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This same idea is the last one i added a week ago in my project ideas document, time to delete it :). Jeremy, i guess you've already noticed this, tldr.com coul

by drtse4 16y ago

This same idea is the last one i added a week ago in my project ideas document, time to delete it :). Jeremy, i guess you've already noticed this, tldr.com could expire in november if it's not renewed. What about accepting complete urls as parameter? So that you just need to put tldr.it/ in front of an [URL] to obtain a summary? Did you show this to reddit yet? One thing i was thinking about was how to monetize something like this, sadly the only option seems to be ads or amazon/etc related to the content...

jeremymcanally 16y ago
You can do http://tldr.it/summarize/?summary[url]=(your http://tldr.it/summarize/?summary[url]=(your url). That's how the bookmarklet works. :) And yes monetization is definitely on my mind. I have a few options. The first is as you mentioned Amazon stuff for the arbitrary URL's. Then there's also injecting ads into the summarized RSS feeds. Then there's also adding users and letting them have enhanced functionality for $x a month (i.e., update their RSS feeds on a regular basis, cutting free users back to once a day, make the bookmarklet a premium feature, and so on). I really think this could be a good product; just not sure if I'll have the time to really develop it.
- hackerbob 16y ago
  >What about accepting complete urls as parameter? So that you just need to put tldr.it/ in front of an [URL] to obtain a summary? I agree with drtse4 on that point. Not as many people know about bookmarklets as we let on to believe, at least thats what I found out among my friends. And well frankly this time last year I didn't know what they were either. Secondly, the domain is quite short; telling people to add tldr.it in front of any url to get a summary is simple and could have better word of mouth advantages then say teaching/telling them to use a bookmarklet or coming back to the homepage and pasting it in the text box.

by drtse4 16y ago

jeremymcanally 16y ago

You can do http://tldr.it/summarize/?summary[url]=(your http://tldr.it/summarize/?summary[url]=(your url). That's how the bookmarklet works. :) And yes monetization is definitely on my mind. I have a few options. The first is as you mentioned Amazon stuff for the arbitrary URL's. Then there's also injecting ads into the summarized RSS feeds. Then there's also adding users and letting them have enhanced functionality for $x a month (i.e., update their RSS feeds on a regular basis, cutting free users back to once a day, make the bookmarklet a premium feature, and so on). I really think this could be a good product; just not sure if I'll have the time to really develop it.

hackerbob 16y ago
>What about accepting complete urls as parameter? So that you just need to put tldr.it/ in front of an [URL] to obtain a summary? I agree with drtse4 on that point. Not as many people know about bookmarklets as we let on to believe, at least thats what I found out among my friends. And well frankly this time last year I didn't know what they were either. Secondly, the domain is quite short; telling people to add tldr.it in front of any url to get a summary is simple and could have better word of mouth advantages then say teaching/telling them to use a bookmarklet or coming back to the homepage and pasting it in the text box.