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Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

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Post by Clubber »

chankstein38 wrote: post #66

I think this is an amazing idea! The only flaw I see with it is that without the sensationalized headlines I read through going "Oh that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter either" etc haha I haven't found an article that sounds interesting in a few scrolls. I mean, it's great because it's accurate. Half of the "news" we're fed is sensationalized so we'll click on it and it's really nothing but it gets us riled up ab…

Yes, this has a lot of potential. If the news orgs won't de-sensationalize because of incentives, we can do it for them. It would be a great browser plugin, and you can define the URL's you want to de-sensationalize.

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#72

Post by dubcanada »

yamazakiwi wrote: post #67
sureglymop wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read the OPs comment seemingly in a completely different way than you. To me, it's just a comment asking how it may work (technically). Pretty normal to ask that on HN. The persons feelings or intentions aren't reflected in the comment and I think aren't relevant to the question either way.

I think it's the word "Exactly" in his sentence that changes the meaning away from "I'm intellectually curious" for me. I'm just reading between the lines but the op can change their intention as they please and deny so whatever I say at this point is irrelevant and it's likely I was being too cheeky. Wouldn't someone who was intellectually curious just ask: "That's interesting, I wonder how it works?" and not: "What…

May I polity just say that perhaps defending yourself to this many people is unneeded. You said your two cents, hammering the same nail with a different hammer won't get the nail in any deeper. I've already completely moved on, you should as well. We are in HN, not reddit, let's all get a long as best as we can and discuss the matters at hand. I have no problems with you, I hope you have nothing against me.

My intentions were not negative, if it was interpreted that way I apologize, same as you I type the way I type.

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

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Post by kritr »

I actually liked this a lot more than I thought I would. I would say I’m pretty averse to clicking on sensational titles, but that definitely leads me to not click on articles that may have contained useful information. This actually makes me comfortable reading about politics and issues that are otherwise overdramaticized and gives me the opportunity to objectively filter what I want to read.

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#75

Post by harryvederci »

chankstein38 wrote: post #66

I think this is an amazing idea! The only flaw I see with it is that without the sensationalized headlines I read through going "Oh that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter either" etc haha I haven't found an article that sounds interesting in a few scrolls. I mean, it's great because it's accurate. Half of the "news" we're fed is sensationalized so we'll click on it and it's really nothing but it gets us riled up ab…

> This just brings reality to the forefront and makes me realize I don't care about the news

Maybe the pre-clickbait era version of you would have found more of these articles interesting? So maybe it's not that you don't care about the news, but your "base level" of what's interesting is different due to being used to clickbait.

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#77

Post by chankstein38 »

Clubber wrote: post #71
chankstein38 wrote: post #66

I think this is an amazing idea! The only flaw I see with it is that without the sensationalized headlines I read through going "Oh that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter either" etc haha I haven't found an article that sounds interesting in a few scrolls. I mean, it's great because it's accurate. Half of the "news" we're fed is sensationalized so we'll click on it and it's really nothing but it gets us riled up ab…

Yes, this has a lot of potential. If the news orgs won't de-sensationalize because of incentives, we can do it for them. It would be a great browser plugin, and you can define the URL's you want to de-sensationalize.

I love that idea!

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#78

Post by yamazakiwi »

dubcanada wrote: post #72
yamazakiwi wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's the word "Exactly" in his sentence that changes the meaning away from "I'm intellectually curious" for me. I'm just reading between the lines but the op can change their intention as they please and deny so whatever I say at this point is irrelevant and it's likely I was being too cheeky. Wouldn't someone who was intellectually curious just ask: "That's interesting, I wonder how it works?" and not: "What…

May I polity just say that perhaps defending yourself to this many people is unneeded. You said your two cents, hammering the same nail with a different hammer won't get the nail in any deeper. I've already completely moved on, you should as well. We are in HN, not reddit, let's all get a long as best as we can and discuss the matters at hand. I have no problems with you, I hope you have nothing against me. My intent…

So you can be rude, but I can't be a little cheeky, roger that. I have no problems with you and I hope you have a great day!

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#79

Post by gnicholas »

chankstein38 wrote: post #66

I think this is an amazing idea! The only flaw I see with it is that without the sensationalized headlines I read through going "Oh that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter either" etc haha I haven't found an article that sounds interesting in a few scrolls. I mean, it's great because it's accurate. Half of the "news" we're fed is sensationalized so we'll click on it and it's really nothing but it gets us riled up ab…

I think the issue here is that we've been fed a high-sensationalism diet, so our brains are acclimated to in-your-face headlines. Perhaps if we detoxed our brains a bit (by using this app exclusively for a week or two), we would be able to recalibrate our expectations for what seems "interesting".

This is sort of like how you recalibrate your tongue to a low-salt diet if you stop eating salty food for a few weeks.

Re: Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

#80

Post by chankstein38 »

harryvederci wrote: post #75
chankstein38 wrote: post #66

I think this is an amazing idea! The only flaw I see with it is that without the sensationalized headlines I read through going "Oh that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter either" etc haha I haven't found an article that sounds interesting in a few scrolls. I mean, it's great because it's accurate. Half of the "news" we're fed is sensationalized so we'll click on it and it's really nothing but it gets us riled up ab…

> This just brings reality to the forefront and makes me realize I don't care about the news Maybe the pre-clickbait era version of you would have found more of these articles interesting? So maybe it's not that you don't care about the news, but your "base level" of what's interesting is different due to being used to clickbait.

100% agree, doing this wholesale would probably help my (and likely others) mental states as a whole! Imagine desensationalizing product sites and ads and the like, we might actually be able to bring down that threshold so it can stop ever increasing. The irony here is I feel like what I wrote here is sensationalized lol I do truly think it could be helpful I just think a lot of us are "broken" as far as that's concerned from the exhausting nature of everything these days always vying for our attention.
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