Ivan Mehta

News In Shorts - News in 60 words

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Erik Torenberg
@mg and cir.ca have made news significantly shorter and digestible, but 60 words? that seems too short.
Ivan Mehta
I have been using the app from a couple of days, and I have found 60 to be a fair limit.
Mohit Mamoria
@indianidle Right. Specifically for news articles (where most of the time, there's too much fat around the meat), 60 seems to be a fair limit to me too.
Eric Rems
Agree w @eriktorenberg that 60 words is a bit too short, though in full disclosure...I do run AbridgeMe.com - a community-driven platform that summarizes current and historical topics in 100 words or less. The difficulty is not on the reader side of things, but we found that when it comes to more complex topics, a writer needs 4-5 sentences to adequately explain (roughly 100 words). A bit on our research here https://medium.com/@abridgeme/wh...
Hang Zhao
Really like this idea, 60 seems to be a fairly reasonable number to me. Btw can't find the ios app link on the mobile landing page viewed from product hunt,
Christopher Thomas
I think this would be great for people like me who have short attention spans and lack the patience to read long news articles. 60 words seems like enough to deliver the crux of a news story to the reader. Awesome idea!
BIRENDRA KUMAR JAIN
Great to have an app like that. Short and quick news notifying method. Atlas the lazy folks can boost about some knowledge now. But wondering if its also spoiling young people habits of reading?
Vidisha Jitani
I almost use it daily, and is such a nice way to stay updated with all the news in such a beautifully concise manner.