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Stories from several sources

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The cited summary is for Pro and Research.

When two or more feeds you follow report the same news, Readsira can show one story card in Feeds instead of several near-identical posts. The story page lists what each source says and who reported first. On Pro and Research it also writes a neutral summary in which every sentence is cited, and shows where the sources disagree.

Stories are built only from feeds you follow. Readsira groups posts of the same language, from different feeds, published close together.

Open a story​

  1. Open Feeds. A story shows as one card that says how many sources it has.
  2. Select the card. On a computer the story opens in the pane next to the list. On a phone, or from a link, it opens as its own page. Back to feeds returns to the list.
  3. Read the parts of the story page:
    • What each source says lists the sources and what each one says. Each opens in full.
    • Who reported first names the source that reported first and how long before the next one. It is based on the publication times in your feeds.
    • The summary (Neutral summary · written from the sources below, each sentence cited) is written from the sources, and each sentence is cited.
    • Where they disagree appears only when the sources' own claims differ.

When new sources join after the summary was written, the page says so and offers Update summary.

Plans and your AI allowance​

  • On Free, the story shows its sources and who reported first. The summary shows Cited story summaries are in Pro.
  • On Pro and Research, the summary is written when you first open the story and kept for the next reader. A summary someone already wrote is free; a new one uses your monthly AI summaries allowance. When it is used up the page says Your AI summaries for this month are used up and still lists the sources. See Plan limits.
  • If the summary cannot be written, the page says The summary could not be written. The sources are listed and nothing is guessed. Select Try again to try again.

A story page that does not exist for you says This story is not in your feeds. A story shows only when two or more feeds you follow cover the same news.

Turn stories off or on​

  1. In Feeds, select View above the list.
  2. Switch Group stories from several sources on or off. When it is off, every post shows on its own.
  3. Switch Mark all sources read with the story to choose whether opening a story marks its posts read in each feed.

Both options are on by default.

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