I, for one, will not be downloading an app to read a story posted as topical content on this forum.
You all might. And that's fine. But I'm not. It's dumb shit...
About that app that OP's peddling, btw...
''It curates news from more than 3,000 trusted sources—including global media brands such as USA TODAY, Reuters, NBC News, BBC, HuffPost, Vice News, Business Insider and TechCrunch...''
To weed out “fake news,” SmartNews analyzes a variety of proprietary signals beyond potentially false signals like likes and clicks, and examines if the user read the entire article to completion, whether the user shared it without reading, or if the publisher has a good performance history.
Then it uses machine learning to apply political balancing algorithms to ensure multiple viewpoints are expressed on important topics. Finally, it applies algorithms for diversification, which helps break the filter bubble by exposing “hidden” content that you might not normally see in your usual social network.
The award-winning news discovery app, SmartNews, just crossed 10 million monthly active users (in the U.S. and Japan), fuelled by a 200% year-over-year
whatsnewinpublishing.com