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by sixtyj 18 days ago
> I found the algorithm nudged me toward emptier, clickbatier content.

I appreciate the effort as RSS is the best way to read a lot of sources but is login/signup really needed?

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you can click any of the demo boxes on the home page to use it without signing up

if you want to save your preferences though, we _do_ need you to sign up, so that we can save who you follow, etc. to a database.

e.g. here is a direct link to the top headlines: https://sprinklz.io/demo/headlineNews

glad you're feeling this way too!

It should be: Demos: (no login required) Some may think it redundant. Not me.
I added more info to the about section explaining signup.

I also want to make the 'Demos' text better, but I'm still working out exactly what it should say. Unfortunately if I remove '(click a box below)', people don't know they can click on it lol.

I'm thinking maybe "Try It Live (click a box below)" or maybe "Demos (click a box to try it first)", but idk its hard to get it right without adding visual noise. I agree though, and want to make it better.