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24 alternatives to Reading the Comments

Likers, haters, and manipulators at the bottom of the web

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Reading the Comments launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Nicely Said▲78

   Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Antibait▲88

   Protects you from clickbaits

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3TW
   Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments▲65

   2017 · txtpen.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ExplainToMe▲182

   Automatic web article summarizer

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5RS
   Reddit’s favorite learning books, from 3.5B comments▲69

   2017 · redditfavorites.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Mental Notes▲127

   Bring a little psychology to Web design

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Buch▲71

   A Telegram book reader bot

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8CI
   CommentBox.io – a responsible alternative to Disqus▲64

   2018 · commentbox.io · its alternatives →

9. 9CC
   Collapse Comments on Hacker News▲93

   2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11IM
    Infinite Monkeys – Pooling the Wisdom of Hacker News Comments▲93

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13CA
    Comntr – a widget that adds comments to your page▲84

    2019 · comntr.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Criticue▲82

    Your web projects. Peer reviewed.

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15TV
    Traverse, visually intuitive web commenting/discussion▲9

    2013 · 74.207.237.99 · its alternatives →

16. 16WF
    Words for Chrome – Smarter, safer web comments▲23

    2014 · words4chrome.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AN
    A new way to consume the social web▲67

    2011 · tawlk.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hi▲62

    A real-time writing community.

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19CF
    Comments for Medium.com▲5

    2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AR
    A Readme-driven blog▲6

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21HR
    HN Recommended – a curated list of HN commenters' opinions▲7

    2020 · hnrecommended.com · its alternatives →

22. 22JA
    JustComments – a comment system for websites▲10

    2018 · just-comments.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    DebView▲5

    Sane and constructive debates on teh web

    2019 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Stickrs▲5

    Don't follow authors instead follow CONTENT.

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →