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When I first started using TechCrunch, I found myself overwhelmed with the cluttered and overloaded user interface, which made it difficult to quickly find the

When I first started using TechCrunch, I found myself overwhelmed with the cluttered and overloaded user interface, which made it difficult to quickly find the information I was looking for. That's why I decided to create "A Readable TechCrunch Feed," a simplified version of TechCrunch that focuses on delivering the most important news and updates in a clean and easy-to-read format. As I developed the tool, I found myself constantly frustrated with the bloated and cluttered nature of the original TechCrunch site, and I knew that others in the tech community would benefit from a streamlined version that focused solely on the content. Overall, I created this tool out of a desire to improve the user experience for others who share my frustration with the overloaded UI of TechCrunch. By simplifying the site and making it easier to navigate, I hope to help others stay up-to-date on the latest tech news and trends without feeling overwhelmed or bogged down by excessive information.

bobsoap 3y ago
This looks like a nice project, but you lose a lot of credibility by having ChatGPT write your comment. This kind of post instantly repels any desire to seriously interact with you in any meaningful way (at least in me). If English is not your first language, I'd simply say so and then run your own text through deepl.com or something if you think you have to. If your grammar is lacking, use whatever tool for that on your own writing. Throwing up generic drivel with triple repetition of key facts that sounds like a madlib question straight out of an online marketing crash course is disrespectful to the reader and detrimental to your credibility. I'm speaking only for myself, of course, and others may disagree. Sorry if this is off-topic.
- tnzk 3y ago
  You mean the parent is written by ChatGPT? How did you know that? I'm an ESL speaker and feel nothing wrong with the parent (beside being a bit too dense). Curious how natives or more fluent speakers would feel out of it.
  - marc 3y ago
    When you use ChatGPT a lot you start to recognize certain patterns. In this case, there’s 3 paragraphs of text, but there isn’t 3 paragraphs worth of information. So what likely happened is that the OP provided limited context to the AI and asked it to write a 3-paragraph post based on it which it happily obliged to. It feels like GPT-3.5. I think GPT-4 generally does a better job at these types of texts.
    - hackernewds 3y ago
      Now that you said it, I also recognize the pattern. But in a post-chatGPT world is there any solid source of truth that it was - what if OP denies it (which could realistically be true)?
      - marc 3y ago
        Ultimately I don't think it matters whether it was written by ChatGPT or not. If it conveys the message the OP is trying to communicate in a readable way, that's all that matters. I think the reason the person above me pointed out it seemed like ChatGPT (as did I), is to inform the OP that it's quite transparent and they shouldn't just take whatever ChatGPT spits out. Of course it's possible that we're wrong and it was manually written. In that case it's useful to realize we live in a post-ChatGPT world and if something _looks_ AI-generated, that by itself is (unfortunately?) a bad attribute now.
  - Brajeshwar 3y ago
    I think a scanner will pop this up as ChatGPT-ed. Recently, I thought I will write along-side ChatGPT -- edit it to my tone, correct the styles to my liking, and the like. Unfortunately, I read after finishing up a few article I co-wrote with ChatGPT and I felt like puking all over. So, I stopped. I will still take inspiration but it feels really fake. Co-incidentally, after looking at most MidJourney pictures, I'm thinking of getting back to my hobby of photography.
  - rjh29 3y ago
    There's a complete lack of slang, the sentences are verbose, generally use more difficult and formal words (ChatGPT would say 'vocabulary' here), and the final "Overall," reads like a student essay rather than a comment. I agree with other posters about the information/word density being low.
- hmontazeri 3y ago
  Thanks for the reply. You're right, it is written with ChatGPT as you already mentioned ENG isn't my first language. Basically just lazy TBH.
jmsflknr 3y ago
Yes, who cares about the ad-dollars that TechCrunch relies on to survive, right? What a great innovation. Do you also have a workaround to use UPS without any charges? How about avoiding a way to pay utility bills?
- hackernewds 3y ago
  archive.org links are upvoted here all the time. including VPN solutions to skirt copyright laws. this is par for the course?
- croisillon 3y ago
  yeah, who gonna pay for the horse carriages with all those automobile inventions?
- kervantas 3y ago
  I can totally understand the OP's frustration with TechCrunch's website, and with cluttered, bloated, obfuscated websites in general which only aim to maximize the time the user spends there by confusing the fuck out of them. This is why I read sites like The Economist (finite number of articles, released weekly) and RSS feeds. So tired of the attention economy.
  - rchaud 3y ago
    Every website has a finite # of articles, provided you visit them a finite number of times.
- hmontazeri 3y ago
  I have no problems with news sites using ads to make bucks, but the overloaded design makes it hard for me to get what the site is actually about, news!
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
  In what Bizarro-world morality am I obligated to care about supporting their business model? When I think about such things at all, my train of thought tends towards pursuing only two ideas: 1. That advertising in general is either the worst outcome in some prisoners' dilemma game theory game, in that it never seems to inform potential customers and business spend inordinately trying to outspend everyone else. 2. That advertising may not actually meet the criteria to be considered speech/expression either in general, or when performed by corporations instead of individuals.

