Interesting! I’m trying to parse the differences between Known and Word Press (we have a Word Press installation at our Uni, and I use that for course sites; I also have some Word Press sites on Reclaim Hosting). In some ways it looks like it’s doing similar things to Word Press (customized types of posts, various plugins, customizable themes, open source, etc.). Much of what they talk about people can already do through having a Word Press site (their own installation, or one on a university; not WordPress.com, which doesn’t have as much functionality).

One difference is the integration with the LMS–publishing directly to that. I don’t use an LMS, though, except for students submitting assignments and me giving the marked assignments back; the LMS makes it easy for just me to see their assignments and just them to see their marked assignments. Not so simple on Word Press. I can’t tell if Known will do that sort of thing.

Another difference is publishing directly to social media from the site, which, so far as I know, one can’t do on Word Press.

I may have missed other differences!