Pairagraph

Pairagraph

Clubhouse for the written word

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Pairagraph is a platform for written dialogue between notable individuals—politicians, CEOs, philosophers, technologists, religious leaders, and more. It's like Clubhouse, but for the written word.
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Sarrah
What do your users have to say about not having the ability to comment on these dialogues? I'm curious about whether it's a feature they seek or if they're happy to not have it. Also, I personally dislike that none of your contributors look like me (few women / no Black ppl)
Vas
@sarrah perhaps you should be the first one to contribute then? :)
Jonathan Stern
Maker
@sarrah Most of our users really like that we "outsource" comments to Twitter, Reddit, etc. Comment sections tend to be loud and noisy! Thanks also for pointing out that we have fewer women and black people on the site so far. We're committed to including as many people (and perspectives) as possible and recognize that this is one (of many!) areas in which we need to improve!
Jonathan Stern
Maker
👋 Hey Product Hunt! I’m Jonathan, co-founder of Pairagraph. Pairagraph is a platform for written dialogue between pairs of notable individuals. We love Twitter, but it can be annoying. It’s loud and noisy, it’s replete with echo chambers, and 280 characters is not enough to make a real argument. Pairagraph is our attempt to push back on these trends and build a proper town square for the digital age. In the short run we’ve decided to keep our community closed—only certain people are able to participate in dialogues. The idea here is not to exclude anyone but to establish a track record of *quality* discussion before opening it up. We think that if we start with quality and move gradually to quantity, we’ll have a better shot in the long run of preserving both. 🥳 We’re still fairly new but already have hosted 70+ dialogues, with contributors like Niall Ferguson, Balaji Srinivasan, Joe Lonsdale, Robert Shiller, Francis Fukuyama, Russ Roberts, and Om Malik. The format for our dialogues is: 4 entries, each <500 words, created by alternating authors. Along with adding more content, we’re focused now on three things: (1) Improving retention and expanding reach (2) Polishing the site’s design/UI. Neither Carter (my co-founder) nor I are expert designers, we’ve done almost all of it ourselves, recognize that it needs help, and are working every day to add polish and professionalism (3) Eventually turning enough of a profit to make Pairagraph sustainable 😃 That’s our grand vision, but ultimately we’re just two friends from college working on a project that we think matters. What do you think? P.S. We have a newsletter! You can sign up here 🎉 https://bit.ly/3bI8max
Vas
?makers congrats on the launch! It has a vibe of modern day IRC, which is good.
Jonathan Stern
Maker
@vasgo Thanks Vas!