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24 alternatives to A new way to consume the social web
Tawlk is a social web platform launched in 2011 that offers a new approach to consuming social content. It allows users to browse and interact with social media in a different way than traditional platforms. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A new way to consume the social web launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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YourStack▲1,251A new community for sharing the products you use and ❤️
2020 · yourstack.com · its alternatives →
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I previously did a Show HN late Dec 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25470672 That was a great experience and in the past year I continued to develop the site to bring it to a level of stability and maturity that I felt necessary for it to have a chance to succeed. Sqwok is all about answering the question: Can we have better open conversations on the internet? I wasn’t satisfied with the existing means of discussing topics such as culture, history, politics, and technology through threaded comments, and was simultaneously impressed with Slack bringing the IRC…
2022 · sqwok.im · its alternatives →
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Social Fetch▲273Scraper API for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X & more.
Apr 2026 · socialfetch.dev · its alternatives →
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BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.
2022 · bookstackapp.com · its alternatives →
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Chatmunk▲286Experience topics & events in real-time channels for Twitter
2016 · bj8839.com · its alternatives →
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Bubbl Widget▲443Social media for just you and your close circle
2024 · getbubbl.app · its alternatives →
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Craft the perfect update for every social platform in one go
2017 · buffer.com · its alternatives →
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Twik▲3Social Media platform with data analysis and geo filtering.
2017 · twik.no · its alternatives →
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I made what I believe is a joyful slow social media. Would love to know what you think!
2023 · bloom.tendtoyourgarden.xyz · its alternatives →
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Start conversations on your site. Keep them going on social.
2018 · buffer.com · its alternatives →
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WT:Social▲156A news focused social network from the founder of Wikipedia
2019 · wt.social · its alternatives →
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Supercharge your Email, Twitter, and Web with ChatGPT
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Vispeek▲70Short-sized video-based intellectual discussion platform
2024 · vispeek.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, WikTok is a UI for Wikipedia that lets you quickly swipe (or use your arrow keys) to navigate between random and recommended articles (based on the previous articles you interacted most with). It's just a fun project I hacked together this weekend, so may be a little rough around the edges, but I'd love to get your thoughts. Let me know if you have any suggestions (or find any interesting articles!) Cheers,
2023 · wiktok.org · its alternatives →
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detalks▲73Debate website where intellectuals meet
2023 · detalks.pythonanywhere.com · its alternatives →
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SocialKit▲92Hi HN, I’ve been working on a side project called SocialKit, a simple API for scraping structured data from public social media posts (YouTube, Shorts, more coming soon). It's designed for dev, no-code users, and marketers who want to extract things like summaries, transcripts, details, and more from YouTube. I sold two previous side projects (LectureKit and CaptureKit), and this is my latest attempt at building something useful and focused. I would love to get any feedback :) Happy to answer any questions, and thanks for checking it out! Jonathan
Oct 2025 · socialkit.dev · its alternatives →
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