Brian LavelleDec 30

Hey everyone! 👋 I’m looking for recommendations for an open source alternative to Letterboxd, to try and track more of my film watching. I’ve been pretty lax on Letterboxd for the last 3 years 😬

I’d ideally just like something to keep track of what I’ve watched, when, and to record a brief score/review, if appropriate. I suppose I could just keep track of something locally, but I’d prefer not to have to add all the film details and it might be good at some point to connect with like-minded film folk!

Thanks in advance for any tips.

#Recommendations #Letterboxd #FilmTracking #MovieTracking

Show threadJay 🆘
@brian @soundclamp @neodb NeoDB is a general federated media collecting thing — a bit rough around the edges but seems like it might have potential.
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Show threadBrian LavelleDec 30

@jsit @soundclamp @neodb

Thanks! I actually took a look at that one earlier. I created an account on the main instance and it then presented me with the rules I had to accept but in Chinese, and, well, my Chinese leans more to the non-existent side :) Maybe I should look for an instance based in Europe.

Show threadBrian LavelleDec 30

@jsit @soundclamp @neodb

Small update: I went onto another instance listed on the main site - eggplant.place - and found it much easier to find my way around. Currently importing my Letterboxd data and will see how that looks. I quite like the idea that one site can help me track my viewing and reading habits (and possibly others), too.

Show threadJay 🆘Dec 30
@brian @soundclamp Oh cool! I just moved from NeoDB to Eggplant: @jay
Show threadBrian LavelleDec 30

@jsit @soundclamp @jay

Cool! I’ve followed you there (I’m @[email protected]), and my Letterboxd import seems to have gone well. I now only have a three year gap in my viewings post-2022. Might just tell people I was on the moon for 36 months…

Show threadJay 🆘Dec 30
@brian Hm I'm just realizing now that the only difference with eggplant is that it's running the bleeding edge dev branch of NeoDB -- and I guess locally it happens to have more English-speaking users? I might just stay on NeoDB.social... @[email protected]
Show threadBrian LavelleDec 30

@jsit @[email protected]

Yeah, I think that’s right. The About page says “Eggplant.place features English as [the] main language for the catalog” - it just made it seem a bit easier to follow for me. It looks like NeoDB.social has Chinese as its principal language.

Show threadklu9Dec 31

@brian @jsit @[email protected]

I believe https://reviewdb.app/ is the main English-dominant #NeoDB instance.

I started out on flagship neodb.social, but moved to eggplant.place when I asked the dev about importing the #Monsterdon list as .csv from Letterboxd: they added that ability straight away to eggplant, so I migrated there.

https://eggplant.place/collection/6ICD4rDFsYEIcTpY8UTpdk

My Chinese isn't very good, but often good enough that I can work out some of the transliteration, and thus edit Chinese back to Latin alphabet

ReviewDB

reviews about book, film, music, podcast and game.

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Show threadJay 🆘Dec 31

@klu9 @brian It looks like the admin of reviewdb.app doesn't even really use it that much? That doesn't give me a lot of confidence in the instance: https://reviewdb.app/users/Shlee/

I would love it if someone from laserdisc.party set up an instance or something.

Shlee - @Shlee

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Show threadklu9Dec 31

@jsit @brian

I wasn't aware of that.
Although now wondering if maybe they have an alt account?

#NeoDB

Show threadklu9Dec 31

@jsit @brian

Re language, I just looked at a US film on Eggplant.place, all of whose info was in Chinese (its sources were NeoDB & Douban). I looked up the film on IMDb, pasted the IMDb URL into Eggplant.place & now... the info's still mostly in Chinese 🤣 But at least the overview (synopsis) & info headings are now in English 😁

#NeoDB