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ttrp··on Show HN: Tightrope, a color-based news stream
You're right, a coloring algorithm certainly wouldn't be enough. Tightrope has a method to score and select media for 'Yesterday' and 'Trending'. 'Yesterday' gives a summary of the past day of media, while 'Trending' gives the bursts of media. You can read more on it here: http://blog.tightro.pe/post/40632430244/introducing-the-simp...
ttrp··on Show HN: Tightrope, a color-based news stream
Thanks for the feedback!

We're actually using the colors from each individual image:

- The most dominant color is the background

- The color that contrasts most with the background is the text color

- The second most contrasting color is the title color

We really like the way it pops!

ttrp··on Show HN: Tightrope, a color-based news stream
we're fixing this now.
ttrp··on Show HN: Tightrope, a color-based news stream
it said:

Relax. You don't have to sift through your social feed. You don't have to worry about reading the same stuff over and over. Tightrope balances out your daily media, providing value over a breadth of topics.

For a summary from the day before, go to 'Yesterday'. We ourselves check this on a daily basis. 'Trending' gives you media bursts within the last half hour. Careful - this can get addictive.

To give it an aesthetic edge, article colors are based on the dominant colors in the images. Images are selected and resized to fit smoothly into the app.

ttrp··on Show HN: Tightrope, a color-based news stream
Not by design, what browser are you in? thx for checking it out.