Trace is a personalized feed that doesn’t fight for your attention.
It replaces checking Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News, and blogs with one intentional feed built around your interests and skill level.
I m curious how people here think about a calmer, signal-first feed in practice.
If you ve tried Trace already: What felt immediately useful? What felt missing or confusing? What would make it something you d actually open every day?
If you haven t tried it: What would you need to see before giving a feed like this a real shot? What would make you bounce?
I m early and still shaping this, so honest feedback (good or bad) is genuinely helpful.
Instead of asking people to check another app, Trace now sends a daily email with the most relevant things for their interests from across the web.
Same idea as the feed: you tell it what you care about it adapts based on what you read or skip no trending-for-the-sake-of-it meant to be read in a few minutes, then closed
Every feed today claims to be better curated or more relevant. But most of them still measure success by how long you stay.
I ve caught myself opening Twitter or YouTube to check one specific thing, then resurfacing 30 45 minutes later,
wondering where the time went.
Curious how this plays out for others here. When you open a feed for a quick check, how long do you actually stay? And does it usually feel worth it after?
I'm not an expert in content algorithms, but I feel like if you read a certain type of content a few times, the algorithm assumes that is ALL you ever want to read, all of the time. This seems to have a compounding effect, which in my opinion is hard to break, unless you start over completely.
How well does it learn from your feedback over time?
Very well
Can you filter out noisy or clickbait sources easily?
Yes
Is there a cap on sources or followed topics?
I think the limit is 8, but I could only come up with 3 or 4 things I'm interested in. I think having too many topics will crowd your feed.
Thank you so much for writing such a thorough review Julio!!! And I totally agree to the point that there are quite a few ui bugs right now but I assure you that I am working on fixing them all one by one everyday and your feedback will help me improve trace a lot. Thanks again for trying.
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Thank you so much for writing such a thorough review Julio!!! And I totally agree to the point that there are quite a few ui bugs right now but I assure you that I am working on fixing them all one by one everyday and your feedback will help me improve trace a lot. Thanks again for trying.