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90points
77comments
#501of 2,242 in 2017
Top 23%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 8 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, minimalistic design
From 3 comments
So it's PWA? So you must be able to send Push Notifications to Android devices? I'd be happy about it. Ability to swipe out cards? Nevertheless, A very clean minimalistic design…
amrrs on HNDude was this created in meteor.js? -Love it!, the minimalistic design, and saved from information overload is appreciated. Mind sharing the snippets?
kazishariar on HNlooks great. I would reduce the blank space from left and right on mobile. Use links when you go to article. it is more natural.
robot on HN
Fast and slick
From 1 comment
How are you going to sustain this? It is fairly fast and slick (I am a daily RSS reader who follow hundred of sources).
webwanderings on HN
Objections
Ranking by shares surfaces Trump and celebrity stories repeatedly
From 2 comments
Over 50% of the posts are Trump. I would really like to see someone make an app that focuses on filtering through the click-bait articles we're fed to actually break news into…
Xeoncross on HNVery nice. Two features I would like are tabs next to the "Today" tab that say "Yesterday" or maybe "48 Hours" and another that says "This week" or "Last week." I often miss the…
scottjad on HN
Missed major breaking news like the Mexico City earthquake
From 1 comment
Today, after the Mexico city earthquake, there where 50 buildings collapsed, probably hundreds of people dead, and a volcano erupting... but your "news" site doesn't show any of…
dieg0 on HN
Narrow column wastes space on large screens
From 2 comments
Nice, but really, it is a narrow column on a 4K screen. Can you make it adapt to screen sizes so that it can use at least 80% of the screen?
drvortex on HNI love this! Desktop view could use more page width, but I love the concept. Adding in custom RSS URLs as sources could be a good direction to take as well.
nsriv on HN
Requests
Add custom sources or RSS URLs
From 4 comments
Any plans for the ability to add custom sources? I'm assuming that's not a trivial thing to add, but definitely something I'd be interested in.
alexland on HNYou need to make it so we can add our own news sources
vicmanster on HNI love this! Desktop view could use more page width, but I love the concept. Adding in custom RSS URLs as sources could be a good direction to take as well.
nsriv on HNI have been using Twitter lists, and simply adding the "breaking news" twitter accounts for a number of news sources...and this seems similar to that...however, I like this…
mxuribe on HN
Time-range tabs such as yesterday or this week
From 1 comment
Very nice. Two features I would like are tabs next to the "Today" tab that say "Yesterday" or maybe "48 Hours" and another that says "This week" or "Last week." I often miss the…
scottjad on HN
Keyword and category filtering
From 2 comments
Very nice. Two features I would like are tabs next to the "Today" tab that say "Yesterday" or maybe "48 Hours" and another that says "This week" or "Last week." I often miss the…
scottjad on HNThank you. Unfortunately, thats what is trending currently. I get your point though. Im thinking of adding an ability to filter by keyword or category. Also I want to explore if…
meteor333 on HN
Desktop app wrapper
From 1 comment
When you get chance please wrap it is a desktop app, it's the sort of app I'd keep running like Tweetbot. Oh and well done! A competitor to Google News is great. The main problem…
neilellis on HN
Questions
How is it sustained financially
From 1 comment
How are you going to sustain this? It is fairly fast and slick (I am a daily RSS reader who follow hundred of sources).
webwanderings on HN
Copyright concerns over showing full article content
From 1 comment
Are there any copyright issues with you showing the full article content? I understand that the headlines, images and blurbs are from public RSS feeds, but I'm almost certain the…
jszymborski on HN
Where social share counts come from
From 2 comments
> Then it ranks it HN/Reddit style using social shares as upvotes. Where do you get the social shares? I don't see any share buttons on the webpage?
ekbais on HNAwesome. Curious, what are you using to scrape sources, and for social counts?
fireworks10 on HN
Alternatives named
Memeorandum
From 2 comments
Two news sources that I'd like to see added are memeorandum.com (the best algorithmicly generated news feed I've found) and drudgereport.com (whose politics I disagree with but…
yodon on HNAh, I was talking about memeorandum.com, not your site. Sorry for the confusion!
adamrezich on HN
Google News
From 1 comment
When you get chance please wrap it is a desktop app, it's the sort of app I'd keep running like Tweetbot. Oh and well done! A competitor to Google News is great. The main problem…
neilellis on HN
NewsWhip
From 1 comment
realclearpolitics.com would be another good source. re: these being difficult because they are aggregators, could you just scrape the sites to find what they are linking to, then…
aaronhoffman on HN
Twitter lists
From 1 comment
I have been using Twitter lists, and simply adding the "breaking news" twitter accounts for a number of news sources...and this seems similar to that...however, I like this…
mxuribe on HN