Instapaper is joining Pinterest

Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by joshuak on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:48PM (#12346891)

I use Instapaper daily to have the playlist read articles to me while I'm in transit. I love this, oddly exclusive, feature and would pay to see improvements in that direction.

However, I do not care for Pinterest at all. I have created and later deleted several accounts just to give it a fair shake, but it doesn't hold a candle to Tumblr. Also the forced sign up is user antagonistic, and the source of much enmity from people who I've heard speak about it. So fine, clearly me and people like me are not the intended audience, but what does this mean for Instapaper?

I have a hard time seeing how these two services are in any way related; not by content, audience, business model, or features. I do not see the missing part of one in the other. I see two communities that appear to a casual observer to be oil and water, and I am concerned that Instapaper will move towards it's opposite.

Can you speak to these concerns, or suggest some ideas on how Pinterest might improve Instapaper for users?

Thanks

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by bthdonohue on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @04:20PM (#12347224)

Firstly, I built text-to-speech playlists so I'm glad that you're enjoying that feature and making good use of it. It's kind of a weird one but good for driving commutes, etc.

I'll reiterate here that Instapaper will remain as a separate app, with separate functionality, and a focus on the reader. There are no short-term or long-term plans to modify the user experience of Instapaper.

In the blog post we detail that "Instapaper provides a compelling source for news-based content" for Pinterest, and that portions of the parser technology will be used throughout Pinterest.

For Instapaper, it means leveraging the technical expertise, support, and resources at Pinterest.

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by mcgrath_sh on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @07:20PM (#12348563)

Have you heard of Voice Dream reader? I use it on iOS to have loads of content read to me, including my Instapaper/Pocket queues. I will type up 30 page study guides and study while driving. I use it to have books and articles read to me. I have found it to be invaluable for grad school.

https://appsto.re/us/kiXKD.i

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by semerda on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:52PM (#12346936)

I hope they don't merge the 2. I'd hate my article privacy to be compromised and be auto published into some pins.

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Re:Instapaper is joining Pinterest by jdminhbg on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:55PM (#12346959)

> I love this, oddly exclusive, feature

For what it's worth, Pocket also has text-to-speech article reading.

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