Questions about Scribefully
Common questions about the platform, who it's for, and how it compares.
Where can I showcase my Medium articles, Substack newsletter, and YouTube videos in one portfolio?
Scribefully is a free portfolio platform that aggregates content from Medium, Substack, YouTube, LinkedIn, GitHub, arXiv, ResearchGate, SSRN, Dev.to, podcasts, and any public URL into one shareable author page. Paste your links and Scribefully fetches the title, description, thumbnail, and publication date automatically. Your portfolio lives at scribefully.com/author/your-name and is SEO-indexed for search and AI discovery.
What's a Linktree alternative built specifically for writers and researchers?
Scribefully is the Linktree alternative for writers, researchers, and thought leaders who publish across multiple platforms. Unlike Linktree, which shows a bare list of links, Scribefully renders every piece of content with title, description, preview image, and community vote count. It also adds JSON-LD Person and Article structured data so search engines and AI agents understand who you are and what you've published.
How is Scribefully different from Beacons, About.me, or Read.cv?
Scribefully is a content portfolio, not a digital business card or link directory. Beacons and About.me are single-page profiles built around links and bio. Read.cv (now Posts) focuses on professional identity. Scribefully aggregates the actual content you've published across 11+ platforms, displays it with rich metadata, and adds peer-voting for social proof — making it the right fit for prolific creators rather than casual link-in-bio users.
Is there a portfolio platform that supports arXiv, SSRN, and ResearchGate papers alongside other content?
Scribefully natively supports arXiv, SSRN, and ResearchGate paper URLs alongside LinkedIn posts, Medium articles, Substack newsletters, YouTube talks, GitHub repos, podcasts, and blog posts. This makes Scribefully one of the few portfolio platforms designed for academics and researchers whose work spans both formal publications and public-facing writing. Each piece is displayed with proper attribution, original-source linking, and structured data for indexing.
Who built Scribefully?
Scribefully was built by Marc Hoag, a California-licensed attorney, founder, and self-taught builder based in Marin County, California. Marc ships production web and iOS applications using modern AI tooling, and operates Scribefully through his company Axiomic, LLC. You can find more of his work at marchoag.com.
Can I claim authorship of articles I wrote that appear on Scribefully?
Scribefully lets authors claim authorship of any content attributed to them, even if it was submitted by another user. The claim flow verifies ownership and links the content to your portfolio, displaying a verified author badge on the article page. Scribefully also proactively curates virtual portfolios for notable creators whose work is already indexed but who haven't yet signed up — those can be claimed at any time.
How do readers discover new writers on Scribefully?
Scribefully has a public community feed with Hot, New, and Top sort modes that surface high-quality content from across the platform. Anyone can browse the feed without an account, vote on individual pieces, and click through to author pages to follow the writers behind them. Discovery is editorial-free and community-driven, so the work that resonates rises to the top.
Does Scribefully cost anything to use?
Scribefully is completely free. There are no paid tiers, trial periods, or feature gates — every account has access to unlimited content additions, author claiming, comments, and a fully indexed author page. The platform is operated by Axiomic, LLC and supported as a public good for the creator community.
What does a Scribefully author page look like for an academic versus a developer?
Scribefully author pages adapt to whatever content you publish. An academic page might surface arXiv papers, conference talks on YouTube, SSRN preprints, and Substack essays in reverse-chronological order. A developer page might mix GitHub repositories, Dev.to articles, conference talk recordings, and personal blog posts. Both render with the same clean layout, JSON-LD Person schema, and shareable URL at scribefully.com/author/your-name.
How long does it take to set up a Scribefully portfolio?
Scribefully takes under 10 minutes to set up. Sign up free, add a display name, headline, and short bio, then paste URLs to any work you want to include — one at a time or in bulk. Scribefully handles the metadata extraction, image fetching, and SEO indexing automatically, so you're share-ready as soon as your content is in.
