Findings / UX-027
Articles join the reader's list without being asked
OpenMediumFailurenewsroom.sgit.ai
What we saw
Opening an article adds it to the reader's reading list automatically.
Why it matters
The list stops meaning "what I chose to keep" and becomes a history the reader did not ask for.
The fix
Make "Keep" a tap.
The record
| Status | Open |
| Severity | Medium |
| Kind | Failure: works against the reader |
| Product | newsroom.sgit.ai, site |
| Where | https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/ |
| Problems | Unconsented state |
| Visibility | Subtle: felt more than seen: it costs attention or trust, but is not noticed as a bug |
| Recommendation | Ask first: make keeping, adding or following a tap the reader makes |
| Area | Feedback |
| Breaks | Ask before keeping |
| Observed | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| Last checked | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| Source | Review: article page and feedback |
| Prototype | Article & reader primitives, route feedback, in three directions |