I have been thinking about an idea of an app like tik tok and Instagram but instead of just another social media app, this one will be a news app for credible information. Its intended for people who don't have time to buy news papers or sit to watch news that only airs at a certain times of the day, but would like to keep up with current affairs as they happen.
In the app, members get to check boxes of the kind of news the want on their news feed e.g politics, sports, business news...e.t.c, then the algorithm further fine tunes this to precision, based on how much time you spend when reading certain articles and how quickly you scroll past other articles to know what you like more and what kind of news you dislike. You will also have the option of following major media companies and even chose get notified whenever they post something, e.g breaking news.
So, you get to know things through you mobile phone as they happen even before others get to watch them kwa news at night after work
To prevent misinformation and spreading of unverified rumors, only verified accounts of media houses will be allowed to post. E.g citizen, ntv, Al-Jazeera, cnn, BBC e.tc, since they are credible sources. however, members of the app will be allowed to participate in comment sections with likes, dislikes and comments and even tag each other there.
I am yet to figure out how the app can be monetized without boring the members with unnecessary adds.