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A comment on The HN Digest trial.

Re:The HN Digest trial by brianchu on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @08:45PM (#6137879)
It isn't the article that I usually spend the most time reading. It's in the comments where most of HN's learning value lies, and thus where most of my time is spent. If the summaries included an outline of the opinions/takeaways/great resources mentioned in the comments, that would make the product that much more worthwhile.

I also tend to hoard links. If there's a great thread on Haskell, for example, I'll bookmark it (save it to Pocket), with the intention of going back to the thread if/when in the future I decide to learn Haskell.

Ultimately, though, the problem is that whether or not I pay for this depends on whether this tool actually weans me off HN. If the summaries are so high quality as to get me off HN (except to post comments myself), I would pay $50 a month for this. If I still find myself reading threads by myself on HN, I wouldn't pay anything.

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Re:The HN Digest trial by juliancorlet on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:02PM (#6137953)
A couple of excellent points there! You're right, so much of the value is in the comments. I guess it comes down to scale. There is a minimum threshold required to justify producing the summaries. The more subs, the more features can be justified.

To your point on hoarding links, a comment came through from the form that they would like to see tagging functionality. I wonder if there's something there?

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