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Hey everyone. I'm Bill, CEO of Readup and Jeff's co-founder. FYI: We applied to YC and we're still waiting to hear back. They asked to provide a revenue update a few weeks ago. We …

Excellent post, Jeff! Hello, hackers!

Smart comments. I don't think you're being picky. I'm kinda shocked that this is the only thread about reading because that's what I think is wrong with the web: It's not good for …

As long as it doesn't feel like I'm over-posting (We'll see! And I'll write about that too!) I'll probably post to (1) Twitter (2) Facebook and (3) LinkedIn. I was def looking forw…

Omg the telegraph website is incredible. But what kind of new user experience is that? No About page or anything? What a stunt! write.as looks awesome. I also might use snap.as for…

I'm just realizing that Medium might not be the right spot for me to post these daily updates. It's nothing like it was before I disappeared a few years ago. When I went to hit pub…

Hiya folks. Bill here, CEO/co-founder of Readup. My co-founder and I are both going to be hanging around here all day today and we'd love to answer your questions and hear your fee…

I knew nothing about Krugman before reading this piece, which I enjoyed, but in general I'd rather hear perspectives from people who are in the action, rather than just studying th…

This comment fascinates me. I hope you don't mind a very candid reply: You already know exactly what you need to do. You need to get away from the screen that you're looking at rig…

No, it's good. It stands alone as a piece of literature. Atlas Shrugged doesn't - it's skippable. The Fountainhead is about work, art and passion. It's also just a much better stor…

I've been wanting to read this.

The Overstory PS Does anybody use Goodreads anymore?

That first sentence took me a little while to wrap my head around and I don't think it's true or logical. In other words, even if it was true, I don't see why it matters. I'm build…

Great post! I love this: "a social reading platform built around the central tenet that reading an article to completion should be an essential prerequisite for sharing, commenting…

I'm Bill, Jeff's co-founder. That recent New Yorker article about HN also appeared on Readup: https://readup.com/comments/the-new-yorker/the-lonely-work-o... Readup is still small.…

Well said! The New Yorker is indeed pretty solid, but it's funny that that's the standard because - as you say - it's still not quite as good as most "reader modes." The margins co…

Hey folks - My co-founder and I have been working on this thing for over two years and we're just starting to get some traction. We applied to YC S2019 and we'd love your thoughts/…

Three cheers to this! I think you'd love what my best friend and I have been building for the last two years. It's like Hacker News except no commenting on articles you haven't rea…

Where did you hear that YC S2019 applications are due on April 12, 2019 (IST)? This information might confuse people. YC apps were already due.

Did you read the article? No judgment if you didn't - just genuinely curious. Over the course of the last decade (I got a flip phone in high school, smartphone in college, facebook…

>> The internet and "tech giants" have given us the ability to put our thoughts out to a global audience, stay in touch with friends and family around the globe (for free). Take an…