Readup

Readup

The internet is destroying our ability to read.

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Readup is a social reading platform - the best way to find, read, and share articles and stories online. It's powered by a global community of readers and free-thinkers who vote with their attention. Articles are ranked by number of completed reads, instead of likes or upvotes. And there are absolutely no ads or distractions anywhere.
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Readup

Readup

A social platform that incentivizes deep, focused reading
Readup is the best way to find, read, and share articles and stories online. It's powered by a global community of readers who vote with their attention. Articles are ranked by read completion (versus upvotes) and nobody can comment on stuff they haven't read.
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Launch tags:iOS•Browser Extensions•Chrome Extensions
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Edison Espinosa
LOVE THIS product, been using it for a year easily and I loveeee it.Congrats Bill and Jeff!!
Bill Loundy
Readup
Maker
Thanks so much, Edison! Stay close. These next few months should be really exciting. And we obviously want our earliest users (like you!) to remain engaged.
Jake Tran
Why I can't escape the reading mode by clicking the extension again, instead of reloading the site again?
Jeff Camera
Readup
Maker
@jake_tran Entering reader mode involves mutating the DOM in an irreversible way so the only way to escape is to reload the page. We had discussed putting an "Exit" button somewhere but all it would do is refresh the page and we thought it might be confusing to have a button like that which only duplicated the functionality of the browser's refresh button.
Jake Tran
@reallyjeff I personally think putting an exit button wouldn't do anything harm either. Since once I'm in the interface, I kinda expect to have an escape route somewhere
Bill Loundy
Readup
Maker
@reallyjeff @jake_tran Makes sense! Thanks for the feedback.
Alexa Rohn
LOVE Readup. It's my #1 place for an online community, these are definitely my people. Thoughtful conversation, interesting reads, it's the best.
Bill Loundy
Readup
Maker
PlugKing
I like the idea and love to explore. Yet the iOS app takes some minutes to be opened, and then I try to tap Sign in with Twitter but it doesn't respond.
Jeff Camera
Readup
Maker
@plugkingteam Hey, sorry to hear this and thanks for reporting the problem! Can you try to force quit the app and re-open it and let me know if it still doesn't work? The UI for the iOS app is just a WebView that is loaded over the internet. It sounds like maybe there was a server error or connection issue that caused the page to take a long time to load and the Javascript to never run.
PlugKing
@reallyjeff Still got the same problem on iOS. Tried to Create Account, using Chrome, but it takes forever to load...
Adrian Wang (辣醬の食記)
@plugkingteam @reallyjeff I love this idea,but I found some problems in my sign up process(web), when I click get start, I can't use apple or twitter to sign up, and it doesn't respond, I can't type in , except the username.
Madhu Ganesh
Downloaded this after hearing the Product Hunt podcast episode and so far, I’m a fan! It is incentivizing helpful behavior and introducing me to perspectives outside my ordinary channels. I’ve only been using the app for a few weeks, but my main ask would be better tool tips and guidance. For example, it’s not clear how someone can become a scout. I would love to add articles into the mix. And theme or topic based reading lists would be really helpful, along with the ability to underline/highlight areas. So far, Readup does a great job helping people read with more attention, how can we give people tools to read with a critical lens as well? Keep it up!
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