Longform.org is shutting down its article recommendations service

Post by dredmorbius » Sat, Jan 08, 2022, 8:20 PM UTC

ramphastidae wrote: post #72

dredmorbius wrote: post #37

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I have to say my own impression is similar. I'm a fan of high-quality, significant, long-form, content. I'm ... not really seeing that here. A few good pieces, but that's from their own self-admitted "best of". If not necessarily an outright failure, then a mismatch of goals and attainment. And as has been frequently noted on HN (occasionally by myself), length itself is not a marke of quality in writing. Requisite c…

How is this a failure? They are evolving with the times. Longform served their users with article recommendations for nearly 12 years, but times have changed. Services like Instapaper, Pocket, etc. are no longer popular, and so they’re focusing on podcasting — which is basically the future of longform journalism. Kudos to them.