Yakread
Productivity
rss reader
SHOW HN2023
18points
5comments
#1,769of 3,109 in 2023
Top 57%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interest in RSS plus recommendations as a standard-based approach
From 1 comment
I'm happy to see this and might give it a try as I've often wanted RSS + recommendations. I like being tipped off to things I wouldn't have found on my own and like RSS as a…
derbOac on HN
Objections
Delegating reading choices to AI conflicts with RSS users' values
From 1 comment
> More ideologically, I think RSS is ready for a comeback Ideologically, I love RSS too. I think it's one of the great achievements of the Internet, alongside with torrents and…
hsjqllzlfkf on HN
ML is unnecessary for the described feature
From 1 comment
> Yakread uses machine learning to rank the articles in your feed: as you click on articles from a particular RSS/newsletter subscription, other articles from that subscription…
aspyct on HN
Public usage data for training could be de-anonymized
From 1 comment
I've thought about this as well. Privacy is actually one impediment I think. If you make everyone's raw usage data public (so that anyone can use it to train their own…
jacobobryant on HN
Questions
How to build a recommender that serves user interests rather than business interests
From 1 comment
> More ideologically, I think RSS is ready for a comeback Ideologically, I love RSS too. I think it's one of the great achievements of the Internet, alongside with torrents and…
hsjqllzlfkf on HN
Alternatives named
Twitter and Facebook feeds
From 1 comment
> More ideologically, I think RSS is ready for a comeback Ideologically, I love RSS too. I think it's one of the great achievements of the Internet, alongside with torrents and…
hsjqllzlfkf on HN