Reclaim the Conversation
Akin helps publishers bring reader engagement back onto their own
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Why it matters
The Conversation Has Left the Page and went to the Socials
As publishers, you’ve invested in great journalism. But the most meaningful discussions now happen off-platform, scattered across social media platforms and channels.
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Akin brings dialogue back into the article itself, where it belongs, giving you control over the conversation. This increases engagement, dwell time, advertising opportunities, and community.
What Akin Offers
An innovative Engagement side-bar Designed for Publishers
Akin is a lightweight, embeddable plugin that transforms your articles into interactive engagement spaces. Built with editorial integrity and flexibility in mind, it lets readers comment, highlight, and respond directly within the content, without disrupting the reading experience.
Key Features
→ Line-by-line commenting and highlighting
Lets readers engage with specific context
→ Threaded Commenting
Starts contextual conversations, not a shouting contest
→ Engagement Sidebar
A persistent, optional layer for embedded interactions
→ Publisher-First Design
Lightweight, seamless, modular, and privacy-respecting
Coming Soon
→ Engagement Analytics
See which sections drive attention, interest, or confusion
→ Moderation Tools
Maintain brand-safe conversation and community standards, assisted by AI
→ Monetization
Monetization through first-party data, advertising and membership options
Akin Is Part of a New Wave
Just as platforms like Substack reimagined newsletters, Akin reimagines commentary and conversation whilst placing the publisher back in control. It's an engagement infrastructure that gives you the control back.
Who We're Looking For
Pilot Partners for the Next Stage of Publishing
Akin is currently working with a number of select group of forward-thinking publishers to pilot the platform. We're looking for teams who want to experiment with new modes of engagement that can make your community and business thrive.
Whether you publish longform features or niche editorial content, Akin adapts to your voice and your goals.
Join the Beta
Help Shape the Future of Reader Engagement
We're building Akin in close collaboration with our pilot partners. If you're ready to try a new approach to reader interaction, one that aligns respects your editorial standards and your readers' intelligence, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply for beta