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Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bought it. (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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📚 Time to switch to BookWyrm

EDIT: Fairly incredible that this article should appear on WaPo, which is owned by amazon.

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[–] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using StoryGraph since it came around and really enjoy it. I've looked at BookWyrm, but I haven't considered switching yet.

The article mentions the WaPo connection to Amazon and its board, as they should, but I'm surprised to see this particular topic there, too.

This particular paragraph is disingenuous in its characterization of what's going on with Reddit, though:

There was also a concern that any major changes to the platform could scare people away. One former employee compared Goodreads to Reddit, an 18-year-old internet forum where users are revolting because of modifications to the site. “People feel like they can’t anger the community,” the former employee said.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest question: how does StoryGraph value your privacy? Being based in the US and being for free suggests that user data could be the real product. Otherwise it obviously looks really nice and I would love to use their stats.

[–] Helvedeshunden@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure what she gets from it, but my partner pays for Storygraph because of how bad Goodreads has become.