What is Wrizzit?
A bit about this wonderful new site.
A New Writing Site
In this day and age, where new things aren’t always really new, it’s no surprise to see another writing platform. The difference here is, it really is brand spanking new. I’m honestly not going to try and convince you to join since I’m quite biased by my newfound toy, but hopefully after you read this article, you’ll be convinced enough by what it has to offer.
What is Wrizzit?
“Wrizzit–for everything, down to the scribbles.” I’ll admit, it’s a catchy slogan, and I’m at that age where ads and slogans typically make me groan. Especially those latest Super Bowl ads; what a joke, right?
As I’m writing this, it will be my fourth day on the site. I was truly impressed with how feature rich it was at the start, and even more impressed with how quickly more features have been arriving. It’s been daily, and ‘Feature Request’ is literally a direct message to one of the two creators who is a lovely and very dedicated person and actually engages with users and likes their scribbles.
What is a Scribble?
If you’re from Substack, you’ll know it as a note. If you’re from Medium, it’s like a tweet, or whatever they call it on X now. I’m not on there anymore. However, I feel like it’s an important feature, and like all the other features on Wrizzit, it has been functioning seamlessly.
Scribbles have been fun, and even though I know the numbers are quite skewed, I’ve actually been getting engagement as opposed to on Substack. They also have a thousand word limit because, like a picture, ideas and thoughts are worth a thousand words.
I have yet to see gif and video support, but I imagine that will be on its way soon.
Long Form Posts
Of course, there is a feature to post articles, blogs, and stories, and as a fiction writer, I’m very happy to see serial functionality, giving you the ability to connect chapters and allow your readers easy navigation. Something I’ve longed to have on Medium and Substack.
The form has all the features you expect and copy and paste actually works like you expect. The only thing I found to be different was how links work. You have to place the cursor where you want it, then click the link button and fill in the link text and address. Since I’m having to use my phone right now, I like that I don’t have to highlight the text first. Literally the most frustrating thing to do on a phone.
Another nice feature is. that you don’t have to post your post as a scribble. The form itself gives you three options for its style of display and automatically posts it as a scribble when you’re done. One less thing to do when you’re done writing your post. It’s the little things, right?
Unique Features
Like I said before, this site is feature rich from the start, and that also includes a few unique ones like rizz.
What is Rizz?
Rizz is a score that keeps track of likes and dislikes on your posts and scribbles, and yes, there is a dislike function that I think I heard a rumor about being removed, but I could be wrong. Even bad publicity is being seen.
What are Badges?
Arguably the most unique feature, badges are a way for you to show why you like someone, for instance, if they’re actually funny, there’s a badge for that. The badges only last 24 hours, but while they’re active, you can choose which one is displayed next to your name. I think they’re temporary to keep people more engaged with others beyond just liking scribbles and posts, plus it forces you to go to their profile to apply it.
What is The Digest?
This is an interesting feature that has three parts, all focused on getting writers to collaborate with one another.
Magazines
Like real magazines, a topic is chosen and writers request to join and submit to the magazine. The creator then goes through the submissions and chooses which ones get put into the issue. It lets you set a deadline for the submissions along with when the issue is to be released.
Events
These are essentially identical to magazines except that they only occur once.
Open Prompts
This works like magazines with reoccurring issues, but instead of a topic, the creator chooses a prompt, for instance, the one I created is, “What if?” The first issue’s prompt is: What if men carry the babies? Writers request to join and submit their works according to your guidelines, and like with magazines, you choose the deadlines.
Other Reasons to Join
Beyond your personal reasons for wanting to join a new writing platform, these might just be the most convincing.
You are getting in at the very beginning and will receive the ‘Founder’ badge as a result.
Like the meme mentioned, the username you’ve always wanted is probably still here.
It’s a clean slate, and with low member numbers, it shouldn’t be hard to develop or be a part of a strong community that shares interests.
The learning curve is low right now, and it should be easy for you to transition.
There is a way to connect to Stripe.
It has Dark Mode!
The app is on the way!
Summary
All in all, this site has a lot of potential, and a lot of potential for you to succeed being in on it early. I, for one, am doing my best to get it right this time after so many flops.
Like me, I think you’ll be impressed with how much it has to offer right off the bat, and new features are showing up everyday.
The creators are very dedicated like, I can attribute to seeing them on there when they should probably be sleeping. Parents of newborns don’t get much sleep, and it’s no different there.
I’ve only found one bug, and after reporting it and hearing back the same day, it got fixed by the next day. Impressive, no?
Furthermore, the few hundred (I’m guessing) that have joined have been very positive, no doubt looking for a safer space than Substack, and if you’re joining from there, the only big differences are, there’s only followers and so far no group chat.
Lastly, what are you waiting for? The chance to be a part of a social medium at the beginning doesn’t come every day. Oh, and don’t forget to follow me. I’ll totally follow back! [[|;-)
Footnote for the Wrizzlers
Thank you for reading if you did, but the main reason for posting it here is for you all to go and share it on Substack and Medium. Here are the links:
Oh, and if you want to read a more definitive article about Wrizzit, go read @tori's: Wrizzit for Dummies
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