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Starting in about 2011, Storify<\/a> <\/span>dominated the niche of tools to harvest, collect, and organize social media and related content into meaningful collections or \u201cstories.\u201d But by early 2018, when\u00a0<\/span>Storify announced it would be closing, the market was wide open for a replacement and Wakelet<\/a> <\/span>came to the forefront. My colleague,\u00a0emerging technologies librarian\u00a0Patricia Anderson (who co-authored this post),<\/strong> and I were both big Storify users. But we’ve since moved, quite happily, to Wakelet. Below is a table with a quick overview of the tool’s pros and cons. You can take a deep dive and read all the details in our full Wakelet review<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n iOS: 17 updates in past year.<\/span><\/p>\n New feature alerts via <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>collection<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n Have a cool app, tool, or tech tip you’d like to share?\u00a0\u00a0Contact Chase Masters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i>Please note that Tech Tips are personal recommendations and might not be officially endorsed or supported by U-M.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n <\/td>\n Pros<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n Cons<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Access<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Runs properly on modern computers\/browsers<\/span><\/td>\n Possible problems accessing shared content on older computers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Accessibility<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n No known problems via <\/span>AChecker<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n Drag and drop, infinite scroll, and issues for users with sight and fine motor control limitations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Browser extension<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Save and organize links to articles, videos, tweets, & more. <\/span>Available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/td>\n Links to extensions are difficult to locate, as they are in a collection and not a page on their website.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Collaboration<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Paid, commercial accounts may create group registered users<\/span><\/td>\n Only available for paid accounts and very limited information on these accounts is available<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Content<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Supported<\/span><\/a>: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Soundcloud, Google Maps, Spotify, Amazon, Slideshare, Meetup, Tumblr, YouTube, Behance, Flickr, Medium, & Dribble<\/span><\/td>\n Some content must be manually added via URL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Display controls<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Customizable banner and background images supported by <\/span>Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n \u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mobile<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n App available for <\/span>iOS<\/span><\/a> & <\/span>Android<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n \u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Reordering<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Drag and drop individual items or move to top\/bottom<\/span><\/td>\n Cannot auto-sort after adding content<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Saving<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Auto-saves drafts and can save privately before publishing<\/span><\/td>\n \u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Search<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Available<\/span><\/td>\n No advanced search: can only search by keyword<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Social media<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Very present, active, & responsive<\/span><\/td>\n \u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Update cycle<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Rapid\u2013<\/span><\/p>\n \u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n URLs<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n Unique URLs for each collection and profile<\/span><\/td>\n No descriptive URLs for collections<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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