of course, I did just create this particular account, as I thought it might be useful to respond to comments and answer any questions. Have been very open about who I am to avoid exactly this feeling...
This isn't intended as a general purpose search engine to compete with Google, but more to get a spread of online content about any current topic.
You might find it useful as a launching point to seeing all the different angles in one shot, which a standard search won't give you, or to get a nice spread of video and articles from a particular type of source, which again standard search isn't built for.
As for a guide on what view each cluster represents when you don't target the search -- right now, it works best if you use a couple of the biggest sites as landmarks, but we'll be improving them in the coming period.
Ha, Perhaps not the best example someone could have given! But you can also use it to see both sides on that, or the different angles on any other story in the news.
That's an accurate statement. Because we have limited storage, we're only storing our web index going back 14 days (for the most part), making it ideal at the moment only for current topics in the news (not necessarily politics), either getting for an overview of all angles, or finding neat content from the type of site you like.
If there were a current scandal with camping, it might be different!
Definitely can be improved! We have some UI changes in the works, and welcome any specific suggestions you might have too. We hope to get feedback on what you find useful and not, and are pretty confident you'll find the site experience improving over coming weeks as we work them in...
There's a fine balance between showing a lot of information at once, yet keeping it digestible.
Hi, I'm one of the two guys who built Cruxlux.
Yes, you could use it to isolate in your echo chamber, but really one of our hopes is that it can help break those walls down. If you don't specify a site, it will show you a cloud of all content, so you can see all angles on the story at a single view, not just one.
Also, there's a debate platform there you might fine interesting.
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of course, I did just create this particular account, as I thought it might be useful to respond to comments and answer any questions. Have been very open about who I am to avoid exactly this feeling...
This isn't intended as a general purpose search engine to compete with Google, but more to get a spread of online content about any current topic.
You might find it useful as a launching point to seeing all the different angles in one shot, which a standard search won't give you, or to get a nice spread of video and articles from a particular type of source, which again standard search isn't built for.
As for a guide on what view each cluster represents when you don't target the search -- right now, it works best if you use a couple of the biggest sites as landmarks, but we'll be improving them in the coming period.
Ha, Perhaps not the best example someone could have given! But you can also use it to see both sides on that, or the different angles on any other story in the news.
That's an accurate statement. Because we have limited storage, we're only storing our web index going back 14 days (for the most part), making it ideal at the moment only for current topics in the news (not necessarily politics), either getting for an overview of all angles, or finding neat content from the type of site you like.
If there were a current scandal with camping, it might be different!
1% is a lot of searches! It's also useful for daily morning scans.
glad you like the concept by the way. We'll have some neat extensions on it coming out soon.
Definitely can be improved! We have some UI changes in the works, and welcome any specific suggestions you might have too. We hope to get feedback on what you find useful and not, and are pretty confident you'll find the site experience improving over coming weeks as we work them in...
There's a fine balance between showing a lot of information at once, yet keeping it digestible.
Hi, I'm one of the two guys who built Cruxlux. Yes, you could use it to isolate in your echo chamber, but really one of our hopes is that it can help break those walls down. If you don't specify a site, it will show you a cloud of all content, so you can see all angles on the story at a single view, not just one. Also, there's a debate platform there you might fine interesting.