Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
by n4r9 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:08AM
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The best part of Goodreads for me is the communities. You can join a group with monthly book reads, and participate in their forums. Do you have any plans to do something similar?
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Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
by vasanthk1125 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:22AM
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Sure, we do. I'm planning to have reddit-like forums for each book over 500 ratings at the bottom of the page like IMDB used to do. Also, I'm considering forums for genres like romance, fantasy.
Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
by n4r9 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:17PM
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Forums per book is a good start, but I find that the groups are a bigger draw in Goodreads. They have a more personal touch and allow you to discuss broader topics and get recommendations from accounts you know and trust. For example I'm in a group called "Evolution of science fiction" and have learnt a lot from joining in their monthly novel / short story reads.
Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
by vasanthk1125 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:47PM
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Do users create and moderate the group themselves? It seems like a subreddit, but for book related topics?
Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
by n4r9 on Monday March 03, 2025 @02:12AM
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Yep, each group has one or more moderators. Like Reddit I guess but no up/downvotes. There's some automated moderation as well - it doesn't let you post links (which is mad) and I read that at one point there was a censoring of mentions of Storygraph.