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Going to use HN for some quick market research... would anyone be willing to pay for a human curated news feed? Say $10 or $20 a month for someone to go through
by karmacondon 10y ago
Going to use HN for some quick market research... would anyone be willing to pay for a human curated news feed? Say $10 or $20 a month for someone to go through news sources and pick out the stories that will be interesting to you, and potentially summarize them?
I'm thinking of curation based on a personal relationship instead of an algorithm. You would indicate that you're interested in machine learning, libertarian politics and cooking (or whatever), and people would check hn, new york times, etc and compile lists of those items. I know it's not the same thing as this post, but it's a problem and I'm wondering if anyone else feels it strongly enough to pay for a solution.
- berberous 10y agoFYI, this is what Jason Hirschborn does with a number of verticals (fashion, media, tech, etc): http://recode.net/2014/05/01/read-this-jason-hirschhorns-newsletter-business-just-raised-a-seed-round/ http://recode.net/2014/05/01/read-this-jason-hirschhorns-new... I personally have unsubscribed as I favor RSS feeds, but I recommend them highly for people looking for someone else to weed through the crap for you. He does a great job. I don't think he's begun charging yet. I wouldn't pay. I suspect he could get a decent niche to pay though.
- notduncansmith 10y agoThat's still an algorithm, you just have humans executing it (and introducing some entropy in the process). Cue Minsky empty-room koan.
- a_small_island 10y agoNo, because I find I'm interesting in many things I wasn't aware of before reading about them.