Apply HN: article reader based on Twitter instead of RSS

1 points by findjashua 10y ago ↗ HN

I have begun to notice that a lot more people follow articles/blogs on Twitter instead of subscribing to the corresponding RSS feed.

I'm working on an app which lets you 'subscribe' to twitter accounts (eg @newsyc100, @longreads etc), instead of the corresponding RSS feeds.

Additional features:

1. It does a periodic fetch of the link's content (ala pocket), so you can use it even when you don't have access to internet (subway, airplane)

2. It lets you organize feeds in 'folders', eg, technology, comics, news

3. It comes with a default set of feeds so you don't have to start from a blank slate

4. Users can bookmark or share any article

I'm also thinking of letting users follow their facebook friends, but given what my facebook feed has turned into, I'm a bit hesitant here.

Status: the backend is ready, I'm learning swift to start on the ios app.

Thoughts?

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dputtick 10y ago ↗

I don't mean to be discouraging or 'that person', but I'm curious if you're aware of Nuzzel and how you would plan to differentiate from their product.

gpsgay 10y ago ↗

Intelxdk is easy to learn and i think it would be a good fit for your project. Plus, you get to build for iOS, android and Windows with the same code...