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A '''<dfn>social reader</dfn>''' is a modern interactive [[reader]] that allows you to directly respond to posts (with a [[like]], [[comment]], etc) right there inline with posts as you read them (as people do in [[social media]]), in contrast to legacy [[feed reader]]s which were one-way read-only experiences and provided no mechanisms to interact with or respond to posts.

== Why ==
* Watch the [[2020/Austin/social-readers|Social Readers]] keynote by {{aaronpk}}
** {{videoduration|link=https://archive.org/details/iwc-austin-2020-social-readers|duration=10:51}}

== Introduction ==
Social readers provide the interactivity everyone now expects from [[social media]], yet built with the open standards [[Microsub]] and [[Micropub]]!
* 📃 Read {{aaronpk}}'s '''[https://aaronparecki.com/2018/04/20/46/indieweb-reader-my-new-home-on-the-internet An IndieWeb reader: My new home on the internet]''' for an introduction
* 🆕 Sign-into [[Aperture]] (https://aperture.p3k.io/) and try one of these social readers!

=== IndiePass ===
[[IndiePass|<img src="https://indieweb.org/images/2/2a/indigenous-0.3-reader.png" style="max-width:25%;float:left" alt="iOS Indigenous screenshot." /><img src="https://realize.be/indigenous-screenshots/indigenous_channel_list.jpg" style="max-width:25%;float:left"><div style="clear:left">&nbsp;</div>]]

{{eddiehinkle.com}} and {{realize.be}} are working on [[IndiePass]], which is a set of native iOS, Android and desktop reader apps. It is based on [[Microsub]] and [[Micropub]]. It allows a user to login using IndieAuth, and if a [[Microsub]] endpoint is found on the user's primary identity site, a reader interface is shown when the app is opened. It includes the following features:
* See a list of channels
* Preview all posts in a channel, with the option to send a [[reply]] via [[Micropub]] or view the original post at the permalink.

=== Monocle ===
[[Monocle|<img src="https://indieweb.org/images/5/53/monocle-timeline-view.png" style="max-width:59%;float:left;margin-right:1%" alt="Monocle desktop screenshot of timeline view." /><img src="https://indieweb.org/images/thumb/d/d2/monocle-mobile-view.png/440px-monocle-mobile-view.png" style="max-width:19%;float:left;margin-right:1%"><img src="https://indieweb.org/images/thumb/8/8e/monocle-mobile-stream.png/440px-monocle-mobile-stream.png" style="max-width:19%;float:left"><div style="clear:left">&nbsp;</div>]]
[[Monocle]] is a web-based reader (desktop and mobile, see above) that is a generic [[Microsub]] client and can be used with any [[Microsub]] server, written by {{aaronpk}}.

=== Together Project ===
{{grantcodes}} and {{cleverdevil}} are working on the [[Together]] project, which is an open source reader based upon [[Microsub]] and [[Micropub]]. Together attempts to provide an integrated experience that "brings your IndieWeb experience together," including:
* Preview and subscribe to websites, arranging them into "channels."
* Create interactions including Like, Repost, and Reply, publishing those interactions to your website via [[Micropub]].
* Different layouts to view posts as a timeline, gallery, map or classic 2 pane reader.

Here are a few screenshots of Together as of November 20th, 2018:
[[File:together-timeline-view-2018-11-20.png|370px|thumb|left|Reading posts in a channel]]
[[File:together-map-2018-11-20.png|370px|thumb|right|Viewing checkins on a map]]
[[File:together-gallery-view-2018-11-20.png|370px|thumb|left|Photo gallery view]]
[[File:together-classic-view-2018-11-20.png|370px|thumb|right|Classic view]]
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== How to ==
=== Get Started Reading ===
How to get started with a Social Reader:
# Sign in to https://aperture.p3k.io/login with your domain
#* after you sign in you will see a link tag displayed on your dashboard
# Add the <link> tag it generates for you to your web page
#* e.g. <code><nowiki><link rel="microsub" href="https://aperture.p3k.io/microsub/000"></nowiki></code>
# sign in to an IndieWeb reader! 
#* https://monocle.p3k.io/ (web, mobile)
#* https://alltogethernow.io/ (web, mobile)
#* [[Indigenous]] (iOS, Android)

== Sessions ==
During the past two years there have been several sessions on Social Readers, please add them!
* ...
* [[2020/Austin/social-readers|2020 Austin: Social Readers]] keynote by {{aaronpk}}
* ...

== Brainstorming ==
=== Ideas for solving information overload ===
Information overload was a common problem of classic read-only [[feed readers]]. People kept subscribing to feeds, then felt increasingly burdended with keeping up or "unbolding" all their feeds, a similar problem of typical [[email]] or [[usenet]] readers.

Ideas for solving:
* [https://snarfed.org/2013-05-31_fighting-information-overload-and-beyond Fighting information overload, and beyond]
* ...

=== Increase focus like Quill chat ===
The UI of [[Quill.chat]] has a lot of interesting features for attempting to increase focus, that social readers could likely benefit from (see screenshots inside): https://web.archive.org/web/20211207151441/https://quill.chat/

== Server specific social readers ==
Server service and software specific social readers (that work with a particular service or with a particular software’s proprietary posting API, but without standard posting API like [[Micropub]] support)
* 2023-01-05 [[Feedbin]] now supports [https://feedbin.com/blog/2023/01/05/mastodon-and-microposts/ posting straight to Mastodon].

== Articles and posts about ==
* 2024-01-10: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240408004943/https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/curation-is-the-last-best-hope-of-intelligent-discourse Curation is the last best hope of intelligent discourse.]

== See Also ==
* [[reader]]
* [[feed reader]]
* Wikipedia seems to have a different, older, narrower definition of "Social Reader": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Reader