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#187of 2,533 in 2021
Top 8%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 23 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Idea: 5 for, 12 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting and fun to explore political bias across outlets
From 3 comments
It's been fun playing around with it, thanks for putting this together, it's nice work. I have a couple of observations: firstly, it's interesting that the Guardian is considered…
hnhg on HNGreat project, very interesting to see biases!
seestraw on HNThis is a fantastic product.
narenkeshav on HN
Objections
Left-right single axis is too vague and oversimplified
From 3 comments
I appreciate the idea, but there are various conceptual problems when presenting political bias this way. 1. "Left" and "right" on their own are too vague to be useful. 2. There…
vehemenz on HNThis reminds me of a 1980s magazine called World Press Review. WPR would take a number of topics every month. For each topic they would print a number of editorials from various…
jefurii on HNleft/right doesn't make much sense IMHO, it's way too polarizing in itself. you want at least two dimensions, like liberal/authoritarian policies and libertanian/socialist…
baq on HN
Results skew left and the centre view appears biased
From 3 comments
This is a noble goal, but when I clicked on the website a few times (admittedly, only looked at about 10 articles) I ended up with a very "left" view. I do not think it is skewed…
ptero on HNWhat scares me is that the “middle” view is pretty far right.
baby on HNI think the degree of left/right is influenced by the makers of the rating API and I don't like it. Notice how there are several sights near the "right" but very few beyond…
mjfl on HN
UI is confusing and slider behaves inconsistently
From 2 comments
UI is confusing, IMO. Coming to the website I don't understand what I supposed to do. I clicked that bias line randomly, and most of the time headlines were from lefty sources.…
brokenkebab on HNAt least on mobile, if you manually move the slider left or right, then make a new search, the slider doesn't reset position though the results go back to "center." Got pretty…
boomboomsubban on HN
Search term stemming breaks words like socialism
From 2 comments
I recommend rethinking how you stem the input words —- I searched for “socialism” but all I get has to do with “social media.”
orhmeh09 on HNAt least on mobile, if you manually move the slider left or right, then make a new search, the slider doesn't reset position though the results go back to "center." Got pretty…
boomboomsubban on HN
Requests
Show more dimensions than left and right
From 3 comments
Very nice job. It would be interesting to see all of the sources put into a Nolan Chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart
ghastmaster on HNleft/right doesn't make much sense IMHO, it's way too polarizing in itself. you want at least two dimensions, like liberal/authoritarian policies and libertanian/socialist…
baq on HNThis reminds me of a 1980s magazine called World Press Review. WPR would take a number of topics every month. For each topic they would print a number of editorials from various…
jefurii on HN
Add libertarian and center sources
From 1 comment
What about the libertarian side of things? Or the center? Maybe the center doesn't have news sources though.
hopesthoughts on HN
Support foreign-language news with translation
From 1 comment
I wanted to keep the website "clean" (whatever that means) that's why I did not specifically states that their.news is mainly built for US news. But I agree that this could have…
Hadjimina on HN
Questions
Where do the data sources and bias ratings come from
From 1 comment
That's a pretty nice thing you did here, but i'm questioned by what you call "left". Left means abolition of private property (sharing of resources) so i was expecting more…
southerntofu on HN
Alternatives named
AllSides
From 2 comments
You probably don't know this.. https://www.allsides.com
galfarragem on HNAlso this site - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news Shows different headlines for the same stories
godmode2019 on HN
RealClearPolitics
From 1 comment
UI is confusing, IMO. Coming to the website I don't understand what I supposed to do. I clicked that bias line randomly, and most of the time headlines were from lefty sources.…
brokenkebab on HN