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Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by narrator »

It would be nice if there was a service that would give one headline per thing going on instead of 100s of different angles. An ideal top 5 headline app would be as follows:

1. War in Ukraine still not over, causes massive spike in worldwide commodity prices.

2. COVID cases and deaths falling. Covid measures being cancelled in many jurisdictions including yours.

3. Something important happening locally. New law passed, etc.

4. Most important science news of the day that will impact my life within the next year. No cancer studies that might cure cancer in 20 years. I don't care.

5. Most important tech news item of the day.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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narrator wrote: post #81

It would be nice if there was a service that would give one headline per thing going on instead of 100s of different angles. An ideal top 5 headline app would be as follows: 1. War in Ukraine still not over, causes massive spike in worldwide commodity prices. 2. COVID cases and deaths falling. Covid measures being cancelled in many jurisdictions including yours. 3. Something important happening locally. New law passe…

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Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

#84

Post by lewisflude »

lewisflude wrote: post #41

Might be a stupid comment, but United States being first in the dropdown seems like quite a US-centric decision when the site features news sites from around the world. May be better to stick to alphabetical to make it more country agnostic?

Also it seems BBC (linking to https://bbc.co.uk) is also listed under United States.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

#85

Post by darkerside »

sam wrote: post #78

Surprising to see so much negativity here. Limiting to a small number of headlines is a useful mechanic. I can see this going in a number of interesting directions.

Sure, and once it goes in an interesting direction, I think people would be more positive. This idea, poorly executed, undercuts its own claimed value, wasting time instead of saving time.

Pointing that out is useful feedback, and I'm sure it would have been done in a much harsher way 10 years ago.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

#87

Post by BeefWellington »

mrfusion wrote: post #86

Honestly local news is more relevant to your life than stuff happening on the other side of the world. /unpopular opinion

While true, paying attention to what's going on on the other side of the world can give you a leg up when that stuff winds up being local news.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

#88

Post by stolenmerch »

kayxspre wrote: post #42
hk__2 wrote: post #33

Those are 5 top headlines from various sources. They may or may not include the top 5 headlines you need to start the day with. To get them, you’d need some work of curation, either by AI or (probably better) by humans. I’d rather suggest one of the countless daily morning newsletters that give you a heads up of what’s going on in the world with links to read more. There are also podcasts that do the same. I can’t su…

The Week (UK/US) has a briefing "10 things you need to know today" that works similarly. They presented 10 news (mainly US-based) and a short snippet of the content, with the links to news sources they used. [1] is an example of the latest edition. I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately,…

Number 10 for March 6, 2022 is a piece from the Huffington Post about SNLs cold open. I'll never understand how something like this makes a Top 10 list of things I need to know today.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by nautilius »

sam wrote: post #78

Surprising to see so much negativity here. Limiting to a small number of headlines is a useful mechanic. I can see this going in a number of interesting directions.

Yes, but repetitive 65 headlines + 'fun facts' really isn't a small number, and also a far cry from the advertised '5 headlines'.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by jfk13 »

stolenmerch wrote: post #88
kayxspre wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Week (UK/US) has a briefing "10 things you need to know today" that works similarly. They presented 10 news (mainly US-based) and a short snippet of the content, with the links to news sources they used. [1] is an example of the latest edition. I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately,…

Number 10 for March 6, 2022 is a piece from the Huffington Post about SNLs cold open. I'll never understand how something like this makes a Top 10 list of things I need to know today.

At least the UK edition https://www.theweek.co.uk/daily-briefing doesn't feature that... though it has other items that you might feel are similarly unnecessary.
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