Artifact, the social news app founded a year ago by Instagram’s co-founders, is shutting down..

I thought Artifact sounded intriguing and kept meaning to try it but I never got around to it. As it is, I see far more interesting links than I will ever have a chance to read. I have zero interest in an app that will show me more.

Apparently, many people felt the same way.

John Gruber says the reading experience on Artifact was not great.