SkimThat
Productivity
news summarization
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How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Summaries are useful and good quality
From 3 comments
Who are the writers? I read a few summaries and they seemed pretty good.
masnick on HNI agree on that point. The look is a turn-off, but once I got past that - this is actually very useful. For me I would shrink the font a bit so I can see even more/ consume more…
wushupork on HNNice. I watch the RSS feed and rather like the full flow, but if I didn't, this would be a great substitute. The only concern is the comments there... Doesn't that seem to take…
wccrawford on HN
Good idea that saves time keeping up with the feed
From 2 comments
Nice. I watch the RSS feed and rather like the full flow, but if I didn't, this would be a great substitute. The only concern is the comments there... Doesn't that seem to take…
wccrawford on HNSeconded. This'll help to cut down on the amount of material I wade through myself trying to keep up with the full feed! Maybe I'll even be able to get some code written again! =]
joshuafcole on HN
Objections
Design looks like a regurgitated press-release content site; logo and header need work
From 2 comments
I'm sure this is on your list, but design could use some work -- visually it seems a lot like one of those regurgitate-press-releases-as-content type of sites. A new header and…
mcknz on HNThat would definitely help -- could also be that the header looks like a generic "news" or "publishing" template. Maybe you don't need both a logo and the background photo. Also…
mcknz on HN
Mobile layout takes too little screen width for content
From 1 comment
That would definitely help -- could also be that the header looks like a generic "news" or "publishing" template. Maybe you don't need both a logo and the background photo. Also…
mcknz on HN
Summaries could be shorter and include more links
From 1 comment
Great. It would be better if the summaries were even shorter though, and had more links. For example: "Developers using the Lean Software Development model compare the writing of…
petervandijck on HN
Site comments may draw discussion away from HN comments
From 1 comment
Nice. I watch the RSS feed and rather like the full flow, but if I didn't, this would be a great substitute. The only concern is the comments there... Doesn't that seem to take…
wccrawford on HN
Requests
Redesign logo and header
From 2 comments
I'm sure this is on your list, but design could use some work -- visually it seems a lot like one of those regurgitate-press-releases-as-content type of sites. A new header and…
mcknz on HNThat would definitely help -- could also be that the header looks like a generic "news" or "publishing" template. Maybe you don't need both a logo and the background photo. Also…
mcknz on HN
Single-column or mobile-friendly layout
From 1 comment
That would definitely help -- could also be that the header looks like a generic "news" or "publishing" template. Maybe you don't need both a logo and the background photo. Also…
mcknz on HN
Show HN comment count and vote count with links
From 1 comment
Nice. I watch the RSS feed and rather like the full flow, but if I didn't, this would be a great substitute. The only concern is the comments there... Doesn't that seem to take…
wccrawford on HN
Shorter summaries with more links
From 1 comment
Great. It would be better if the summaries were even shorter though, and had more links. For example: "Developers using the Lean Software Development model compare the writing of…
petervandijck on HN
Questions
What are the criteria for identifying popular articles?
From 1 comment
what are your criteria for identifying popular articles? also, is there any NLP involved in the summarization process, or is it all manual?
nullsub on HN
Is the summarization done with NLP or manually?
From 1 comment
what are your criteria for identifying popular articles? also, is there any NLP involved in the summarization process, or is it all manual?
nullsub on HN
Who are the writers?
From 1 comment
Who are the writers? I read a few summaries and they seemed pretty good.
masnick on HN