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24 alternatives to CivikOwl (publisher rankings)

Elon Musk asked. We delivered.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CivikOwl (publisher rankings) launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Factual (Chrome extension)▲122

   Facts, not fear

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Elon Musk News▲87

   Expertly curated news & analysis about Elon Musk.

   2016 · elonmusknews.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Musk Level▲246

   Product Hunt for Elon Musk-level ideas

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Fake News Monitor▲72

   A trustworthiness score to rank websites

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Fake News: The Game▲123

   A game of facts & falsehoods

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Inside 2.0▲194

   Curating the best journalism in real-time

   2014 · inside.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Muckrack▲147

   Easily find & build relationships with journalists.

   2014 · muckrack.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Digiday - Vivian Schiller: Platform-dependence will lead to a publisher 'fallout'▲54

   Former NPR CEO and Head of Twitter News

   2015 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Quality News – Towards a fairer ranking algorithm for Hacker News▲140

   Hello HN! TLDR; - Quality News is a Hacker News client that provides additional data and insights on submissions, notably, the upvoteRate metric. - We propose that this metric could be used to improve the Hacker News ranking score. - In-depth explanation: https://github.com/social-protocols/news#readme The Hacker News ranking score is directly proportional to upvotes, which is a problem because it creates a feedback loop: higher rank leads to more upvotes leads to higher rank, and so on... → ↗ ↘ Higher Rank More Upvotes ↖ ↙ ← As a consequence, success on HN depends almost…

   2023 · news.social-protocols.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Known▲70

    A publishing platform for everyone (pre-launch)

    2014 · withknown.com · its alternatives →

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    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Guess The Twitter Source▲123

    TechCrunch, Hacker News, Onion or Product Hunt?

    2014 · guessthetwittersource.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Criticl ▲52

    Altruistic publishing platform & grassroots journalism app

    2014 · criticalthought.me · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Filter News▲152

    Filter Product Hunt, Hacker News and Designer News

    2014 · filterne.ws · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Without Permission▲147

    Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!

    2014 · withouttheirpermission.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Asymmetrical▲69

    A new kind of publishing company

    2014 · asymmetrical.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    curio.io▲70

    Writing worth listening to from top publications

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ChatNews▲75

    A 0% fake news social platform based on verified users

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Page00▲65

    Publishing platform for the new age

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Creatavist▲73

    Online & Mobile Publishing Redefined.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Jurnid▲69

    Freelance journalists as content providers (pre-launch)

    2014 · palladiumwhitesands.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Softcover▲76

    Frictionless self-publishing

    2014 · softcover.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Swarmize▲82

    Data journalism platform from The Guardian

    2014 · alpha.swarmize.com · its alternatives →

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    Triblio▲57

    Science for the art of content marketing.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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