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I built my own AI curated news called https://lettergram.net https://lettergram.net Basically, the entire idea is that the system identifies experts and rank c
by lettergram 8y ago
I built my own AI curated news called https://lettergram.net https://lettergram.net
Basically, the entire idea is that the system identifies experts and rank content based on how often they discuss and share it. This filters out the fake news and produces significantly better results than most "news curation" systems out there.
Trouble for me Google News will send fake news, and is often based off of search results (as opposed to topics you decide to follow). This leaves me with news often unrelated to my interest and often more related to things I needed solutions for.
Further, I want stories related to my interests. For instance, I follow "Iran" I want topics related to items impact Iran, such as stories about Israel, Syria, etc.
Finally, there is no clear "trigger" for the article. It's not based off some sentiment change in the topic or new trend (not just topic being discussed, but a spike in discussion, etc.). Hence, Lettergram.net can be configured to send on sentiment changes, trend changes, or on a schedule.
Finally, Google News is a product, they have perverse motives and (such as needing to be on boarded, which this post is about). Overall, I just couldn't take it, so I built my own.
- benbristow 8y agoJust signed up for this. A few issues I noticed: - Signing up for the 'free' plan requires a credit/debit card for activation? I know why you're doing this (using Stripe's Subscription API) but it seems very sketchy. People unfamiliar with Stripe probably wouldn't trust this. - After I signed up I got presented with a standard Rails error page (on the /users) route. Not a great first impression... - Also the password reset system doesn't seem to work... just redirects me to the homepage. And I can't login because my account isn't activated...