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News Avoidance and Finishing the News
News avoidance is not laziness; it is a response to a format that never concludes. What the data says, and why an ending is the fix willpower is not.
Blog · Swipe news
Swipe news: one card at a time.
Swipe news is a simple idea with consequences: every story is one card, right means more of this, left means less, and the deck has an end. That is a different contract from a feed that refills itself as long as you keep scrolling. These guides explain what the two gestures teach the feed, why a deck that runs out changes how much news you read, and how a swipe app compares with scrolling a timeline or opening a dozen tabs. They describe the mechanics of GetMyNews as they are in the app — the deck, the two tabs that keep what you liked and what you saved, and the assistant that tunes the mix in a sentence.
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Swipe vs Scroll vs Feed: Three Readers
Three interfaces, three habits. What a scroll, a chronological inbox and a card deck each ask of you, and which reader each one produces after a month.
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Why the News Feed Never Ends
The endless scroll is a design decision, not an accident. The four techniques that keep a feed open, what they cost attention, and how to get off tonight.
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Swipe News App: One Card, One Decision
A deck of full-screen cards instead of an endless scroll. What a swipe news app changes about attention, personalization and where the learning happens.