Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#11

Post by mouselover » Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 5:55 AM UTC

chintan39 wrote: post #8

I am working on a similar platform called TalkBig http://talkbig.co

I'm kind of newbie in the start up world but your 'landing page' does not offer that much info about what the product is about

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#12

Post by mouselover » Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 5:59 AM UTC

147 wrote: post #3

Have you looked at Medium.com?

Yea, but medium is mostly stories . I wanted something similar with Twitter that will show news in real time and give users the power to write them rather than big conglomerates like CNN or fox.

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#13

Post by Warewolf-ESB » Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 9:55 AM UTC

mouselover wrote: post #11

chintan39 wrote: post #8

I am working on a similar platform called TalkBig http://talkbig.co

I'm kind of newbie in the start up world but your 'landing page' does not offer that much info about what the product is about

Yep you're right. No idea what this is and how I can get more info without submitting my email.

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#14

Post by davelnewton » Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 11:16 AM UTC

Longer than... 140 characters? What are you actually asking for? Be specific. NYT writes long articles. New Yorker. Christian Science Monitor. What do you want?

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#15

Post by mouselover » Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

davelnewton wrote: post #14

Longer than... 140 characters? What are you actually asking for? Be specific. NYT writes long articles. New Yorker. Christian Science Monitor. What do you want?

something similar with NY Times but written by everyday people (like Twitter)

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#16

Post by MichaelCrawford » Sat, Dec 20, 2014, 5:05 AM UTC

The New York Times. There articles are quite in-depth.

Try paying for it, or it will go away someday.

Or read my own essays:

http://www.warplife.com/mdc/essays/ http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/ http://www.warplife.com/jonathan-swift/ http://www.warplife.com/tips/

Re: Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

#17

Post by davelnewton » Sun, Dec 21, 2014, 10:01 PM UTC

mouselover wrote: post #15

davelnewton wrote: post #14

Longer than... 140 characters? What are you actually asking for? Be specific. NYT writes long articles. New Yorker. Christian Science Monitor. What do you want?

something similar with NY Times but written by everyday people (like Twitter)

"Everyday people" don't write long articles.