If you are like me, you often feel that you are on information overload.
Each day there are certain topics that we will follow throughout the course of a day, or even a week. For example, the recent disappearance and mystery surrounding Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi , a story that has all the ingredients for a good Netflix series: intrigue, international espionage, superpowers in the crossfire, and, of course, a gruesome murder. I have been following this story from all angles: news and daily updates, commentary, analysis, and the White House remarks about the case. At some point, I have felt that I was getting too much information, but I found myself often returning to headlines I had already read.
That is why I am interested in this new Financial Times tool, Knowledge Builder, aimed to help readers track amount of information they read about a topic, and suggest other articles for them to read. This, I think, will be greatly appreciated by news hungry subscribers like me.
Read all about it here:
A highlight:
The tool also “gamifies” news consumption by allowing readers to earn points as they read articles on various topics, which flow into a “progress bar” that shows them how much they’ve learned on a given topic.
I will keep an eye on how the FT new tool works for subscribers. I believe that it will be a great way for subscribers to track their news reading experience.
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