Comment on Show HN: Summaries of interesting content, written by peopleComments−johndavi13yWe took a whack at this problem (agree it is big issue worth solving) last year with Streamliner, http://www.streamliner.co.(Hint: ignore the video-specific text and paste in a blog post or article URL.)Couple of examples: http://www.streamliner.co/s/S2C72QTZ/booster-camera-video-of... (video) and http://www.streamliner.co/r/eErbi/always-be-skeptical-of-nut... (text)We rolled out with video initially because of text-stripping issues and the extreme low likelihood of users installing a bookmarklet/extension. Building a community of engaged trustworthy summarizers is also very hard.Good luck!−czzarr13ythanks!interesting take on the problem. Would love to talk to you about your experience if you're up for it!−johndavi13ySure thing, be glad to. Ping me whenever at john@<myusername>.com
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We took a whack at this problem (agree it is big issue worth solving) last year with Streamliner, http://www.streamliner.co.
(Hint: ignore the video-specific text and paste in a blog post or article URL.)
Couple of examples: http://www.streamliner.co/s/S2C72QTZ/booster-camera-video-of... (video) and http://www.streamliner.co/r/eErbi/always-be-skeptical-of-nut... (text)
We rolled out with video initially because of text-stripping issues and the extreme low likelihood of users installing a bookmarklet/extension. Building a community of engaged trustworthy summarizers is also very hard.
Good luck!
thanks!interesting take on the problem. Would love to talk to you about your experience if you're up for it!
Sure thing, be glad to. Ping me whenever at john@<myusername>.com