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Re: NPR One

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Post by cantankerous » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

grrrando wrote: post #23

Anyone else find the concept a little weird? NPR is already like this in many ways (heavily left-leaning) so this argument is already somewhat moot, but: hearing news stories tailored just for me sounds ignorant. News shouldn't be a thing which I am allowed to filter based on my biases.

NPR is loaded with programming that isn't just news-related. This includes musical programming, comedy, special interest programs, and topical shows. Listeners to NPR already know this. They filter what they want to hear by turning the radio on and off.

NPR's news segments are top notch journalism. You'd be hard-pressed to find another media institution as large as NPR in the US that does nearly as good of a job in my opinion.

Re: NPR One

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Post by hodgesmr » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

tomjen3 wrote: post #39

Beware if you use google or facebook to login to it (what the fuck do you need to login in the first place) it requires the right to get your friends lists and to post content on your behalf.

You log in to "thumbs up" content to get a personalized stream.

Re: NPR One

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Post by ruytlm » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

This is all well and good, but why does everyone need to have their own damn app?

This is the biggest problem with audio apps these days - you get everyone trying to make a similar thing, and because they're all competing they all try and lock each other out of their own products.

What would be so much better is a content-agnostic platform, that'll let you play whatever the hell you want - whether it's music, talk radio, podcasts, whatever.

Seriously - why does everyone assume that if I want to listen to e.g. NPR, I only want to listen to NPR?

Re: NPR One

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Post by geekam » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

hodgesmr wrote: post #42

tomjen3 wrote: post #39

Beware if you use google or facebook to login to it (what the fuck do you need to login in the first place) it requires the right to get your friends lists and to post content on your behalf.

You log in to "thumbs up" content to get a personalized stream.

You can use NPR login.

Re: NPR One

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Post by MBCook » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:12 PM UTC

x1798DE wrote: post #6

I don't understand why this needs to be an app. I listen to many things that aren't NPR, and I don't want to switch between BeyondPod and NPR One just to get some sort of curated list. This reminds me of a few years ago where a bunch of podcasts were offering personalized apps that just downloaded the archives and maybe some extra content. I might have paid for the extra content, but I didn't need an app on my phone…

Perhaps you can personalize it further than just by show. I've often wished there was an easy way to subscribe to Nina Totenberg's legal reports. I enjoy them, but I don't want to subscribe to all of All Things Considered to make sure I don't miss them.

Re: NPR One

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Post by bduerst » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

danielweber wrote: post #7

Scroll down broken here. First I have to click on the page to get scrolling to work. Then as I use the space bar to scroll down, the dots change but often the text does not.

Are you using NoScript or some other javascript killer?

Usually these are driven by some custom js.

Re: NPR One

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Post by freehunter » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

imcn wrote: post #10

hodgesmr wrote: post #4

Xbox One. Pandora One. Ubuntu One. NPR One. Stop it!

Nexus One. OnePlus One. LG Optimus One. HTC One. Even Apple's got One!

What One does Apple have? I searched it but only got an employment agency with no relationship to the computer company.

Re: NPR One

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Post by joekrill » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

ruytlm wrote: post #43

This is all well and good, but why does everyone need to have their own damn app? This is the biggest problem with audio apps these days - you get everyone trying to make a similar thing, and because they're all competing they all try and lock each other out of their own products. What would be so much better is a content-agnostic platform, that'll let you play whatever the hell you want - whether it's music, talk ra…

I agree totally. The problem is, I haven't been able to find one single content-agnostic app that does any of this very well. Either it's iPhone only. Or Android only. Or iPhone and Android but no web app. Or it doesn't sync my last listening position, or sometimes even what I've listened to at all. Or any other number of very basic things I'd expect an app like this to have.

Re: NPR One

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Post by bullfight » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

rglover wrote: post #2

Super cool. Only thing, though, is that they should be charging for this. Seeing as how NPR stations rely on listener donations, this seems like a missed opportunity to earn some extra revenue and bolster the budget for stations.

When I started listening, the first thing it did was play a bump for my local station, I am really hoping this fully incorporates local content.

Re: NPR One

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Post by tomjen3 » Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

grrrando wrote: post #23

Anyone else find the concept a little weird? NPR is already like this in many ways (heavily left-leaning) so this argument is already somewhat moot, but: hearing news stories tailored just for me sounds ignorant. News shouldn't be a thing which I am allowed to filter based on my biases.

You already filter your news by what newspaper you buy (or more correctly read online) and which stories you read in it. This is no different.