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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 3 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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poisonborz ◴[22 May 25 17:30 UTC] No.44064404[source]▶
Saving links and offline reading is dime a dozen nowadays, but the one BIG feature was recommended articles, which basically opened the reading list of the world and you could read extremely interesting longform articles based on your list. It was the best magazine you could imagine. But I guess it required maintenance and moderation so they axed it - in the typical fashion of an acquired product I might say.

I still wish for something like this with privacy in mind and community maintained.

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1. aspenmayer ◴[22 May 25 17:37 UTC] No.44064490[source]▶
You might be able to scrape archive sites or create search queries that you use to determine fresh or trending archives or domains?
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2. poisonborz ◴[22 May 25 17:44 UTC] No.44064597[source]▶
I think it's really hard to replicate the "people save this article for later" pedigree without actually having this information.
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3. aspenmayer ◴[22 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.44064753[source]▶
True, there are a lot of bots that use Internet Archive, which is probably the easiest to scrape. Maybe ask Jason Scott of Archive Team if he has any ideas for how to use IA and other archives for this purpose, and for ideas about how else to get this data?

I think Instapaper was another solution in this space that may have the info you want.

Maybe ask on some data hoarder subreddits about how to find new content that’s relevant to your interests with existing social proof?

I can see how the data from Pocket would have made that a lot easier for you, but finding a quick solution may be difficult. I think Apple News has a bit of social components around surfacing popular content, but that is not the same as user generated content indicating interest in a specific site, which is your goal.

Are you familiar with MetaFilter? There a community that might have some insight into your question, as they’re like HN but somewhat more crunchy and broadly less technical, but very human. Asking around other communities, you might find some suggestions.

Please let me know if you find a solution because this is an interesting problem, and I would probably be just as interested in the solution.