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Show HN: InfluencerNews – News being discussed and shared by influential people

by shuzhang on 2/20/17, 8:08 PM with 2 comments

• by corobo on 2/21/17, 2:15 PM

  At a quick glance there was far too much Trump. I think this definitely needs some form of news category system in place.

  I get that it's supposed to be things from influential people but even limiting the sources to those people results in a huge mess of news, the majority not relevant or interesting to me.

  Edit: It probably shouldn't count the NY Times as an influencer when it comes to NY Times articles. It probably shouldn't list NY Times at all.

  > News discussed by people we trust

• by shuzhang on 2/20/17, 8:25 PM

  Hi guys, InfluencerNews is a news reader that surfaces content most widely discussed by a list of influencers we consider trustworthy. The idea is that people on our list will generally share higher quality content and effectively filter out the noise.

  To build this list of 'trusted influencers' we first scraped dozens of lists like businessinsider.com/100-best-tech-people-on-twitter-2014-2014-11. We figured if a credible source says you're one of the essential people to follow for an industry, that's a good start.

  Next, we look at who these experts trust and follow. Those followed by at least 15 of these influencers made our list. To re-iterate, it's not enough to make a well regarded best-people-to-follow list, that effectively only gets you a vote; the people included in our list are followed by at least 15 such people. Our newsfeed is made up of articles most shared and discussed by these influencers.

  Another thing that sets us apart from other newsreaders is that it adds some relevant context. You can immediately see influencer reactions to each story as you peruse the headlines.

  Anyways, I'd really love your feedback on the idea. Thanks!