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IvoryPen

Invite-only · free to read

The social network where writing comes first.

IvoryPen gives every invited writer a member profile, a home for their stories and a feed readers can follow. Reading, following and responding need no account at all.

Start reading How it works
  • Profiles for writers
  • Follow anyone by RSS
  • Responses read by people
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How IvoryPen feels

Familiar like a social app. Quiet like a good book.

Profiles, following and threads, rebuilt around reading instead of scrolling.

01Profiles

A member page that reads like a home page

Every writer has a profile with a cover, a portrait, a bio and a pinned introduction, followed by every story they have published.

  • Tabs for posts, categories and about
  • A Follow button that is a real RSS feed
  • No follower counts, ever

02Responses

Stories as cards, conversations as threads

Under every story sits a thread of responses. Anyone can write one with a name; a person reads it before it appears.

  • No account, no email address
  • The writer’s replies are marked as the author’s
  • Spam never reaches the page

03Highlights

The best lines stand out

Pull quotes are set as highlights in the reading view, so a reader skimming back through a story finds what mattered most.

  • A calm serif column built for long reads
  • A contents list on longer stories
  • Full Vietnamese and accented text support

For readers and writers

Everything social, nothing noisy

See all features

  • Follow by RSS

    Each writer’s Follow button is a feed you can add to any reader. The whole network has one too.

  • Topics across writers

    Writers keep their own categories; topics connect stories on the same subject from different people.

  • A reading view that rests

    One column, generous type, cover images and a contents list. Nothing blinks or autoplays.

  • No trackers, no ads

    Readers get no cookies and no analytics. There is nothing to opt out of.

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A network built on reading

Small by design, open to every reader

  1. 1

    Writers are invited

    Each one gets a profile and a space for their stories, organised in categories they choose.

  2. 2

    Readers follow freely

    No account, no paywall. Follow a writer with RSS, or browse by topic.

  3. 3

    Conversations stay kind

    Responses are reviewed before they are published, so threads stay worth reading.

Follow writers, not algorithms. Read a story from the first line to the last, and find its writer again tomorrow.

The idea behind IvoryPen

Writers join by invitation

Have something worth writing?

Tell us what you would publish on IvoryPen. Every request is read by a person.

Request an invitation Read the journal
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