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Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by dymk on Monday February 28, 2022 @04:30PM (#30505392)
A sign-up wall for a site which should be able to show me public book reviews and recommendations is a non-starter for me (and probably 99% of users clicking the link). I really don't need another social media platform, I would like a book discovery system though.
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Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by drusepth on Monday February 28, 2022 @08:24PM (#30507924)
I don't think reviews or recommendations are the goal of the site, as there is currently no way to add reviews or ratings, nor does the site provide any reviews or recommendations of its own. It's literally "just" a social network to talk about books on.
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Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by criddell on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @08:23AM (#30513788)
Most of the confusion would go away if they had read-only access for anonymous users. I suspect they chose to not do this because there just isn't much there yet.
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Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by chiefalchemist on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:16PM (#30506545)
Yes, something(s) as a 100% "free sample" just makes sense, especially if traction is a goal.
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