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Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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Newsmap is my go-to: https://newsmap-js.herokuapp.com/ It's a real-time graphical representation of the most popular news stories in a variety of topics in global or (configurable) regions. Very useful. Shoutout to the original newsmap.jp which unfortunately requires Flash.

That's the most unreadable thing I've seen in a long time

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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Hey I'm the cofounder of EnergyAnts. Its a news aggregator for the Energy industry. We launched during this batch's startup school. Looking forward to some feedback! Check it out https://www.energyants.com

Are you only focused on hydrocarbons? Or does that just dominate the Energy Industry as a whole? I visited your site and the front page was entirely Oil / Natural Gas

We’re focused on energy in general, but so far the users have been posting about hydrocarbons as that’s trending now considering where the oil price is now and where it’s headed. What did you think of the website

Let me know if you want me to send you an invite (email in my bio)

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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why ants?

We dig deep for links to post on the website, we also aim to acquire a lot of user from all over who crawl for info to post. Also Ants it sounds cool!

Maybe casual readers will find new things here, but if your target audience is people in energy industry, everyone is already deluged all day long with Reuters and Bloomberg articles. Sorry, but I must say there was nothing in the front page+ that looked unique or novel. Digging up truly niche or obscure news that is closer to being a primary source than a commentary on markets would have more unique value.

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Coming soon. HN, but where the funny downvoted comments are in high visibility, and the brown nosing, oh yes i totally agree with the sentiment of the headline comments, well they really are boring, lets nots waste our time. Its called FN, F for Fun, not F@ken

Sweet!

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We dig deep for links to post on the website, we also aim to acquire a lot of user from all over who crawl for info to post. Also Ants it sounds cool!

Maybe casual readers will find new things here, but if your target audience is people in energy industry, everyone is already deluged all day long with Reuters and Bloomberg articles. Sorry, but I must say there was nothing in the front page+ that looked unique or novel. Digging up truly niche or obscure news that is closer to being a primary source than a commentary on markets would have more unique value.

Thank you for the valuable feedback! That was part of the initial idea to get to being a primary source of news and I believe it would require a good user base that is very involved in the energy industry

Are you involved in energy in anyway? Happy to send you an invite! My email is in the bio

Thank you again for the feedback I highly appreciate it!

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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Newsmap is my go-to: https://newsmap-js.herokuapp.com/ It's a real-time graphical representation of the most popular news stories in a variety of topics in global or (configurable) regions. Very useful. Shoutout to the original newsmap.jp which unfortunately requires Flash.

Bookmarked this. Found that it displayed several stories I had not seen, at a glance. Will try adding it to my phone scroll-hole rotation.

Definitely cribbing that expression!

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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The Memeorandum family of products have been the foundation of my media diet for more than a decade now: Memeorandum (general news): https://www.memeorandum.com/ Techmeme (tech news): https://www.techmeme.com/ Mediagazer (media sector news): https://www.mediagazer.com/ I’m constantly amazed at how many people have never heard of them. To me, they are indispensable.

What’s the political slant? I’m working my way down the memorandum front page articles and getting a very distinctly right wing vibe. Is that the norm, or just a momentary trend?

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The Memeorandum family of products have been the foundation of my media diet for more than a decade now: Memeorandum (general news): https://www.memeorandum.com/ Techmeme (tech news): https://www.techmeme.com/ Mediagazer (media sector news): https://www.mediagazer.com/ I’m constantly amazed at how many people have never heard of them. To me, they are indispensable.

What’s the political slant? I’m working my way down the memorandum front page articles and getting a very distinctly right wing vibe. Is that the norm, or just a momentary trend?

I literally have no idea how you're getting that. They play it pretty straight down the middle.

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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post #37

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What’s the political slant? I’m working my way down the memorandum front page articles and getting a very distinctly right wing vibe. Is that the norm, or just a momentary trend?

I literally have no idea how you're getting that. They play it pretty straight down the middle.

are you kidding? The top page is full of Zionist articles.

Re: Ask HN: What are some niche or alternative news aggregators worth checking out?

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http://lobste.rs Though it’s not unlike HN so not sure how worthy it is if you are already here.

I like the articles, but would like to be able to contribute.

Do you happen to be willing to share an invitation?

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