Show HN: I built Drudge Report style news aggregator(trumpsdaily.com) |
Show HN: I built Drudge Report style news aggregator(trumpsdaily.com) |
Let me know how I can make the site even better.
Thanks for the website...it's going to be a wicked year!
I would appreciate sharing the site with your friends or family - addThis app is built into the bottom of the right column.
When I review the feed for the news I do not ask myself a question if this piece will put Trump Admin in good or bad light. If the news seems newsworthy and source is somewhat reliable and article does a decent job explaining itself, then I post it.
From Dev site its a simple LAMP stack with CodeIgniter simply because its pleasure to work with and its just fun. If the site would ever get serious traffic I would simply plug Cloudflare and wouldn't worry about optimizing my simple PHP code.
In terms of articles, I'm using inoreader.com with feeds related to News, both US + World. Inoreader lets me download articles via JSON, then I search through them and decide which one to publish. Sometimes I alter headlines, but not to drive an agenda, but rather to feed the narrative, like if first article is about Trump, second one doesn't need to have his name in the title anymore; you can simply follow without mentioning his name.
Example re: National Archives:
- National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump...
- Forced to apologize for blurring anti-Trump rally signs...
So second article doesn't need the National Archives being mentioned.
Here is a simple admin panel screenshot: https://ibb.co/yPQ0XZz
For copywriters, this practice is invaluable.