictures and specify any particular ordering you might have in mind of the five pics.
When I hashed myself it said George Clooney was my whole Zeta, as it darn rightly should. Does this guarantee that when someone submits a likeness of GC to your upcoming Anti-hash service, I'll come up as the first hit?
Let's put it this way. Suppose you're all alone on Mars, and the rest of us poor humans are here on Earth. You want to find your nearest human neighbor and someone on earth happens to be it. Unfortunately the quest ain't symmetric. Your neighbor's nearest neighbor is most likely a nearby earthling, not you.
What happens to the data I submit?
Once you are hashed, we will cache your data solely for the purpose of avoiding redundant computation during a repeat submission of the same photo by you, and to enable your friends to navigate freely to the share-link that is displayed at the bottom of your results page. The information in the ZIP, BLURB and PHONE fields are not used at present, but you will have an opportunity to open your record for display once the Anti-hash service is launched.
How was the logo designed?
All image artwork for HashThyself was created using the fine and free GIMP toolkit and all the html was created using GNU emacs under Linux. When the logo stabilizes, we will post the GIMP script for it here.
What's with the funky ads on the side that don't really go anywhere?
These ad's started out as place-holders in our mock-ups during our tests, but someone suggested they should stay. Clicking on them won't take you anywhere. And we've added a tag that clearly distinguishes them from the real ads.
Can I submit a funky ad?
Sure. Send it here. However, please note that there's no guarantee that we'll use it. Ads for display will get picked from our database of funky ads randomly, using our cleverly designed distribution. If we include your ad in this database, we'll let you know. Make them witty and short. You may use the special word _NAME_ in your ad, which will get replaced by the name of one of the persons displayed on a results page.
What else can I submit?
You can contribute just about any content that is fun and creative. For example, you may contribute funky error messages such this one. We will consider it for inclusion as long as you grant HashThySelf a free license to use it. You may retain the copyright.
I like HashThySelf. How can I contribute?
The best way to contribute right now is to use the service and refer it to your friends. We provide a special link at the bottom of every result page that you may cut and paste in your email to your friends. Besides helping gain momentum, this will also give us much needed training data to improve our algorithms. If you feel a compelling urge to code and/or otherwise materially contribute to our enterprise, you can contact us with a proposal and we'll promise to read it.
Are there any restrictions upon the use of the service?
Your use of the technology is entirely at your own risk.
Please read our terms and conditions to know more
about this. Use of the HashThySelf web-based service is completely
free for non-commercial purposes.
We are able to license the technology for use in commercial
applications. See sample applications of the
technology behind HashThySelf that could potentially generate revenue
for you. If you are interested in talking to us, you may contact our
Business office directly. She is reachable here.
Can I get a HashThySelf T-shirt?
Well, we aren't really handing out T-shirts just yet. But send in that valuable suggestion, or a fix to an annoying bug and who knows what'll turn up in your mailbox!
Can I give you some feedback?
Please do. Send all feedback here. Thanks.
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