<story><title>Longform.org is shutting down its article recommendations service</title><url>https://longform.org/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>probably_wrong</author><text>I am sorry to see them go, but more for the principle than for the site itself.&lt;p&gt;I gave up on the site when I realized that I was spending more time scrolling for something interesting than actually reading articles. Even now, out of their top 10 &amp;quot;best of 2021&amp;quot; I find only 3 of those even remotely interesting, and IMHO one of them is garbage (I read it when it came out).&lt;p&gt;The type of articles I like the most are those when someone takes a ridiculous amount of time to explain something mundane. The Guardian&amp;#x27;s article on what will happen when the Queen dies [1] is my go-to example of long form journalism done right. longform.org articles always felt more like &amp;quot;here&amp;#x27;s a sad story about some global issue&amp;quot;, which is not the type of article I want to read during my commute.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;uk-news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;mar&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;uk-news&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;mar&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;what-happens...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Longform.org is shutting down its article recommendations service</title><url>https://longform.org/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>vr46</author><text>The Browser rules, though.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thebrowser.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thebrowser.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>