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Products that do what Readup, a social reading platform. Like HN but you must read to comment does

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   Readup▲118

   A social platform that incentivizes deep, focused reading

   2020

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   Readup▲80

   Track and improve your online reading habits.

   2019

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   Rocket Reads▲147

   A simpler alternative to Goodreads

   2015

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   A HN/Reddit-style site for scientific pre-prints and publications▲275

   2018 · upvote.pub

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   Glose▲241

   A next-generation social reading platform for ebooks

   2014

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   Readsure – Pass a quiz that shows you read an article before commenting▲104

   2016 · github.com

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   Readwise Reader, an all-in-one reading app▲326

   Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…

   2022 · readwise.io

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   Glose for Mobile▲255

   A social reader for ebooks, now on Android

   2015

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   Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads▲273

   2020 · mapfilterfold.com

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    Readder▲152

    A Reddit client with advanced features

    2017

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    Readr▲109

    A free reader that answers your questions and reads aloud

    4d ago · readr-ai.github.io

12. 12AB
    A better way to read blogs▲103

    Hey HN, maker here. It was a serious 4-6 months of effort to build this. I have never poured as much love, attention and detail into a project before. So I really appreciate you having a looksie! The homepage has a fresh list of articles every hour and is open to all. Still, I recommend signing up so you can add stuff to your reading list and follow blogs. My initial plan was to monetize this with subtle ads, but that didn't work out as the traffic to the site isn't nearly enough for that. That said, I have a fair bit invested in this and I need your help figuring out a way to make this…

    2023 · boredreading.com

13. 13AH
    A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

    2016 · florian.github.io

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    Stack 2.0▲145

    The social network of reading - powered by AI

    2017

15. 15PA
    Pageturner – a community for building a reading habit▲82

    2021 · joinpageturner.com

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    Goodreads 3.0 for iOS▲107

    Drastic redesign of popular social network for book lovers

    2014

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    ParrotRead▲89

    Book recommendations from people you follow on Twitter.

    2015

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    Readonomy▲81

    Shared reading list and bookmarks for teams.

    2014

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    Something Good▲151

    A realtime reading list powered by your Twitter stream

    2015

20. 20AS
    A social network to share articles you've read▲7

    2023 · boredreading.com

21. 21RA
    ReadHNLater – A HN PWA with a “Read It Later” Feature▲39

    2018 · github.com

22. 22SF
    StumbleUpon for books▲37

    2013 · stumblary.com

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    Comit for Reddit▲89

    A better way to browse reddit.

    2016

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    Folio▲93

    A read-later app sending a typeset digest to your e-reader

    10d ago · myfolio.so

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