todayamerican.com was created to realize this idea. That when you read the news, you can choose not to see the news which you have already read and see only the fresh news, so you always have something new to read.
Along the way, I implemented this the classical way using RSS and user registration/ login, scoured the internet for new articles, ranked them, made sure you get only the most interesting articles, all the while forgetting that I created this site to solve this basic issue with any news site that, you always end up seeing pages of the same stuff you just finished reading an hour or a day before.
Finally, after trying out hundreds of ideas, I think I have got it now. If you go to any of our news pages today, you will see a link which lets you hide all the articles you have read so far. How this works is that, when you normally browse this site, you will be able to go back and forward and read the same articles in both directions.
But..
Should you choose to click on this link, it will make sure that the articles you have read are hidden, and from then on, you can still go forward and backward through the same articles, but any articles you read before you clicked this link will be hidden.
I will continue testing the site and making sure this works properly. I hope that users will like this feature, because I for one have always wanted to do this with a site.
Along the way, I implemented this the classical way using RSS and user registration/ login, scoured the internet for new articles, ranked them, made sure you get only the most interesting articles, all the while forgetting that I created this site to solve this basic issue with any news site that, you always end up seeing pages of the same stuff you just finished reading an hour or a day before.
Finally, after trying out hundreds of ideas, I think I have got it now. If you go to any of our news pages today, you will see a link which lets you hide all the articles you have read so far. How this works is that, when you normally browse this site, you will be able to go back and forward and read the same articles in both directions.
But..
Should you choose to click on this link, it will make sure that the articles you have read are hidden, and from then on, you can still go forward and backward through the same articles, but any articles you read before you clicked this link will be hidden.
I will continue testing the site and making sure this works properly. I hope that users will like this feature, because I for one have always wanted to do this with a site.
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