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Bookwyrm - A Goodreads alternative that is part of the fediverse (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ok i get most of the feddiverse but whats the point of replacing goodreads. Or to ask it another way othercthencstopping by for bool reviews what is the point

[-] mozzarellamommy@waveform.social 8 points 1 year ago

The point of the fediverse in a broad sense is decentralisation. By having bookwyrm as an alternative everything isn't linked to goodreads. If they ever decide to make it paid only or the company goes down, all that stuff is gone. On the fediverse the posts would be split and hosted across multiple independent communities. This make it more robust Imo