Guide: Trapit: Discover The News That Matters To You
Call it information overload or our hunger to grab news when and where it happens, it’s true that tons of apps are riding the gravy of information. Whether they contribute to that overload or help us deal with it is up for debate. What is true is that they make discovering news and interesting content fun. Trapit (beta) is a well-designed, free to use web application that you can add to your list if you want your online news to be delivered instantly up front side. Trapit says we don’t have an unlimited attention span or the time to scour the web for interesting news. Hence, it uses an automatic algorithm that provides us with the news on our favorite topics for easy use. Trapit is essentially a content aggregator and news management tool. There are quite a few around. Even Google News gives you customization options to fine-tune the news you love to read. So, what makes Trapit so different from the rest? With all apps of this kind, it ultimately comes down to the actuality of the news, the sources that the news management engine taps into, and the user-friendliness of the app. Let’s see how Trapit does it:
Kick the news
Trapit uses almost 50,000 news sources. Trapit then searches the web on your behalf, 24/7, organizing the best, most relevant content into individual topic-based “traps” for easy consumption. Traps can be based on current affairs or trending topics, personal interests or projects, companies or people, teams, cities, events and more.
Trapit prioritizes the news for you and also uses ‘intelligence’ to gradually learn what kind of news you like. Ultimately, you will receive news that is ‘personalized’ to your preferences and tastes.
Setting the ‘trap’
After signing up with Twitter, Facebook or email, Trapit will guide you through the first few steps of setup up the ‘traps’. Featured Traps are arranged in categories. Pick them and choose the one you like. Add them to My Traps (your own set). All featured Traps you selected will go to your page. You immediately see the activity feed that brings in the news, even if you’re looking for new news sources.
You can create your own traps by providing Trapit keywords, keyword combinations or links to specific websites. When you are satisfied with the results, you can save it as a ‘trap’. You can always go back and edit it. Create categories for your traps by selecting the plus button next to “all your traps” and give your category a name.
You can arrange individual news items by Most Recent or Most Relevant. You don’t have to read them all … you can even save them to read later.
You will find all your traps neatly bundled under My Traps. As you begin reading, reviewing, and sharing articles, Trapit begins to learn your preferences and ‘personalizes’ its information-gathering mechanism to reflect your preferences. You will see the effect in the orange bar that changes to reflect your level of personalization on the site. As it learns more, Trapit will fetch more content tailored to your reading taste.
Head over to the Trapit blog to discover interesting content, such as the Trap of The Day. It is a beta application but one with a lot of promise. I’ve been trying it out for the past few days as it brings in the right kind of content so far with a few misses here and there. But I’m sure if it learns more, it will only get better. Try out Trapit and spread the word if you like it.
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