Bit of News
Productivity
news reader
SHOW HN2013
108points
47comments
#211of 1,739 in 2013
Top 13%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 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
Summaries are impressive and high quality
From 3 comments
Really impressive automatically generated summaries. Of course, there are some funny parts as well. One of the bullet points for "Russia halts adoptions to Sweden over gay…
tikhonj on HNauto-generated? if so, that's pretty impressive. [edit] huh, so that's TextTeaser? https://www.mashape.com/mojojolo/textteaser#!documentation - i had no idea that summaries of…
andrewcooke on HNHi, congrats on quality results. Will you open source the algorithm and the implementation, as you were mentioning on HN few months ago? What are your startup plans?
diminish on HN
Simple and useful
From 2 comments
Cool, and btw, I really love your service! It's so simple and useful. I have been telling people about it and wish you the best of luck with it.
jonnathanson on HNMost useful and relevant new summary I've never read. Sold.
hmslydia on HN
Objections
Top story about a shooting is not newsworthy
From 2 comments
It sucks that that first article right now is about that woman who got shot at the capital building. Will this news ultimately matter? Probably not. The other articles seem to be…
hayksaakian on HNThe first story of the woman driver shot to death is the rotten apple in the barrel. The rest of the stories are better, and with broader appeal. Just so you know, I'll probably…
contextual on HN
Feels US-centric
From 1 comment
Bit of feedback: It seems quite US centric. I'm not sure how the selection is done, but maybe you could add a 'Rest of the world' section?
mnx on HN
Looks like a clone of Medium's design
From 2 comments
Awesome but did you need to blatantly rip the Medium design?
jaseflow on HNExactly what I was thinking, it's pretty much a direct clone.
zhs on HN
Ivy League focus is unclear
From 2 comments
What does this have to do with Ivy League schools? Is that just total fluff or is there any sort of meat behind those words? Does the author attend an Ivy league school? If so,…
aroman on HNNicely presented application of textteaser. A little put off by the focus on the "ivy experience" though. Is that some sort of marketing play?
tsheng on HN
Requests
Add RSS or Atom feed
From 1 comment
This is great. Could there be an RSS or Atom feed?
p4bl0 on HN
Source or topic selection
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool, but does it have some feature to select the sources? or at least what type of news you are interested in? That would make things so much better!
xerophtye on HN
Rest of the world section
From 1 comment
Bit of feedback: It seems quite US centric. I'm not sure how the selection is done, but maybe you could add a 'Rest of the world' section?
mnx on HN
Questions
How is delivery timed across time zones
From 2 comments
I like the simplicity, but how can it deliver it every morning without asking for your time zone? The confirmation says it'll deliver at 9am. UTC?
Nogwater on HNMaybe it uses your IP to guess at a location?
sonier on HN
Is it legal
From 1 comment
Is it legal?
SuperChihuahua on HN
Is the summarizer open sourced
From 1 comment
Hi, congrats on quality results. Will you open source the algorithm and the implementation, as you were mentioning on HN few months ago? What are your startup plans?
diminish on HN
Alternatives named
Evening Edition
From 1 comment
The stories at http://evening-edition.com/ are much more meaningful.
olog-hai on HN
Wall Street Breakfast
From 1 comment
Hey creator of bitofnews here. I plan on adding different news sections (business, technology) soon. In the mean while, check out Wall Street Breakfast. It gives summary of…
bitofnews on HN
Trejdify
From 1 comment
I've tried to attack that problem with http://www.trejdify.com/ which is similar to HN
SuperChihuahua on HN