3 ms·

How to Design and Structure a Successful Personalized Newspaper

11 points by schlichtm 16y ago

yoda_sl 16y ago
So far the closest I have found and been using with good success is from genieo.com Their app run in background and monitor your browser history from what I am guessing and then extrapolate potential sites, news that could be of interest. Since it is in active development some results can be awkward but overall I am a happy user and stumble upon some good articles that were not in my daily sites visits. I am curious to see if anyone else share the same feeling.
petervandijck 16y ago
"due to the difficultly of it, there have been no real successes so far." That's possible. Or else it's just one of those things that sound good in theory but in practice never seem to be very useful.
- schlichtm 16y ago
  Could be. A personalized "newspaper" may not end up being that much better than what you already have. On the other hand I think that personalization as a concept can be applied to pretty much anything and if done right will improve the experience. So a lot of the points in this post can be applied elsewhere.
  - petervandijck 16y ago
    I don't know. Personalization was all the buzz about 8 years ago, but there have been very few (no?) success stories. Not to say someone might not get it right. But perhaps they won't. I'd rather bet on social than on personalized these days, as a concept that can be widely applied.
    - schlichtm 16y ago
      Social and Personalization go hand in hand - I don't see them as alternative options.
schlichtm 16y ago
The summary for those in a hurry "Ultimately the Personalized Newspaper must instantly deliver a meaningfully personalized experience upon sign up and continue to evolve with the user’s interests with no manual input required from the user - behavioral/interest data must be passively collected from multiple sources not just limited to user interactions with the newspaper. The consumption and discovery process includes data from friends, trusted topic curators, the general reaction of the entire audience, and most importantly a small amount of content that falls outside of these filters - allowing the user to discover new content and topics they may not have known about."

11 points by schlichtm 16y ago

So far the closest I have found and been using with good success is from genieo.com Their app run in background and monitor your browser history from what I am guessing and then extrapolate potential sites, news that could be of interest. Since it is in active development some results can be awkward but overall I am a happy user and stumble upon some good articles that were not in my daily sites visits. I am curious to see if anyone else share the same feeling.

petervandijck 16y ago

"due to the difficultly of it, there have been no real successes so far." That's possible. Or else it's just one of those things that sound good in theory but in practice never seem to be very useful.

schlichtm 16y ago
Could be. A personalized "newspaper" may not end up being that much better than what you already have. On the other hand I think that personalization as a concept can be applied to pretty much anything and if done right will improve the experience. So a lot of the points in this post can be applied elsewhere.
- petervandijck 16y ago
  I don't know. Personalization was all the buzz about 8 years ago, but there have been very few (no?) success stories. Not to say someone might not get it right. But perhaps they won't. I'd rather bet on social than on personalized these days, as a concept that can be widely applied.
  - schlichtm 16y ago
    Social and Personalization go hand in hand - I don't see them as alternative options.

schlichtm 16y ago

The summary for those in a hurry "Ultimately the Personalized Newspaper must instantly deliver a meaningfully personalized experience upon sign up and continue to evolve with the user’s interests with no manual input required from the user - behavioral/interest data must be passively collected from multiple sources not just limited to user interactions with the newspaper. The consumption and discovery process includes data from friends, trusted topic curators, the general reaction of the entire audience, and most importantly a small amount of content that falls outside of these filters - allowing the user to discover new content and topics they may not have known about."