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Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by alexfringes »

alexjeffrey wrote: post #14
sarreph wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does seem unscalable, indeed; I asked how you plan on monetising the service, though?

it sounds like this first phase is more market testing than the final product - I suspect if interest is high then they will have enough data and potential buyers to formulate a business plan.

My thoughts exactly. And we see articles on this kind of strategy on HN all the time. Typically they get a bunch of positive, "I like this in the abstract realm/will try this in the future"-type feedback. So I am a little surprised by the disbelief this particular instance is receiving.

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by Gigablah »

joeroot wrote: post #13
spindritf wrote: post #10

"Twitter: We'd like to see you follow" I don't understand this part. Should I give you my Twitter handle so that you can see whom I'm following, or a Twitter handle of someone I enjoy reading on Twitter?

Hey spindritf, good point. That was terrible copy. We've updated it to hopefully make more sense. We'd like your Twitter handle. This seeds us with our first few data points!

A couple more I noticed:

"its a terrible habit" -> it's

"thats been hand-picked by a human" -> that's

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by joeroot »

Gigablah wrote: post #22
joeroot wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey spindritf, good point. That was terrible copy. We've updated it to hopefully make more sense. We'd like your Twitter handle. This seeds us with our first few data points!

A couple more I noticed: "its a terrible habit" -> it's "thats been hand-picked by a human" -> that's

Cheers Gigablah!

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by joeroot »

jasonkolb wrote: post #20

I'd like an example or something before I give out my email. I have no idea what I'm signing up for.

When you signup we spend some time trying to understand you by exploring your Twitter profile (followers, links, retweets etc.). Once done, we either recommend you an article from a curate pool of articles which we've come across before, or by browsing sources we think will have interesting content which you might not be looking at already.

We then send you an email with a link to the content and an explanation behind our reason. If the user replies or reads the link, we keep going. If they don't we stop! Ultimately to do this well, we want to have a conversation with the subscriber (almost like bibliotherapy).

For example, were someones Twitter data points indicative of an interest in Programming Languages and Education, we might send them http://worrydream.com/#!/LearnableProgramming, with a brief explanation on why. If they reply saying they don't like long form, old content, then we'd make sure to adjust the next article accordingly. Hope that helps!

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by zokier »

joeroot wrote: post #25
jasonkolb wrote: post #20

I'd like an example or something before I give out my email. I have no idea what I'm signing up for.

When you signup we spend some time trying to understand you by exploring your Twitter profile (followers, links, retweets etc.). Once done, we either recommend you an article from a curate pool of articles which we've come across before, or by browsing sources we think will have interesting content which you might not be looking at already. We then send you an email with a link to the content and an explanation behin…

Are you planning something for people not on twitter?

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Post by jasonkolb »

joeroot wrote: post #25
jasonkolb wrote: post #20

I'd like an example or something before I give out my email. I have no idea what I'm signing up for.

When you signup we spend some time trying to understand you by exploring your Twitter profile (followers, links, retweets etc.). Once done, we either recommend you an article from a curate pool of articles which we've come across before, or by browsing sources we think will have interesting content which you might not be looking at already. We then send you an email with a link to the content and an explanation behin…

Thanks! You should put this on your site :)

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by joeroot »

zokier wrote: post #26
joeroot wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you signup we spend some time trying to understand you by exploring your Twitter profile (followers, links, retweets etc.). Once done, we either recommend you an article from a curate pool of articles which we've come across before, or by browsing sources we think will have interesting content which you might not be looking at already. We then send you an email with a link to the content and an explanation behin…

Are you planning something for people not on twitter?

Definitely. You can sign up without Twitter, it might just take a bit longer to get to the bottom of what interests you!

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by joeroot »

sarreph wrote: post #18
joeroot wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. We go through a user's followers by hand; identify common influencers and interests; cross reference these against interesting content from a range of sources. We will eventually look for scalable aspects, however right now we're trying to figure out what works best on an individual level.

Okay. Are you identifying common influencers and interests off the top of your head though, or is that computed somehow?

Right now no. We use intuition to extract these. We're taking notes though!

Re: Show HN: Content underload

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Post by sarreph »

joeroot wrote: post #29
sarreph wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay. Are you identifying common influencers and interests off the top of your head though, or is that computed somehow?

Right now no. We use intuition to extract these. We're taking notes though!

Good luck then in that case! :)
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