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[Feed 2.0] Continue reading card is redundant and should be removed
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The continue reading card duplicates the first item of the because you read card, which seems to always be available. We should just nix the continue reading card.

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Event Timeline

Hi @Dbrant, I strongly recommend keeping this card.

The function of the 'Continue reading' card is primarily when a user exits the app when in the middle of reading an article and doesn't return to the app for a few days; upon opening the app the Continue reading card appears at the top of the feed as a prompt to continue where they left off (ideally going directly to the point in the article when they last left it). This is useful especially as we are presenting the Feed as the default screen and moving away from having a article-centric app.

It seems the article in the Continue reading card vs the Because you read card being the same is likely caused by the logic being applied to when Continue reading is shown (in iOS I believe it is after 2 days without returning to app) and when an article is placed as 'Because you read' (in iOS after article is open for 30secs). Suggest we review the logic applied in Android and tweak it rather than removing the card.

Another suggestion is to change the order of cards so that the Continue reading is not always appearing above 'Because you read', but ideally is only shown at the top of the feed as per above trigger after 2 days of not opening the app after in midst of reading; where it would appear either over the 'Featured article of the day' which is usually be the first item on the iOS feed, or in Android's case, the Today tile.

Changes have been made instead to reduce prevalence of Continue reading such as T173101 and T146647, as well as allowing the users an overall option to customize cards shown in their feed.