Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#1

Post by NinjaX » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:09 AM UTC

Just a market research. Do you think it is viable?

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#2

Post by srebalaji » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:18 AM UTC

Its based on how personalized it is. If you can give me some good content to read, I will surely.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#3

Post by nakedlunch » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:19 AM UTC

Not sure anyone can give you a good answer with this level of detail buddy. $1 for an app? $1 a day? What kind of news? In what way will it be personalised?

I’d say if you mean a news aggregator, it sounds unlikely.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#4

Post by _shadi » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:27 AM UTC

isn't that what most companies are trying to do with their feeds? that sounds awful, no I don't want to live in a personalized bubble.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#5

Post by NinjaX » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:31 AM UTC

nakedlunch wrote: post #3

Not sure anyone can give you a good answer with this level of detail buddy. $1 for an app? $1 a day? What kind of news? In what way will it be personalised? I’d say if you mean a news aggregator, it sounds unlikely.

A kind of service where you choose your areas of interests; we curate, summarize news article based on your interests, and send you a page link to read those summaries with links to original articles.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#6

Post by NinjaX » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:33 AM UTC

_shadi wrote: post #4

isn't that what most companies are trying to do with their feeds? that sounds awful, no I don't want to live in a personalized bubble.

It is to get rid of mindless browsing and news.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#7

Post by sgwae » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:33 AM UTC

yes

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#8

Post by _shadi » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 8:48 AM UTC

NinjaX wrote: post #6

_shadi wrote: post #4

isn't that what most companies are trying to do with their feeds? that sounds awful, no I don't want to live in a personalized bubble.

It is to get rid of mindless browsing and news.

the title has "news" in it, so I assumed something like world news or recent events? but from your comments it seems something closer to a curation of links similar to what I would find using stumbleupon which sounds a little bit better.

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#9

Post by nakedlunch » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 9:52 AM UTC

NinjaX wrote: post #5

nakedlunch wrote: post #3

Not sure anyone can give you a good answer with this level of detail buddy. $1 for an app? $1 a day? What kind of news? In what way will it be personalised? I’d say if you mean a news aggregator, it sounds unlikely.

A kind of service where you choose your areas of interests; we curate, summarize news article based on your interests, and send you a page link to read those summaries with links to original articles.

There's a few such services that exist right now - doesn't mean you can't be better than them but worth noting! Only one that springs to mind is https://feedly.com

I'm not sure HN is going to be a super effective research tool for you with this. Have you thought about making a few basic mockups and putting them in front of people?

Re: Ask HN: Will you pay $1 for personalized news only for you?

#10

Post by ddingus » Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 10:26 AM UTC

Maybe.

Dollar per month? Session?

A lot depends on the criteria and how expressive it is.

Can I get news written from the labor point of view to contrast the business centric dominant form today?

I put that one here for the challenge.

For most things, I use RSS and or basics like a google alert. And that works pretty well.