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Jun 10, 2020

Offloading the job of card creation to the original content writer makes a lot of sense. Do you think there will be a hit to recall with this model? I know formulating the question also helps cement the memory (elaborating encoding)

Jun 10, 2020

Also, as an Android user, I plead you to build this in React Native, so its available for me 🙏🙂 Android is a big market, and RN is reliable tech at this point.

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Jun 10, 2020

Yes, I think there probably is a hit to recall, but our data with Quantum Country suggests that this model can work to a substantial degree anyway. As it happens, the UI is indeed built in React Native, and I do intend to publish on Android. :)

Woot, happy to hear on both accounts :) Also - product idea - how about having a Chrome extension that allows you to see decks created by anyone for the URL you’re on?

Think decoupling 1) original content creation, 2) deck creation based on the content could help this scale.

A dedicated deck creator person might do a better job formulating questions, and might provide an easier path for seeding the marketplace than onboarding website publishers themselves (ofc the publisher can also be a deck creator)

Content consumption likely follows a power law, can 80/20 what most people are reading by directing deck creators to most popular sites

There could potentially be a problem with low-quality cards if they can be created by anyone.

But there are ways to fix this: having manual editorial process to start, maybe ranking a particular pages’ decks based on the reputation of the deck creator (based on engagement with or upvotes/downvotes on their other decks)

Andy Matuschak

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