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zinklog Jul 19, 2023

Bookwyrm - A Goodreads alternative that is part of the fediverse

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/1242562

Bookwyrm - A Goodreads alternative that is part of the fediverse - FMHY

Goodreads is perhaps the best example of enshittification imo. It’s only good now as a way to track your reading lists. I tried bookwyrm today and it feels quite polished already, like giving you a guided tour of it’s features. Hopefully it takes off as well similar to mastodon and lemmy.

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4cheese Jul 19, 2023

I’ve only ever used Goodreads to track books I’ve read. What was good about it in the past?

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FaceDeer

Once upon a time it held a lot promise for book recommendations. You wouldn't simply look for books that had high star ratings, you'd be shown books that other people who had the same profile of likes/dislikes had enjoyed. They had all the data necessary to build an awesome recommendation engine.