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I think you may be onto something. But what about the incentives to click-bait this creates? When I pay for content, I want the creators' incentives to be alig
by yhoiseth 8y ago
I think you may be onto something. But what about the incentives to click-bait this creates?
When I pay for content, I want the creators' incentives to be aligned with mine (high-quality content not designed to draw me in by appealing to my lizard brain).
- kchoudhu 8y agoHow is it any worse than what we have now, though.
- klausjensen 8y agoThis is a very important point that cannot be emphasized enough. My first developer-gig was working at a regional newspaper back in 98-99. Back then, we talked about personalized experience, how we could tailor it to the individual based on preferences. I would come to the website and see a tailored mix of articles suited to my need. Some based on my interests and preferences, but not too siloed off, so I would still see the very important general news. It would be run by an organization I trust to be reasonably objective. That is the kind of news service I would pay to use TODAY. I would pay 10-20EUR/month for it. Today, I don't think that product exists. If it does, I am not aware of it.
- Retric 8y agoI think it mostly exists as aggregators like Hacker News.
- traek 8y agoYou can choose 3-4 sources you personally trust, subscribe to them, follow them on Twitter, and get essentially the product you described. You can even follow specific feeds (eg Bloomberg Politics instead of Bloomberg) to make it more tailored.
- mywacaday 8y agoI think you loose something by having a personalised news experience. There is something to be said for reading articles that might challenge your beliefs, personalisation of news may not be the best path forward for society. I've also found https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/ https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/ to be an eye opener on what doesn't get reported on main stream news sites.