As the founder of a startup that's working to solve this problem, this is extremely insightful.
"in a world of information overload, the search for truth is tiring" This is spot on!
Also, news tends to be
- Extremely serious - we want more than just world events, politics, and finance.
- Dispersed, can't be bothered to go to 10 different platforms to stay updated.
- Long form format does not suit us. After the Tiktokification of our brains, our attention span has dropped.
- Websites full of pop up ads don't help either. When I worked in finance, I was on ft.com every single day. The day I switched career tracks, I never went back.
I would love for you to check out Volv, we have solved for each and every problem with Volv, a Snapchat-backed app that gives you the most viral, interesting and breaking content in 9-second reads that you can just scroll through. Users call us "Tiktok for smart people" and we've crossed 50 Mil stories read. We're growing organically, and now, even publishers and newsletters have taken notice and are requesting to publish on Volv (which has always been part of the vision) so we're soon launching Creators channels on Volv. Video creators have Tiktok to get discovered, now writers will have Volv. I'd love for you to check it out and get your thoughts!
As the founder of a startup that's working to solve this problem, this is extremely insightful.
"in a world of information overload, the search for truth is tiring" This is spot on!
Also, news tends to be
- Extremely serious - we want more than just world events, politics, and finance.
- Dispersed, can't be bothered to go to 10 different platforms to stay updated.
- Long form format does not suit us. After the Tiktokification of our brains, our attention span has dropped.
- Websites full of pop up ads don't help either. When I worked in finance, I was on ft.com every single day. The day I switched career tracks, I never went back.
I would love for you to check out Volv, we have solved for each and every problem with Volv, a Snapchat-backed app that gives you the most viral, interesting and breaking content in 9-second reads that you can just scroll through. Users call us "Tiktok for smart people" and we've crossed 50 Mil stories read. We're growing organically, and now, even publishers and newsletters have taken notice and are requesting to publish on Volv (which has always been part of the vision) so we're soon launching Creators channels on Volv. Video creators have Tiktok to get discovered, now writers will have Volv. I'd love for you to check it out and get your thoughts!