Any Singaporeans in Product Hunt? I built this news app to address these three pain points that Singaporeans face when reading news today:
- Missing news as Facebook’s algorithm decided not to show it in your feed
- Same piece of news repeated in different news media
- Existing news apps showing more international news than Singapore ones
Please download it and let me know what you think. Thanks!
@jeremy_tan_singapore_news_app Hi Jeremy,
I like your idea but the problem you are trying to solve is way bigger and out of control. If you check the freedom of press index, Singapore is at 160th rank. Russian comes above that.
This rank means that there is little freedom for the press in Singapore. Your government control the majority of the narrative and this is the reason why you see less and happy news about your city country. If the media house including social media companies deviates from the government mandates, they will either face a ban or fine. For example, apple news (not related to a company that sells outdated overpriced smartphones) in Hong Kong.
I really do not want to be rude. I understand you love your country and you will die for it. But, it is time to see the government and the country as 2 different entities.
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