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24 alternatives to Social Authoring

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

1. 1
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   redditmade▲164

   Crowdfunding projects backed by Reddit community

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SmartHires.io▲148

   A candidate referral network between startups

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Blnkk▲202

   An online community for crowdsourcing your startup needs

   2015 · blnkk.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Draft▲149

   GitHub for writing

   2013 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Paid▲124

   An API for invoicing

   2015 · paidapi.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hi▲62

   A real-time writing community.

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Draft▲56

   GitHub for Writing

   2013 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   LinkedIn Publishing▲198

   A brand new, sleek and intuitive editor

   2016 · linkedin.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Typewrite▲103

    Real-time collaborative writing

    2014 · typewrite.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Crew▲136

    Marketplace of dev/design talent where talent picks work.

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HubPress▲124

    A web application to build your blog on GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    WeWrite▲90

    Crowdsourced Storytelling

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    NextTurn▲85

    GitHub meets social networking

    2025 · nextturn.dev · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Crowdflower▲68

    Enterprise crowdsourcing for micro-tasks

    2014 · crowdflower.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hello Tech Pros: How To Recruit Software Developers Who Code Like Artists▲54

    AB Periasamy on team culture and open source

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    CodeBunk▲75

    Online Interviewing of Developers Done Right

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Open Book Challenge▲38

    Get $100K to build a better Facebook.

    2018 · openbookchallenge.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Twibble.io▲97

    A Better Blog-to-Twitter Automation Service

    2014 · twibble.io · its alternatives →

22. 22SB
    Social Blogging on Top of the GitHub API▲17

    2015 · airpair.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    remoteworks.io▲105

    Yet another remote job aggregator.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    matchist▲73

    Get curated freelance web/mobile developers

    2015 · matchist.com · 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 →