How do people consume news today? What would it take to change their habits? What are their complaints about news feeds today? How would it work ideally?
Start from UX, and then build an experience. Almost no one cares how the digital goods work, it's all magic and that's ok
TBH, typical graph layout algos suck. Especially on mobile.
I like the idea of showing the connections of stories over time and across outlets. Just needs more structure. There are some tiered layouts with connections.
The time-series node graph which connects key words in current allows people to visualize news. The graph allows you to filter articles which forces you to actively understand who/what is connected in current events in a way other news aggregators cannot.
Start from UX, and then build an experience. Almost no one cares how the digital goods work, it's all magic and that's ok