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I like this idea a lot. Seems like you don't even need to build a website to get started. I installed the pocket chrome extension and it looks like I can shar

I like this idea a lot. Seems like you don't even need to build a website to get started. I installed the pocket chrome extension and it looks like I can share my list publicly using this service: http://sharedli.st/jessealdrg9 http://sharedli.st/jessealdrg9 Can you look at that list periodically and send summaries of any new items to JesseAldridge@gmail.com? I'd be willing to pay for this. Knowledge is power.

abhi3 11y ago
Thanks for your support and interest. This is could one of pg's "do things that don't scale" kind of oppurtunity. The idea is that when you have concentration of users with somewhat similar reading habits (like the HN community), economies of scale kick in where the cost of analyzing each article drops to pretty much nothing/view and access to summaries is near instantaneous in 99.9% of the cases. As a personal assistant type service it would be limited to a very small niche of very wealthy/no time users. I'm very excited by all the support this is getting and am going to get started on a MVP soon. You'll be one of the first people I'd reach out to :)
- JesseAldridge 11y ago
  > "do things that don't scale" Indeed. What exactly do you need to build that isn't already available? Somebody else is going to start emailing me summaries for $100 a month while you're messing around with whatever it is you think you need to build first. :)
  - abhi3 11y ago
    I will reach out to you shortly and we'll work something out. :) What exactly do you need to build that isn't already available? A couple I can think of: 1) A community of people with diverse interests who can analyze articles across topics. (I can't summarize an article on a quantum physics theory for example) 2) I reasonable number of consumers who can bring down the cost/consumer.
    - brudgers 10y ago
      How would a technical person get paid to summarize a technical article?
      - abhi3 10y ago
        I have had some feedback and time to evolve the idea and have come to realize that there is a power law of online content consumption (something like 10% of the content gets 90 percent of the eyeballs). So the way to kickstart this idea would be to identify the most popular content (ideally before it starts trending) and have it analyzed by a real human who could be paid hourly. Niche topics like high tech should be left to the community to summarize (wikipedia style).

abhi3 11y ago

Thanks for your support and interest. This is could one of pg's "do things that don't scale" kind of oppurtunity. The idea is that when you have concentration of users with somewhat similar reading habits (like the HN community), economies of scale kick in where the cost of analyzing each article drops to pretty much nothing/view and access to summaries is near instantaneous in 99.9% of the cases. As a personal assistant type service it would be limited to a very small niche of very wealthy/no time users. I'm very excited by all the support this is getting and am going to get started on a MVP soon. You'll be one of the first people I'd reach out to :)

JesseAldridge 11y ago
> "do things that don't scale" Indeed. What exactly do you need to build that isn't already available? Somebody else is going to start emailing me summaries for $100 a month while you're messing around with whatever it is you think you need to build first. :)
- abhi3 11y ago
  I will reach out to you shortly and we'll work something out. :) What exactly do you need to build that isn't already available? A couple I can think of: 1) A community of people with diverse interests who can analyze articles across topics. (I can't summarize an article on a quantum physics theory for example) 2) I reasonable number of consumers who can bring down the cost/consumer.
  - brudgers 10y ago
    How would a technical person get paid to summarize a technical article?
    - abhi3 10y ago
      I have had some feedback and time to evolve the idea and have come to realize that there is a power law of online content consumption (something like 10% of the content gets 90 percent of the eyeballs). So the way to kickstart this idea would be to identify the most popular content (ideally before it starts trending) and have it analyzed by a real human who could be paid hourly. Niche topics like high tech should be left to the community to summarize (wikipedia style).