Currently I have to write some code for every new source, partly for the extraction of articles but also to add it to the list of customizable ones etc. Unless they were limited to a standard format then it's hard to add new sources without getting stuck your hands wet. I am trying to add new sources, I added Computerphile this morning, I'll note down those two.
As far as duplication is concerned - yes, I've even had a go at implementing it. I was using the jaccard index to compare stories within the last 2 days. In the end I found it was hard to be confident enough about the match. I don't want to miss stories and so personally just put up with the noise.
This is beautiful and really functional (UI & UX).
This is now my homepage, so you've got your first contributor, at least. :)
I'm really glad you chose to serialise articles rather than attempt to cleverly aggregate them (it feels like there's less noise).
The many indicators (time to read, link to autosummary, articles/hour, tweet count, filetype indicator, ...) are crammed in without crowding anything out. :)
At this point I'm just listing off your site's features so hopefully more people will notice your link amongst the comments. ;)
When I visited your site the first time I was taken to a /welcome page where it listed Y, Reddit, and P as the "default" or what I assumed was the default
And without clicking anything on /welcome and just visiting the home page again reddit looks like a default!
Sorry, my mistake. It is a default source on the homepage. Bear in mind that all reddit items count as one source, even though they're curated from a number of subreddits.
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I built a site that aggregates content from HN, I added reddit as a source and track it via there.
The current criteria are: /r/programming top 10, /r/dataisbeautiful top 5, /r/Technology top story, /r/science/' top story 1
The site's http://www.serializer.io if you want to check it out.
EDIT: code is here: https://github.com/charlieegan3/serializer
I love this setup, especially how you used #tweets as a unified ranking system and can sync read pages across devices.
Is there a way to add custom sources? For example: http://www.datatau.com/, https://soylentnews.org/ or any number of other aggregation sites
Also, sometimes Ars and HN will cover the same story or HN will link Ars; have you considered a duplicate detection system?
Currently I have to write some code for every new source, partly for the extraction of articles but also to add it to the list of customizable ones etc. Unless they were limited to a standard format then it's hard to add new sources without getting stuck your hands wet. I am trying to add new sources, I added Computerphile this morning, I'll note down those two.
As far as duplication is concerned - yes, I've even had a go at implementing it. I was using the jaccard index to compare stories within the last 2 days. In the end I found it was hard to be confident enough about the match. I don't want to miss stories and so personally just put up with the noise.
This is beautiful and really functional (UI & UX).
This is now my homepage, so you've got your first contributor, at least. :)
I'm really glad you chose to serialise articles rather than attempt to cleverly aggregate them (it feels like there's less noise).
The many indicators (time to read, link to autosummary, articles/hour, tweet count, filetype indicator, ...) are crammed in without crowding anything out. :)
At this point I'm just listing off your site's features so hopefully more people will notice your link amongst the comments. ;)
Wow thanks! Great to get some good feedback! Really glad you like it.
I just checked out your site, I don't see reddit as a source. Which icon is it?
Take a look at: http://www.serializer.io/custom
Reddit isn't a source on the homepage, it's one of the custom ones.
EDIT: my bad, reddit IS a source on the homepage. oops.
When I visited your site the first time I was taken to a /welcome page where it listed Y, Reddit, and P as the "default" or what I assumed was the default
And without clicking anything on /welcome and just visiting the home page again reddit looks like a default!
Sorry, my mistake. It is a default source on the homepage. Bear in mind that all reddit items count as one source, even though they're curated from a number of subreddits.
Sorry for the confusion.