bobsoap 3y ago

This looks like a nice project, but you lose a lot of credibility by having ChatGPT write your comment. This kind of post instantly repels any desire to seriously interact with you in any meaningful way (at least in me). If English is not your first language, I'd simply say so and then run your own text through deepl.com or something if you think you have to. If your grammar is lacking, use whatever tool for that on your own writing. Throwing up generic drivel with triple repetition of key facts that sounds like a madlib question straight out of an online marketing crash course is disrespectful to the reader and detrimental to your credibility. I'm speaking only for myself, of course, and others may disagree. Sorry if this is off-topic.

tnzk 3y ago
You mean the parent is written by ChatGPT? How did you know that? I'm an ESL speaker and feel nothing wrong with the parent (beside being a bit too dense). Curious how natives or more fluent speakers would feel out of it.
- marc 3y ago
  When you use ChatGPT a lot you start to recognize certain patterns. In this case, there’s 3 paragraphs of text, but there isn’t 3 paragraphs worth of information. So what likely happened is that the OP provided limited context to the AI and asked it to write a 3-paragraph post based on it which it happily obliged to. It feels like GPT-3.5. I think GPT-4 generally does a better job at these types of texts.
  - hackernewds 3y ago
    Now that you said it, I also recognize the pattern. But in a post-chatGPT world is there any solid source of truth that it was - what if OP denies it (which could realistically be true)?
    - marc 3y ago
      Ultimately I don't think it matters whether it was written by ChatGPT or not. If it conveys the message the OP is trying to communicate in a readable way, that's all that matters. I think the reason the person above me pointed out it seemed like ChatGPT (as did I), is to inform the OP that it's quite transparent and they shouldn't just take whatever ChatGPT spits out. Of course it's possible that we're wrong and it was manually written. In that case it's useful to realize we live in a post-ChatGPT world and if something _looks_ AI-generated, that by itself is (unfortunately?) a bad attribute now.
- Brajeshwar 3y ago
  I think a scanner will pop this up as ChatGPT-ed. Recently, I thought I will write along-side ChatGPT -- edit it to my tone, correct the styles to my liking, and the like. Unfortunately, I read after finishing up a few article I co-wrote with ChatGPT and I felt like puking all over. So, I stopped. I will still take inspiration but it feels really fake. Co-incidentally, after looking at most MidJourney pictures, I'm thinking of getting back to my hobby of photography.
- rjh29 3y ago
  There's a complete lack of slang, the sentences are verbose, generally use more difficult and formal words (ChatGPT would say 'vocabulary' here), and the final "Overall," reads like a student essay rather than a comment. I agree with other posters about the information/word density being low.
hmontazeri 3y ago
Thanks for the reply. You're right, it is written with ChatGPT as you already mentioned ENG isn't my first language. Basically just lazy TBH.

jmsflknr 3y ago

Yes, who cares about the ad-dollars that TechCrunch relies on to survive, right? What a great innovation. Do you also have a workaround to use UPS without any charges? How about avoiding a way to pay utility bills?

hackernewds 3y ago
archive.org links are upvoted here all the time. including VPN solutions to skirt copyright laws. this is par for the course?
croisillon 3y ago
yeah, who gonna pay for the horse carriages with all those automobile inventions?
kervantas 3y ago
I can totally understand the OP's frustration with TechCrunch's website, and with cluttered, bloated, obfuscated websites in general which only aim to maximize the time the user spends there by confusing the fuck out of them. This is why I read sites like The Economist (finite number of articles, released weekly) and RSS feeds. So tired of the attention economy.
- rchaud 3y ago
  Every website has a finite # of articles, provided you visit them a finite number of times.
hmontazeri 3y ago
I have no problems with news sites using ads to make bucks, but the overloaded design makes it hard for me to get what the site is actually about, news!
NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
In what Bizarro-world morality am I obligated to care about supporting their business model? When I think about such things at all, my train of thought tends towards pursuing only two ideas: 1. That advertising in general is either the worst outcome in some prisoners' dilemma game theory game, in that it never seems to inform potential customers and business spend inordinately trying to outspend everyone else. 2. That advertising may not actually meet the criteria to be considered speech/expression either in general, or when performed by corporations instead of individuals.