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too-long-didnt-read.com

Because most of us suffer from AD(H)D, here is too-long-didnt-read.com

news.ycombinator.com

#tldr#article summary#reading#bookmarklet

7points
11comments
#912of 1,097 in 2011
Top 84%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 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

  • Good service idea, would use it

    From 2 comments
    • I visited - didn't know what to do. Definitely need to show a listing of submissions and summaries. As per the example you provided, looks great. Would love to use a service like…
      codeslush on HN
    • Looks like it could be a good service, like a blog / newspaper version of http://800ceoread.com/. Posting a list of recently-posted summaries (blog-style) to the front page —…
      charliepark on HN
  • Browser addon would be awesome

    From 1 comment
    • A browser addon would also be awesome!
      tst on HN

Objections

  • Site was unclear about what to do; explained only on HN

    From 1 comment
    • I visited - didn't know what to do. Definitely need to show a listing of submissions and summaries. As per the example you provided, looks great. Would love to use a service like…
      codeslush on HN
  • Forced Twitter login for submissions is a barrier

    From 2 comments
    • I visited - didn't know what to do. Definitely need to show a listing of submissions and summaries. As per the example you provided, looks great. Would love to use a service like…
      codeslush on HN
    • "auto fill with what" >> URL completion Forcing me to use my twitter account stopped me from going any further. I understand your logic though. I see someone posted a link to…
      codeslush on HN
  • Claim of ADHD is an overstatement

    From 1 comment
    • I'm sorry to be "that guy" but most of HN readers probably do not suffer from ADHD. There is a big difference between being distracted on the net and real ADHD. So please just…
      shortlived on HN

Requests

  • Show listing of submissions and summaries

    From 2 comments
    • I visited - didn't know what to do. Definitely need to show a listing of submissions and summaries. As per the example you provided, looks great. Would love to use a service like…
      codeslush on HN
    • Looks like it could be a good service, like a blog / newspaper version of http://800ceoread.com/. Posting a list of recently-posted summaries (blog-style) to the front page —…
      charliepark on HN
  • Categorize and tag summaries for browsing

    From 2 comments
    • I visited - didn't know what to do. Definitely need to show a listing of submissions and summaries. As per the example you provided, looks great. Would love to use a service like…
      codeslush on HN
    • "auto fill with what" >> URL completion Forcing me to use my twitter account stopped me from going any further. I understand your logic though. I see someone posted a link to…
      codeslush on HN
  • Browser addon

    From 1 comment
    • A browser addon would also be awesome!
      tst on HN
  • RSS feed of recent summaries

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like it could be a good service, like a blog / newspaper version of http://800ceoread.com/. Posting a list of recently-posted summaries (blog-style) to the front page —…
      charliepark on HN

Questions

  • Auto-fill URLs as people type, with what?

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for your comments! "I visited - didn't know what to do." True, the only place it is really explained is here on HN, I'll fix that quickly. [edit: fixed] "Categorize/tag…
      christophe971 on HN

Alternatives named

  • tldr.it automatically summarizes articles

    From 1 comment
  • 800ceoread.com

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like it could be a good service, like a blog / newspaper version of http://800ceoread.com/. Posting a list of recently-posted summaries (blog-style) to the front page —…
      charliepark on HN

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