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Hello

No algorithms, no feed: just stories that branch, and you choose the path.

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What you'll read

Each story builds on the one before it.

  1. Story 01 · Step 1 of 1Read ✓HelloWelcome to Swift Axis1 min read

Side trips you can take later

Optional reading when you want to wander off the main path.

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Hello

Welcome to Swift Axis

Threads.

Really a simple idea that makes this platform unique. No algorithms pushing you into the next post - no doing what's best for advertisers, or self-promoting content that is cheaper to make.

This platform allows the writer, not a machine, to decide where you can go next. Every story ends with up to three choices, and each one is a link the writer picked by hand: carry on down the path, go deeper, or take a side road into another topic. No feed, no "recommended for you", no endless scroll.

Each topic is a map. You start at the beginning and choose your own way through it, and the map shows where you've been, what you haven't explored yet and what's still coming soon. Reach the end of a path and you've found an ending.

You don't need an account to read, and your reading progress stays in your own browser. The site carries ads, and our own analytics are anonymous and only for us, to see how the site is used.

So pick a topic, start at the top, and see where the threads take you.

More of this path is coming soon

Next on this path: Why use SwiftAxis? (coming soon).

More of this path is coming soon