Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#1

Post by jiblyyyy » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 12:08 PM UTC

I hardly ever follow mainstream news, because of its focus on evil and negativity.

I do find myself however hooked on searching for uplifting news items. Stuff that makes you feel good and slightly restores faith in humanity.

I was wondering if it'd be worth launching a daily newsletter for $3/mo to get uplifting news items sent to your inbox.

Looking forward reading your feedback.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#2

Post by Powerofmene » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 12:28 PM UTC

I probably would not want them daily as time is at a premium but would be willing to pay for either a weekly or biweekly newsletter that focused on news that is uplifting.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#3

Post by jiblyyyy » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 12:44 PM UTC

Powerofmene wrote: post #2

I probably would not want them daily as time is at a premium but would be willing to pay for either a weekly or biweekly newsletter that focused on news that is uplifting.

Ah, good feedback, tnx. What would be a no-brainer monthly price point?

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#4

Post by AznHisoka » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:05 PM UTC

why would i pay that when i can get it for free in sites like upworthy.com?

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#5

Post by mtmail » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:19 PM UTC

https://www.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/ (12m subscribers) goes in that direction.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#6

Post by anmolparashar » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:32 PM UTC

I sort of already do this with #smileMore [1], for free.

[1] https://smile.soochi.co

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#7

Post by darrelld » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 1:54 PM UTC

No, I wouldn't pay for it. As otheres have mentioned there are subreddits for this and some newspapers already have a uplifting section on their websites.

I like uplifting news, but I'm not willing to pay for it.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#8

Post by kronos29296 » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 2:57 PM UTC

Go 9gag yourself. Though 9 out of 10 posts are bad the tenth one always makes my day.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#9

Post by tmaly » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 3:06 PM UTC

I think if I were to pay for a newsletter, it would be something that gives me a super productive way to learn something new. Maybe some sort of lessons that build on each other, but do not take more than 30 minutes to do.

I would not pay for news, personally it does nothing for me.

Re: Ask HN: Would you join a paid newsletter with daily uplifting news?

#10

Post by maxxxxx » Thu, Jul 13, 2017, 3:12 PM UTC

Honestly no. I think to make this work you have to filter out inconvenient news which opens the path to manipulation.

I would like something like "bare news". Just report what happened but don't try to explain or editorialize.