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24 alternatives to Poems + Writings BANNED From Genius

A collection of content banned on Genius.com, by Mahbod

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Poems + Writings BANNED From Genius launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Poems + Writings BANNED from Genius.com▲3

   Writings from Genius's banned co-founder

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BANNED▲202

   Interviews with immigrants in Silicon Valley by Helena Price

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TrapCrunch▲126

   "Someone Made A TechCrunch Parody Site And It’s Hilarious"

   2014 · hobokencityfc.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Verses▲93

   A place to write and share poems

   2016 · verses.site · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Poet in Chief▲85

   A tool to auto-convert Trump's tweets into crappy poems

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Sidenotes▲118

   Medium & Rap Genius-like in-line commenting by Livefyre

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Musixmatch▲71

   The world's largest lyrics catalog

   2013 · musixmatch.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Endless▲132

   Random and amazing Wikipedia articles.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Me.me▲189

   Search dank and funny memes

   2017 · me.me · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Fever Reader▲73

    A Feed Reader with A Brain

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Recently Rejected▲81

    Curated graveyard for rejected design work

    2015 · recentlyrejected.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Genius Fact Tracks▲111

    Get the facts behind the tracks! Genius + Spotify = 💃

    2016 · genius.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Poetica▲91

    Intuitive feedback in Gmail, Wordpress and more

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Genius 2.0▲139

    (Rap) Genius completely redesigned, now on Android

    2015 · genius.com · its alternatives →

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    Damn Daniel Soundboard▲88

    Instant access to Damn Daniel sounds and phrases

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Rhymer's Block▲109

    In-line rhyming dictionary for hip hop & poetry lyrics

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    WriteRoom▲67

    Distraction Free Writing

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    poetweet▲102

    Automagically turn your tweets into poetry

    2015 · poetweet.com.br · its alternatives →

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    Rap Pad▲80

    Anyone can write rap lyrics.

    2014 · rappad.co · its alternatives →

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    Disqus Channels▲92

    Sub-reddits for Disqus

    2015 · disqus.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Perhect▲59

    the artistic online word processor

    2014 · wordperhect.net · its alternatives →

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    Unindexed ▲104

    Websites that self-destruct after Google indexes 'em

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Genius▲56

    Annotate the world

    2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

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    Baratun.de▲70

    The best tech essays as podcasts

    2015 · baratunde.com · its alternatives →

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