Legible News Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Ask HN: What other news feeds do you read besides Hacker News?

  Https://legiblenews.com once per day for major news headlines. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news

  Another great option is legiblenews which provides headlines from Wikipedia edits and is a bit dry but informative. I remember when Trump was president he was mentioned on legiblenews[1] a handful of times during his term while the mainstream media gyrated with his every move. It made me realize how little of the day to day news cycle has meaningful impact on the long term history of the world. [1]... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Give It the Craigslist Test

  I took this approach for https://legiblenews.com/ and https://www.thingybase.com/. The art on Thingybase is all poorly drawn stick figures. Not only do I recommend doing this when building apps or websites initially, but I recommend it for the final product. It ends up being much faster, easier to maintain, easier for people to read, and more accessible. I have another app in the works that’s using... - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• The side effect of feeling alone...a discussion

  I am in the (upper end) of the 18-25 demographic and I completely understand how you feel. Without social media, without constant news (I get my news from Legible News), and without constant notifications it can be easy to feel a little out of the loop or "different" from others. Source: about 1 year ago

• NewsGPT

  The big images don't add anything IMO, I like a https://legiblenews.com/ style better. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• I crave violence, where do you get rid of yours?

  To be honest, my friends always seem really eager to want to discuss doom and gloom kind of news so I don't feel like I need to see it on my social media and I don't feel like I'm missing out because my friends bring it up as discussion points. If I really feel like reading the news I just turn to the newspaper or sites like Legible news where it's not so in your face. Source: about 1 year ago

• Good News Sources

  This works well https://legiblenews.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

  Https://legiblenews.com/ I have paying subscribers, but it’s not a ton and it mostly covers sever and maintenance costs. I wrote about why I made this at https://legiblenews.com/about. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago