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> Sora, personal publishing platform

> So we started to build an app that can showcase our content, without having to pick a platform.

So… you built a platform in order to not have to pick a platform? I’m not sure I understand.

It’s also not clear to me from the landing page what Sora is, other than maybe yet another blog hosting service.

We're still focused on making the writing/reading experience better, but content portability is an important feature we're planning to ship in the coming months.

Naming is hard, you won't be tied to this "platform".

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> It’s also not clear to me from the landing page what Sora is, other than maybe yet another blog hosting service.

We're hoping to shape it into a more utilitarian service than anything else out there.

Okay, I still don’t understand what Sora actually is. That is, it’s not clear what type of product or service or software this is, and which problems of existing solutions exactly you’re addressing. It would be helpful to have a bunch of “it’s like x, but avoiding problem y by doing z”.

Take a look at the page! After that, it's been all clear for me.

I did. It’s not at all clear to me.

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