it would be great if there was a demo video. I'd love it see it in action, and in particular the major differentiators from other blogging platforms. My first question on reading it all is: can't we do all this with wordpress? I imagine we can't, but I'd love to see a video that shows me so.
> I'd love it see it in action, and in particular the major differentiators from other blogging platforms
That is actually a very reasonable idea. The summary in words, is that once you added your social accounts to Known, posting the same content would be a simple on-off flip from Known.
> can't we do all this with wordpress?
None of these features are in the WordPress core. There are plugins for WP (see https://indieweb.org/WordPress/Plugins for details) to add similar functionality, but Known is, so far, simpler to use.
I can't figure out what this is or what it does for me.
On your homepage you call it a "social learning platform." The title tag calls it "social publishing for groups and individuals." Further down you say, "you might call it a publishing platform." And Github calls it both a "social publishing platform" and a "social group platform."
Aside from a vague WYSIWYG box in a wireframe, the only thing that seems to tells me what it actually could be used for is the Unified Comments block. That sounds interesting but it isn't clear how it fits into the learning/groups/publishing focus.
I'm curious, how is this different from something like Google Sites? I mean, for a lot of universities, Google Apps for Education is already available. And to create a private community all you need is Google Groups and a Google Site.
Hey! Cofounder here. The GitHub link is what many of you will really want: https://github.com/idno/known
it would be great if there was a demo video. I'd love it see it in action, and in particular the major differentiators from other blogging platforms. My first question on reading it all is: can't we do all this with wordpress? I imagine we can't, but I'd love to see a video that shows me so.
> I'd love it see it in action, and in particular the major differentiators from other blogging platforms
That is actually a very reasonable idea. The summary in words, is that once you added your social accounts to Known, posting the same content would be a simple on-off flip from Known.
> can't we do all this with wordpress?
None of these features are in the WordPress core. There are plugins for WP (see https://indieweb.org/WordPress/Plugins for details) to add similar functionality, but Known is, so far, simpler to use.
I can't figure out what this is or what it does for me.
On your homepage you call it a "social learning platform." The title tag calls it "social publishing for groups and individuals." Further down you say, "you might call it a publishing platform." And Github calls it both a "social publishing platform" and a "social group platform."
Aside from a vague WYSIWYG box in a wireframe, the only thing that seems to tells me what it actually could be used for is the Unified Comments block. That sounds interesting but it isn't clear how it fits into the learning/groups/publishing focus.
I assume they're taking a shot at Blackboard Learn, which is both ubiquitous in education and absolutely terrible.
http://www.blackboard.com/learning-management-system/blackbo...
Agreed, it is not entirely clear what Known is without diving into the Getting Started docs.
I'm curious, how is this different from something like Google Sites? I mean, for a lot of universities, Google Apps for Education is already available. And to create a private community all you need is Google Groups and a Google Site.
"12 monthly payments of $192" and they could have had itisknown.com