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Re: Show HN: Not Depressing News

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Post by armatav »

thrmsforbfast wrote: post #5
armatav wrote: post #2

Hey HN, I'm looking for some feedback on NDN, it's a little MVP that will eventually give you only the not-depressing news from all over the web - it's seeing quite a bit of retention, and I'd like to know what you think! I'd like to turn it into a product, but it's pretty hard to see where to go.

A lot of your news is not just "not-depressing". It's actively uplifting. In fact, most of the stories on the front page are "feel good" stories. It'd be cool/useful if you could provide news on the important issues of the day that's simply "not-depressing". I.e., factual and detached and doesn't elicit emotion, but not explicitly feed-good. (e: forgot to say: nice work!)

Thanks! Yeah I'm thinking of adding a sentiment slider after I get a large amount of news sources going, as well as a "which sources I want to see" selection.

Re: Show HN: Not Depressing News

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Post by armatav »

elektor wrote: post #16
armatav wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upliftingnews overpowers any other subreddit when you mix them together, so it makes sense to do just them for the MVP - I'd like to scrape from as many news sources as possible in the future, but I've got work to do for that.

I posted a few more positive news sources in the thread if you're interested in adding them to your data ingest.

Oh yeah! I'll take a look at those!

Re: Show HN: Not Depressing News

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Post by bitexploder »

On the one hand, I will compliment this and say what a good idea is this is. The world is becoming, on average, a less violent, more prosperous place since the industrial revolution. Fewer people starve and there is much less armed conflict. People need to be reminded of this. But it can be a really dangerous game to live in an bubble and turn blinders on to reality. I hope everyone can take this "not depressing" news dose and also keep an eye on reality. Final thought: Being depressed by the news, any news, is a choice. Depression from the news is often from a feeling of powerlessness over the situation. But what you can control are your emotions and your decision to be depressed by the news. Channeling Epictetus here. He would just tell us to decide not to be depressed and focus on what you can control. Politics got you down? Vote. Get others to vote. Become involved. Local politics are important, etc. That is my thoughts, hopefully that seems balanced. That said, bookmarking this site and I will see how it evolves.

Re: Show HN: Not Depressing News

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Post by DoreenMichele »

armatav wrote: post #19
DoreenMichele wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Promote it on Twitter. There are periodically requests there for some kind of relief from negativity. No clue how to monetize it though.

Like just post it on Twitter with a billion related hashtags? Didn't know Twitter people needed relief from negativity, I should do more research.

There's a lot of politics on Twitter. Sometimes people get overwhelmed and then say stuff like "Send me all your puppy pic feeds."

I don't really know how to self promote on Twitter. You will need to figure that part out yourself.

Re: Show HN: Not Depressing News

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Post by armatav »

legionof7 wrote: post #26

My high school runs a podcast that does a similar thing, we talk about positive news and interview people who've made a positive impact on the world (we've done Austen Allred and Turbovote). https://anchor.fm/somethinggoodhappened Love to have you on sometime! :)

I'd love to be on! Sounds awesome - email me at notdepressingnews@gmail.com
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