IWL.ME – I write like – enjoys 100 000 hits per day
On the second day of its existence of "I Write Like" was visited by 12,000 people. On the third day of its existence - a hundred thousand. New tweets mentioning IWL appear about every five seconds, Facebook is buzzing, badges appear on blogs every minute.
In short, "I Write Like" compares your writing to those of famous ones. The first paragraph of this post resulted in:
I write like
Cory DoctorowI Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software.
"I Write Like" was mentioned by Margaret Atwood, who her self is in the IWL's database. (However, it turned out that she writes as Stephen King, not as Margaret Atwood 🙂
William Gibson (author of "Johnny Mnemonic") also wrote about IWL (though, none of his answers is in the database yet :).
In short, the author is very flattered.
The site was already featured in:
- Associated Press: I Write Like erupts online, authors scratch heads
- The New York Times: Getting the Not-Quite-Right Stuff From I Write Like ; I Write Like … Yeah, Right
- NPR - All Things Considered: Computer Algorithm Recognizes Your Inner Faulkner
- Entertainment Weekly: I write like Nabokov! and H.P. Lovecraft! and Stephen King!
- Guardian: At last! Website confirms I write like Margaret Atwood …
- Huffington Post: ‘I Write Like’ Sweeps The Web: Which Famous Author Do You Write Like?
- Los Angeles Times: Who do you write like?
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Short link: Copy - http://links2.me/~Tas$Rt
August 10th, 2010 at 11:16 am
As the author depicted on his blog http://sellme.ru/
October 3rd, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Now, in German too: http://www.faz.net/f30/aktuell/WriteLike.aspx
October 18th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
leatherbound.me is another site that exploits affiliates and compare functionality: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/10/18/leatherbound-compare-kindle-nook-ibook/