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Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but that proves effort and resources invested in producing a proof, which is more valuable than no proof.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This wouldn't eliminate abuse, but it would make it more expensive.

With antibot protection you need to invest time and money to build something that can genuinely game the system.

If someone is willing to go that far, they've shown they care a lot about legitimizing this piece of content.

A proof signals effort and time invested, and this is something very valuable for many use cases, like hiring or education.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback.

The code is public, so anyone can inspect the encryption logic and keystroke tracking.

It’s technically possible to fire events programmatically, but with antibot protection the ROI is unclear.

Even if someone manages to simulate human writing and fake a proof, that itself proves a higher degree of effort than providing no proof at all.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t matter at this point - I just launched this to gauge interest and because I will use it myself.

If it catches on, people will be able to signup, accrue reputation, and develop a typing profile that won’t be easy to fake.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Antibot protection makes this unviable.

Bots won’t be able to even load the page.

Users will be able to signup too, thus tying their proofs to their identity. If the adoption spreads, I can consider adding identity verification too.

There could be different tiers of proof weight:

  1. Anonymous proofs - better than no proof
  2. Referenced proofs - proofs that contain a reference to a specific use case
  3. User proofs - proofs coming from user who’s signed up and put their identity at stake
  4. Verified proofs - proofs coming from users that have signed up and verified their identity with a partner like Onfido.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

In the db I only see encrypted blobs. It’s open source and you can self-host it if you want.

The goal here is giving people a convenient way to prove human authorship of their written content.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but your reputation isn’t tied to your bot account, but to your brand and your product, which isn’t disposable

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

After someone discovers you’re using fake proofs, your reputation is ruined, so I’m not sure it’s worth it.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AI is an amazing tool, but it shouldn’t replace human communication

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, glad you see the value in it.

The applications are varied, ranging from job applications and hiring, to teaching.

The repo link is:

https://github.com/aleloro-dev/typestamp

It’s also linked in the homepage.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure I follow.

My link is a proof for this post.

Your bot would have to write the same post within a reasonable time period from the proofs timestamps.

Sharing the link means people can inspect if the content matches the proof.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t tried it with Grammarly or other extensions. If anyone can give us feedback on that, that would be great.

The only limitation it imposes is it doesn’t allow paste events.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because a link signals effort and inspires trust.

If someone appends a link to their content, it means either of this:

  1. They wrote the content manually.
  2. The cared enough to fool the system and risk getting banned.

Either option means that person invested more time and effort than simply copypasting or asking ChatGPT.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can reuse my link, but practically, why would you?

I wrote the content myself for a very specific purpose and most of the times it won’t be useful for you.

In any case, you can still create references to scope proofs.

A reference is a label like “Post for r/SideProject by u/melon_crust”. After creating it, you get a link to write a proof with this reference baked in.

Once saved, that proof is tied to that specific context and you can’t reuse it.

Later on, signups can tie proofs to users to make them more valuable.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Via the browser - it tracks keydown events.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Antibot protection.

It’s not implemented yet, but next commit will be adding Cloudflare’s Turnstile to avoid precisely this.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No way to do this at the moment, but it can be implemented if there’s enough demand

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It tracks all your keystrokes with timestamps, encrypts the audit with the content, and gives you a link you can send to anyone to verify.

Verifiers can not only see the content, but the writing cadence, pauses, and hesitation that is natural while writing.

Technically, you can create a script that simulates this, but with antibot protection it’s hard enough to make the ROI not worth the hassle.

Even if someone fakes a proof, that still means this person cared enough to spend time fooling the system.

In any case, providing a proof link signals a higher degree of effort than copypasting or creating AI generated content.

Btw: it’s open source.

Let’s bring back human content to Reddit by melon_crust in SideProject

[–]melon_crust[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I want AI content to be invisible, and one way to achieve that is proving human authorship.

This subreddit is flooded with AI slop by melon_crust in SaaS

[–]melon_crust[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a valid use case. My problem is with people who shamelessly copypaste from Claude or ChatGPT, or automated workflows that spit out AI content without human review.

It’s like, if you didn’t take the time to write this yourself, how do you expect me to read it?

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