BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's GoodReads, letting you review books, share reading lists, discover new books and interact with other readers. You can follow at:
➡️ @bookwyrm
The website is at https://joinbookwyrm.com
There are lists of instances to join at https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances and https://fedidb.org/software/bookwyrm
You can follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc, for example @mouse
#BookWyrm #Fediverse #Books #Book #Reading #Literature #ActivityPub #GoodReads #Alternatives
@FediFollows @liwott I would love that, to also be able to look up what my mutuals think about TV Series X before I get too invested, or bevor I overlook a hidden gem.
@FediFollows GOODREADS IS BY AMAZON!?!?!?!?!?!!??
Yup, Amazon bought Goodreads in 2013 😞
Goodreads don't mention Amazon at all on their "about us" page, but the privacy page does admit it:
https://www.goodreads.com/about/privacy
"Goodreads LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”). The information we collect is subject to the Amazon Privacy Notice"
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Very interesting! Been looking for something like that.
How many users do they have so far? What accounts does it work with (Google? Twitter?)?
No no, it doesn't work with Google or Twitter, it is its own thing. The idea is to provide an alternative to all those "big tech" sites!
To use a BookWyrm site, you sign up on that site and log in.
But because BookWyrm is part of the Fediverse, millions of users on Mastodon etc can interact with your BookWyrm account.
For example, you can interact with the BookWyrm account @mouse from the Mastodon account you're posting from right now.
Or conment in peertube without subscribe in other instances
My english is bad withouT translate
@jtr @bookwyrm @mouse
That barcode scanning function is fabulous (a bit finicky but still it is so useful).
