Findings / UX-018
Cards do not show reading time or format
OpenMediumGapnewsroom.sgit.ai
What we saw
The median article is about 4,500 words and 25 of 66 are over 5,000, yet no card shows reading time or whether it is a field report, explainer, analysis or desk note.
Why it matters
A reader with three minutes cannot tell a note from a 40-minute analysis before opening it.
The fix
Reading time and a format label on every card, derived at build.
The record
| Status | Open |
| Severity | Medium |
| Kind | Gap: something the reader needs is not there |
| Product | newsroom.sgit.ai, site |
| Where | https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/ |
| Problems | Missing signal |
| Visibility | Subtle: felt more than seen: it costs attention or trust, but is not noticed as a bug |
| Recommendation | Show it up front: put the signal the reader decides by (length, author, short version, real numbers) where they look first |
| Area | Findability |
| Breaks | Say how long, and what kind, before the reader commits |
| Observed | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| Last checked | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| Source | Review: findability |
| Prototype | Findability, route cards, in three directions |
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