Why has no one made a better Goodreads

Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by superkuh on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:33AM (#26835143)

As soon as someone does and it achieves network effect it will be bought by a mega-corp and we'll have to do this all again.

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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by wizzwizz4 on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:28PM (#26835928)

That's why https://bookwyrm.social/ is so interesting; as part of the Fediverse, this can't happen.

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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by pauljonas on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:44AM (#26835294)

So true.

And so sad.

And now excuse me while I dream of a world where gifted creators can build a flourishing web gathering space where it can thrive and grow and not be then harvested by the borg that encapsulates viewers as nothing but breathing credit card tokens.

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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by bagofbones on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:49AM (#26835389)

lol. my strong hunch - it will only be a mission-driven founder who will take this to it's righteous end.

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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by TOSSAWAY_1 on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:35AM (#26835179)

lol yeah. that does make me happy.

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