https://mastodon.online/@ArchaeoBasti/113590632558711383 ArchaeoBasti@mastodon.online - I have an idea for an academic #Goodreads
Instead of finishing X books by the end of the year, I want to be rewarded for buying X books by the end of the year and ignoring them on my shelf...
Like Goodreads, StoryGraph (available for iPhone, Android, and web) is a service for book recommendations and tracking reading habits. The basic idea is you add the books you’ve read, give them ratings, and StoryGraph can use the information to build recommendations.
There’s a lot more to it than that, though. When you finish a book, you’re greeted with a sort of mini questionnaire. It asks about the book’s mood, pace, plot, characters, etc. You don’t have to fill this out, but StoryGraph uses it to understand better the types of books you like. It’s much more than a simple star rating.
StoryGraph also provides detailed analytics on your reading habits, displayed in—you guessed it—graphs. It breaks down your reading by genre, pacing, length, mood, and more. This data-driven approach can give you insights into your reading patterns and help you make more informed choices about what to read next.
StoryGraph allows you to import your Goodreads data, so you don’t have to start from scratch. Whether you can export easily from StoryGraph one day to a different service, is another story.
Also of note is the decentralised Fediverse alternative called BookWyrm, which I’ve featured before.
See howtogeek.com/storygraph-is-go…
#Blog, #alternativeto, #GoodReads, #reading, #StoryGraph, #technology
The Verge
The buzziest new thing in social networking is a big deal. It’s also very confusing. And it’s not actually new. (...)
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So what is the fediverse?
It’s an interconnected social platform ecosystem based on an open protocol called ActivityPub, which allows you to port your content, data, and follower graph between networks.
What?
Ugh, I know. Let me try again.
The fediverse is as if you took X, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook and made them all interoperable so you could post anything from anywhere, and all your followers would be guaranteed to see it. And if you wanted to leave one platform for another, you could bring all your content, all your followers, all your everything with you. (...)
But all of this stuff only works if there is a standard, and I’d bet $10 that ActivityPub is going to be that standard. It’s the one that’s overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium, it’s the one with the most momentum, it’s the one Threads is supposedly going to support — it’s just kind of clearly winning. (...)
So why would I leave Instagram and Facebook?
That’s the big question. Do you like Instagram and Facebook?
I mean, sure. It’s where all my friends are.
That is the single biggest problem for the fediverse. A lot of folks I’ve talked to say that, basically, if we’d built social media like this 20 years ago, the world would be better and smarter and we’d all be richer and better-looking. (Or something.) But we didn’t. We built it on a bunch of closed platforms that turned out to be really sticky, really lucrative for the companies that made them, and frankly kind of user-hostile. But it’s really, really hard to convince people to stop hanging out where their friends are and go join something new just because it’s better. That transition will take a long time, if it ever happens. (...)
Tags: #fediverse #social_media #activitypub #x #Twitter #tiktok #snapchat #instagram #facebook #youtube #algoritm #interoperability #mastodon #hubzilla #diaspora* #Bluesky #threads #AT_Protocol #Farcaster #Nostr #Reddit #Pixelfed #Lemmy #PeerTube #Friendica #BookWyrm #Goodreads #Misskey #Flipboard #Medium #hubzilla
A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and other websites to their alternative privacy friendly frontends.
Great project names to find: Urban Dictionary → Rural Dictionary
YouTube → Invidious, Piped, Piped-Material, PokeTube, CloudTube, Tubo, FreeTube, Yattee, FreeTube PWA
YouTube Music → Beatbump, Hyperpipe
Twitter → Nitter
Bluesky → skyview
Reddit → Libreddit, Teddit
Tumblr → Priviblur
Twitch → SafeTwitch, Twineo
TikTok → ProxiTok
Instagram → Proxigram
IMDb → LibreMDb
Bilibili → MikuInvidious
Pixiv → PixivFE
Fandom → BreezeWiki
Imgur → Rimgo
Pinterest → Binternet
Soundcloud → Tubo
Bandcamp → Tent
Tekstowo → TekstoLibre
Genius → Dumb
Medium → Scribe, LibMedium
Quora → Quetre
Github → Gothub
Gitlab → Laboratory
Stack Overflow → AnonymousOverflow
Reuters → Neuters
Snopes → Suds
Urban Dictionary → Rural Dictionary
Goodreads → BiblioReads
Wolfram Alpha → WolfreeAlpha
Instructables → Indestructables, Destructables
Wikipedia → Wikiless
Wayback Machine → Wayback Classic
Search → SearXNG, SearX, Whoogle, LibreX, 4get
Translate → SimplyTranslate, Mozhi, LibreTranslate
Google Maps → OpenStreetMap
Meet → Jitsi
Send Files → Send
Paste Text → PrivateBin
#libredirect #youtube #invidious #piped #poketube #cloudtube #tubo #freetube #yattee #beatbump #hyperpipe #twitter #nitter #bluesky #skyview #reddit #teddit #libreddit #tumblr #priviblur #twitch #safetwitch #twineo #tiktok #proxytok #instagram #proxigram #imdb #libremdb #bilibili #mikuInvidious #pixiv #pixivfe #fandom #breezewiki #imgur #rimgo #pinterest #binternet #soundcloud #tubo #bandcamp #tent #tekstowo #tekstolibre #genius #dumb #medium #scribe #libmedium #quora #ouetre #github #gothub #gitlab #laboratory #stackoverflow #anonymousoverflow #reuters #neuters #snopes #suds #urbandictionary #ruraldictionary #goodreads #biblioReads #wolframalpha #wolfreealpha #instructables #indestructables #destructables #wikipedia #wikiless #waybackmachine #waybackclassic #search #searxng #searx #whoogle #librex #4get #translate #simplytranslate #mozhi #libretranslate #googlemaps #openstreetmap #meet #jitsi #sendfiles #send #pastetext #privatebin
But here’s what does rankle me: #garbage books getting uploaded to Amazon where my name is credited as the #author, …
source: https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/
#chatgpt #AI #technology #piracy #fail #future #book #internet #businessmodel #economy #scam #news #problem #JaneFriedman
GoodReads 2021 Reading Stats
Pity the stats come though mid-December, as I’m just finishing my last book before 31st December… That is 28 books done though, at an average page length of 300 pages. I make a point of reading for at least 30 minutes each night before going to sleep.
#reading #books #goodreads
#Blog, #books, #GoodReads, #Reading
There are already loads of Goodreads alternatives out there. They're all doing different things, which means you now have 'choice'! Good to also see Bookwyrm (open source federated application) is also listed.
These are all services with a website access, so app only ones are not included.
#technology #reading #alternativeto #goodreads #books
There are already loads of Goodreads alternatives out there. They're all doing different things, which means you now have 'choice'!
https://gadgeteer.co.za/more-complete-list-alternatives-goodreads
While my #rss feed reader is down, I still get some reads from #email
One of these is #redecentralize , talking about the #decentralization of the web. Here is the web page for this month:
https://redecentralize.org/redigest/2020/04
Interesting things about #ipfs , decentralized #goodreads thinking... Just good stuff for us all to be thinking about. Maybe chat about it here, or comment on the decentralized #blogosphere !!
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