Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8771079

by mouselover • 12 years ago

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Like a Twitter for news but longer

147• 12 years ago

Have you looked at Medium.com?

mouselover5• 12 years ago

Yea, but medium is mostly stories . I wanted something similar with Twitter that will show news in real time and give users the power to write them rather than big conglomerates like CNN or fox.

SocksCanClose• 12 years ago

or how about the Atavist (https://atavist.com)?

acomjean• 12 years ago

someone recommended this: Its kinda like a kick starter for writers. Though in the end its a subscription thing.

http://www.beaconreader.com/

mouselover5• 12 years ago

awesome tool for writers.Very similar with Kickstarter

smacktoward• 12 years ago

Here you go: http://longform.org/

Mizza• 12 years ago

http://glance.wtf

Not quite what you're after, but a curated, speed-readable list of good reads.

mouselover5• 12 years ago

Was not expecting that,interesting

chintan39• 12 years ago

I am working on a similar platform called TalkBig http://talkbig.co

mouselover5• 12 years ago

I'm kind of newbie in the start up world but your 'landing page' does not offer that much info about what the product is about

Warewolf-ESB• 12 years ago

Yep you're right. No idea what this is and how I can get more info without submitting my email.

davelnewton2• 12 years ago

Longer than... 140 characters? What are you actually asking for? Be specific. NYT writes long articles. New Yorker. Christian Science Monitor. What do you want?

mouselover5• 12 years ago

something similar with NY Times but written by everyday people (like Twitter)

davelnewton2• 12 years ago

"Everyday people" don't write long articles.

MichaelCrawford• 12 years ago

The New York Times. There articles are quite in-depth.

Try paying for it, or it will go away someday.

Or read my own essays:

http://www.warplife.com/mdc/essays/ http://www.warplife.com/mdc/books/ http://www.warplife.com/jonathan-swift/ http://www.warplife.com/tips/

Ask HN: News sites suck, is there a site where people write long articles

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