We should make an 'awesome-text-only' github repo with all these.
Text only news websites (2022)
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Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#12Check out https://markets.sh news. They are actually text only, from many different sources, clustered and summarized. It is really good to get a gist of what’s currently important without having to “read news” with the known nuisances that come with it. Edit, thank you for the feedback. Some clarifications: - we launched the news feature literally yesterday, it is MVP level so expect inaccuracies especially in the s…
Nice. Did you build this? If so, what's the tech stack you used? I like the interface - compact and fast.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m one of the founders. It’s Nextjs on Supabase. We launched the news clustering just yesterday so I thought it would be nice to get some stealth HN feedback for it.
We are planning to launch an API (rss style) for the news next week where you can get temporal clusters and everything. Imagine having full access to all of Twitter trending but across all news sources.
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Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#13Until a few days ago the best solution for text only + no ads + offline reading was a kindle subscription to whichever periodical you fancy. This is gone now.
Nook still has a newstand store (for now?) but I haven't used it so can't comment on the formatting and UX.
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#14There's also http://text.npr.org/
This was a lifeline for me when we were on an unstable DSL line for a year!
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#15One issue is that news sites article content is written to maximise ad impressions. Ads inject between paragraphs typically so you need lots of paragraphs. You start with perhaps two paragraphs of actual information, then break it down into 4 or more and add more information about related topics. Add some opinions, maybe weave in links to related articles on your site, and you end up with 10 or so paragraphs insterspersed with ads and pictures. You can remove the ads and pictures but you can't remove the bullshit. We need a good AI tldr machine.
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
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Nice. Did you build this? If so, what's the tech stack you used? I like the interface - compact and fast.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m one of the founders. It’s Nextjs on Supabase. We launched the news clustering just yesterday so I thought it would be nice to get some stealth HN feedback for it. We are planning to launch an API (rss style) for the news next week where you can get temporal clusters and everything. Imagine having full access to all of Twitter trending but across all news sources. We are trying to filter clickbait, S…
Genuine question: I wonder why you didn't think to disclose your relationship with the product? I notice this a lot, and it ruins my perspective of the product. Haven't you seen people start their comments with "full disclosure, I made this" type sentences.
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice. Did you build this? If so, what's the tech stack you used? I like the interface - compact and fast.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m one of the founders. It’s Nextjs on Supabase. We launched the news clustering just yesterday so I thought it would be nice to get some stealth HN feedback for it. We are planning to launch an API (rss style) for the news next week where you can get temporal clusters and everything. Imagine having full access to all of Twitter trending but across all news sources. We are trying to filter clickbait, S…
Since you asked for some, here's my immediate 2 cents:
Please change the slide out on the left to be visible permanently.
I have 1920 pixels of horizontal screen real estate, and the page is quite literally half empty whitespace anyway. For what conceivable reason is that menu on the left a hidden-by-default slide out? It even hides pertinent stock information.
Also concerning the stock information, please add some whitespace margin on the bottom. Chrome displays URL information on the bottom left of the window when hovering links and it overlaps and obstructs visibility of whatever stock ends up displayed at the bottom left of the window.
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nice. Did you build this? If so, what's the tech stack you used? I like the interface - compact and fast.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m one of the founders. It’s Nextjs on Supabase. We launched the news clustering just yesterday so I thought it would be nice to get some stealth HN feedback for it. We are planning to launch an API (rss style) for the news next week where you can get temporal clusters and everything. Imagine having full access to all of Twitter trending but across all news sources. We are trying to filter clickbait, S…
I like this, is your quote data live or delayed? Sparklines in your watchlist would be most welcome, plus better charts in general; candlesticks, range % between two points etc.
Re: Text only news websites (2022)
#19One issue is that news sites article content is written to maximise ad impressions. Ads inject between paragraphs typically so you need lots of paragraphs. You start with perhaps two paragraphs of actual information, then break it down into 4 or more and add more information about related topics. Add some opinions, maybe weave in links to related articles on your site, and you end up with 10 or so paragraphs instersp…
I don't need an automatic TL;DR machine to tell me news articles aren't worth reading.