It's a shame! It was actually a good news source with a curated feed not run by Google!
• Artifact app to be shut down, citing a small market opportunity and the need to focus on newer projects.
• App's complexity and operations will be slimmed down, with the removal of the ability to add new comments and posts.
• Existing posts will remain visible, and core news reading capabilities will continue until the end of February.
Freedium link: https://freedium.cfd/https://medium.com/artifact-news/shutting-down-artifact-1e70de46d419
17 Comments
small44@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Makes me sad, i liked the ability to discuss the news on the comments
pineapple_pizza@lemmy.dexlit.xyz · 18 pts · 2y
We're doing that here :)
JaymesRS@literature.cafe · 9 pts · 2y
There were many times someone else’s comment stopped me before I read the Johnathon Turley opinion piece Artifact kept trying to throw at me.
cyd@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Thought this was about Valve's Artifact TCG, and was like "wait, didn't they already shut that down?"
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Am I the only person in the comments that didn’t like Artifact? It was basically Digg v4. It was full of sponsored content and blog spam; and user’s couldn’t submit content.
It was everything people revolved about on other news aggregator platforms.
will_a113@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 2y
There's a thread from last week where some other alternatives were discussed: among them
I think the concept of a "mixed reader" that can pull in Big Social / Fediverse / RSS and other curated sources has a lot of potential (Nuggets is the most interesting one to me here)
satansbartender@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Nuggets not having an Android app is an interesting choice.
AnActOfCreation@programming.dev · 8 pts · 2y
Thanks!
Unfortunately a lot of these are Apple-only and/or just RSS readers. I'll miss Artifact's algorithm.
small44@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
We people who have android exists
LinusOnLemmyWld@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y
Curious if this is a subtle attempt at flex, on the internet you never know
will_a113@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
haha no, seems to just be a coincidence.
Wahots@pawb.social · 8 pts · 2y
I remember trying it and disliking it. Wasn't very good, which seems to be echoed by other users. :p
flumph@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Their recommendation algorithm was terrible. It just sent me every article from BookRiot and any article that mentioned whiskey.
slugworth@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Been using it since before public release. I loved the news reader mode. It was so clean and simple. The news curation algo is solid. I will miss Atifact.
klef25@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I really liked their option to rewrite clickbait headlines. That saved so much time and frustration reading nonsense articles.
Maximilious@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
I completely forgot I had installed this app until reading this post. Guess they are making the right choice!
AnActOfCreation@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Found a couple more alternatives.
https://otherweb.com/
https://letmeknow.news/