[jemka]

>Isn't this the same as bookmarking?

>No, because when you bookmark you have to remember to go back to your list of bookmarks to re-read the article

I have a folder on my bookmark bar titled "Articles". When I don't have time to read an interesting article I see, I add it to that folder. When I'm bored and can't find anything to read, I open that folder.

I'd argue that most people's pain point isn't lack of remembering they have articles saved to read.

[landakram]

It looks like the point of this web app is to encourage you to re-read articles, rather than read them for the first time.

[bmelton]

Actually, that's exactly the problem that I have.

I don't have a habit of checking in on my Pocket account, so I often end up Pocketing things that I want to read later, forgetting about them altogether, and then finding them weeks after they're no longer relevant or useful.

[jt2190]

  > I often end up Pocketing things that I want to read later, 
  > forgetting about them altogether, and then finding them 
  > weeks after they're no longer relevant or useful.

Interesting. I seem to recall that the Getting Things Done time-management technique uses this very approach to help weed out unnecessary work (reading). The idea is that if the article is safely bookmarked, there's no longer any worry that we might loose track of something important yet (as you experienced) most of what gets bookmarked can be safely discarded without reading at all, saving time. So in the GTD context this "bug" is a "feature".

[Killswitch]

I've got a "Other Bookmarks" folder on my Chrome Bookmarks bar that backs up what you're saying.

I always add things there to read later, and then I forget, and then I spend my time cleaning it out of crap that's no longer useful or relevant.