links for 2011-09-22

The community here at AVC has been a testing ground for a new feature that Disqus will be rolling out throughout its network shortly. They call it Disqus Ranks. Anyone who has been in the AVC comments in the past two or three months has seen pieces of the Ranks service coming together.

Whether they will act as news curator/organizer or tools to take action, there are several tech startups that could prove very useful for busy writers. These newly created companies vary in their phases of development from “app coming to Android & iPhone soon” to “currently a beta site,” but, with improved functionality and good word of mouth, they could just become the Foursquares of the future.