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Productivity

news aggregator

SHOW HN2012

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.

Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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Very similar to NewsMap; originality concern
From 3 comments
- Was instantly reminded of this: http://newsmap.jp/
  nuttendorfer on HN
- Seems to be a very direct clone, down to the colours, but using a different back-end system.
  drats on HN
- Looks nice, I would recommend it to my friends for a quick glance of news. But I would like to bring the attention of the author to the comment of nuttendorfer. The two sites…
  LefterisJP on HN
Too few stories shown
From 1 comment
- i like the design - i don't think the animation adds much though. For all the stuff that's going on in the world and how the other aggregators behave, i think that just 5-6…
  rshigeta on HN
Zoom makes stories unreadably small
From 1 comment
- My first few reactions were "why can't I X" only to discover I could in fact X: Select my country, eliminate categories, etc. The only thing left is to perhaps rearrange the…
  PeterWhittaker on HN
About page contact section cut off on iPhone
From 1 comment
- On iPhone, when I click about, the contact section is cut off.
  MichaelApproved on HN

Close or replace individual story boxes
From 1 comment
- My first few reactions were "why can't I X" only to discover I could in fact X: Select my country, eliminate categories, etc. The only thing left is to perhaps rearrange the…
  PeterWhittaker on HN
Mark stories as seen and hide them
From 1 comment
- My first few reactions were "why can't I X" only to discover I could in fact X: Select my country, eliminate categories, etc. The only thing left is to perhaps rearrange the…
  PeterWhittaker on HN
Combine feeds from multiple countries
From 2 comments
- The more I use newsola, the more I like it. Do you have a donation page? I will gladly cough up $$ for features I like. I'd like to be able to get the unique union of two feeds,…
  PeterWhittaker on HN
- Combining multiple countries shouldn't be a problem, but I'll have to modify the UI a bit. Sports subcategories I've looked at as well, but it starts to get messy and I wanted to…
  kirchhoff on HN
Donation page
From 1 comment
- The more I use newsola, the more I like it. Do you have a donation page? I will gladly cough up $$ for features I like. I'd like to be able to get the unique union of two feeds,…
  PeterWhittaker on HN
Add Top Stories section from Google News
From 2 comments
- Any chance of integrating the "Top Stories" section?
  PeterWhittaker on HN
- Indeed - it is on my todo list.
  kirchhoff on HN

How are stories chosen and ranked importance
From 1 comment
- How do you decide which stories are more important? Would be interesting if you let users curate and present their own newsola frontpages.
  swah on HN
How stories are seeded
From 1 comment
- Looks awesome. How are you seeding the stories?
  pghimire on HN