How does Refind detect «timeless» pieces?

We focus on pieces with long shelf-lives—not news. We determine «timelessness» via a number of metrics, for example, the consumption pattern of links over time.

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Q: How does Refind curate?

It&rsquo;s a mix of human and algorithmic curation, following a number of steps:<ol><li>We monitor 10k+ sources and 1k+ thought leaders on hundreds of topics&mdash;publications, blogs, news sites, newsletters, Substack, Medium, Twitter, etc.</li><li>In addition, our users save links from around the web using our Save buttons and our extensions.</li><li>Our algorithm processes 100k+ new links every day and uses external signals to find the most relevant ones, focusing on timeless pieces.</li><li>Our community of active users gets the most relevant links every day, tailored to their interests. They provide feedback via implicit and explicit signals: open, read, listen, share, mark as read, read later, &laquo;More/less like this&raquo;, etc.</li><li>Our algorithm uses these internal signals to refine the selection.</li><li>In addition, we have expert curators who manually curate niche topics.</li></ol>The result: lists of the best and most useful articles on hundreds of topics.

Q: How does Refind detect &laquo;timeless&raquo; pieces?

We focus on pieces with long shelf-lives&mdash;not news. We determine &laquo;timelessness&raquo; via a number of metrics, for example, the consumption pattern of links over time.

Q: How many sources does Refind monitor?

We monitor 10k+ content sources on hundreds of topics&mdash;publications, blogs, news sites, newsletters, Substack, Medium, Twitter, etc.

Q: How can I report a problem?

When you&rsquo;re logged-in, you can flag any link via the &laquo;More&raquo; (...) menu. You can also report problems via email to hello@refind.com

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John Cutler on Business Ideas

TMB 5/52: Powerful Ideas > Perfect Measures

1 min

2022-02-03

Powerful ideas, imperfectly measured, are more useful than perfect measures for not-so-powerful ideas. Example: The goal of your business is to transform how other companies do business. "That happens…

John Cutler on Product Management

TBM 17/52: Decision Making vs. Decision Understanding

6 min

From 2021

Big thanks to @ChrisSpalton for the review and drawings! Two anglers wade in a river. One-hundred meters from each other. They complete each other's thoughts. I cast here. You cast there. I move here.…

«Decision drift is when you decide something, but then your commitment drifts. Your team feels they are going back to the drawing board often»

TBM 55/52: Making a Model (Step-by-Step)

5 min

2022-12-22

A quick work update—I'm leaving Amplitude after a fantastic run. What an amazing team and professional (and personal) adventure. I wrote a brief reflection here (on LinkedIn). As TBM readers, you've…

«To get warmed up, I start brainstorming inputs and outputs—first from the input to output direction and then from the output to input direction. »

John Cutler on Software Engineering

TBM 212: A Problem vs. The Problem

2 min

Apr 9th

Unexpected time to write today… (I wrote a post about Product-Reality Fit yesterday). Have you ever been in a discussion about the definition of a problem and found the whole conversation going in…

TBM 214: From Assumption to Next Step

1 min

Apr 17th

I used to do a lot of assumption mapping and elicitation exercises. One of the significant challenges was what to do with all of the discomfort and anxiety-inducing assumptions. Teams understood the…

What is Refind?

Every day Refind picks the most relevant links from around the web for you. is one of more than 10k sources we monitor.

How does Refind curate?

It’s a mix of human and algorithmic curation, following a number of steps:

We monitor 10k+ sources and 1k+ thought leaders on hundreds of topics—publications, blogs, news sites, newsletters, Substack, Medium, Twitter, etc.
In addition, our users save links from around the web using our Save buttons and our extensions.
Our algorithm processes 100k+ new links every day and uses external signals to find the most relevant ones, focusing on timeless pieces.
Our community of active users gets the most relevant links every day, tailored to their interests. They provide feedback via implicit and explicit signals: open, read, listen, share, mark as read, read later, «More/less like this», etc.
Our algorithm uses these internal signals to refine the selection.
In addition, we have expert curators who manually curate niche topics.

The result: lists of the best and most useful articles on hundreds of topics.

How does Refind detect «timeless» pieces?

We focus on pieces with long shelf-lives—not news. We determine «timelessness» via a number of metrics, for example, the consumption pattern of links over time.

How many sources does Refind monitor?

We monitor 10k+ content sources on hundreds of topics—publications, blogs, news sites, newsletters, Substack, Medium, Twitter, etc.

Can I submit a link?

Indirectly, by using Refind and saving links from outside (e.g., via our extensions).

How can I report a problem?

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