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Anonymous news aggregator with no algorithm, 700 sources
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HN · launched May 1, 2026 · 16 upvotes (top 30%) · 2 views
Niche: news aggregation platforms · 244 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▼ -54% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Search & retrieval
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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More like this: all 244 launches in news aggregation platforms →
Could you build this?
Yes This is an algorithmic news aggregator that ingests RSS feeds from ~850 sources, deduplicates or clusters articles, and displays them chronologically in a clean web UI.
Discussion
8 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Ground News, BBC, Feedly, X, Reddit
Concerns raised: Bias in news categorization (The Guardian marked as left vs. centrist perception), Lacks transparency on ownership/organization identity, Social media features (emoji reacts) undermine credibility, Serif font blanket application hurts readability, Too many onboarding pop-ups and modals
Feature requests: Remove or reduce persistent pop-up modals, Improve infinite scroll/feed length (not just 5 stories), Better font hierarchy (reduce serif usage), Fix back button triggering WeSearch modal repeatedly, Remove social media/emoji reaction functionality
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 684 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #175 of 685 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 183 days after the earliest competitor.
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- The Front Page · hn · 2026-05-24 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Hacker News with reduced priority for AI driven content · hn · 2026-08-06 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Hacker News with reduced priority for AI driven content · hn · 2026-08-05 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- OpenFOIA · hn · 2026-03-22 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- The Hacker News Puzzle · hn · 2026-08-18 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- shardwise · github · 2026-11-09 · 84 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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