I made a tool that lets you see the other side of 'Likes' and made it shareable. | Ohayou Kanojo #116
Introduction
"Ohayou Kanojo" is an X account where an AI-illustrated girlfriend says 'Have a nice day' every morning at 7:30.
While continuing this personal project, I have created several tools. There is the "Reply Notebook" which visualizes unreplied comments, "Ohayomi" which goes to read articles by favorite creators, and the "Accumulation Note" which records follower counts. I have released them all for free.
This time, I'm talking about the next tool I created.
The day PVs became invisible
Previously, inspired by KITA-san's dashboard article, I created a dashboard for myself (#91 "When I gave up on PVs, four tools connected").
However, when I tried to make this into a form that others could use, I hit a wall. PV data requires authentication and cannot be retrieved via public APIs. The numbers I could see on my own dashboard could not be passed on to others.
The PVs disappeared.
But thanks to that, there were things that became visible.
Seeing "who read it"
A list of 'Likes' can be retrieved via public API. Moreover, you can get everything including the username, icon, follower count, and the date and time the 'Like' was given.
PVs were anonymous numbers indicating "how many times it was read." The 'Like' list is a named number indicating "who read it."
If you collect and accumulate this automatically every day, you can see things like this.
A ranking of people who 'Liked' your work. Who is coming to read it the most?
People who haven't come recently. You can see people who used to 'Like' every week but haven't come for two weeks.
Follower count trends. With the Accumulation Note, you had to press a button every day, but this tool records it automatically.
I named it "Observation Continues."
The usage is simple; you just tell me your note ID. There is no need for GitHub environment setup or programming. I run all the underlying mechanisms on my end.
The character gives a report every morning. You can see the trends in follower counts and a list of people who 'Liked' your work yesterday.
Automatically classify people who liked your posts into 'New,' 'Returning,' 'Regular,' 'Occasional,' and 'At-Risk.' This tab shows you the people who haven't visited in a while.
Like ranking. You can see at a glance who is reading your posts the most.
I've also prepared a layout for screenshots that you can post in your articles. The like rankings I announce in the mini-log episodes are born from here.
What I learned from the beta test
I had a few people use it.
Some said, 'It's helpful to be able to manage returning likes.' For people who write on note every day, manually tracking who liked your posts isn't realistic. Especially for those who have trouble finding a block of time, being able to see it all in a list is genuinely appreciated.
The like rankings I announce in the mini-log episodes were also born from this tool. There have even been dramas where KITA-san, who was in first place for the month, made a comeback on the final day by strategically giving likes.
I can't distribute it to everyone
However, this tool has limitations.
Because it works by collecting article data for each individual every day, processing time increases as the number of users grows. I wanted to distribute it to everyone for free, but due to the design, that wasn't possible.
Ohenji-cho and Ohayomi are processed entirely on the user's browser side. Therefore, the load doesn't change no matter how many people use them. 'Kansoku wa Tsuzuku' (Observations Continue) is a system that accumulates data in the background, so there is a limit to the number of users.
Starting 'Hashamo's Observatory'
So, I decided to offer it in the form of a membership.
'Hashamo's Observatory' — 500 yen per month.
Ohenji-cho, Ohayomi, and Tsumiage Note will continue to be free and available to everyone. In addition to those, members can use 'Kansoku wa Tsuzuku'.
Those who are participating in the beta test can continue to use it as is. There is no need to join the membership.
I plan to continue adding tools to visualize note activities in the future. I am also accepting requests for 'tools like this' on the bulletin board.
There is only one tool for now. I will be adding more from here on.
I am looking for a few people to observe it with me.
It is best suited for those who want to see 'who came' rather than just the numbers.
Conclusion
The page views disappeared, and the people became visible. I have finally created a way to deliver that tool.
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