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If you're into books and reading, you might want to sign up for an account on BookWyrm, the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's Goodreads:
Just like Mastodon, BookWyrm is on many different servers that talk to each other. Find a server to join at:
➡️ https://joinbookwyrm.com/instances
Because it's part of the Fediverse, accounts on BookWyrm can be followed from Mastodon etc.
You can follow the BookWyrm developers at @bookwyrm
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No, each account is tied to a particular server.
翎月Lynn
@feditips @bookwyrm can I use my Mastodon account to log into bookwyrm instances?
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BookWyrm gets its book data from @wikidata, which tries to cover all books of all genres. If there's a book missing you can add it.
Coralie Renée
Ursula Katherine Spiller
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It's a social reading platform, so it is mainly about readers sharing their thoughts.
If you're looking for a writing community there's a Mastodon server at https://writing.exchange for example, or you could follow a writer's group such as @ authorindiespeak @ a.gup.pe (remove the spaces to make the address work, I don't want to spam the group with this post so I inserted spaces.)
Ursula Katherine Spiller
@feditips
I just wondered if authors can have a profile too, like on Goodreads. As far as I know, that's still the only reading platform that does that.
@bookwyrm
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Aahhhh... gotcha!
Hey @bookwyrm or @tripofmice is it possible for authors to have profiles?
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Generally the assumption is it's 500 by default, and if a Fediverse server has a higher limit it will usually be mentioned on its About page.
Having said that, some Fediverse platforms like Friendica or Write Freely have no default limits.
GeofCox
I signed up to a BookWyrm server but found it had a short character limit (my Mastodon server allows 5,000 not 500 characters). This to me is crucial information - I'm interested in reading and writing reviews and discussion that's a bit more extensive than 500 characters.
How do I find character limit info for the servers?
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Yes, there's a "Direct Message" button if you go to someone's profile in BookWyrm.
Giastacey
@feditips @bookwyrm is Instant messaging allowed on this app?
Giastacey
@feditips @bookwyrm what’s bookwrym
Could’ve Googled but no thanks
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BookWyrm is explained in the original post you replied to?
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It's like if you had a Goodreads account and a Twitter account, and your friends on Twitter could follow your Goodreads account too without them having to sign up to Goodreads themselves.
Ellie Kennard
@feditips @bookwyrm I'm a little confused as to how that would work. I already have a presence on 2 different servers, which is confusing as it is.
James Endicott
@EllieK@mstdn.ca @feditips@mstdn.social @bookwyrm@tech.lgbt
A sometimes annoying design choice of the Fediverse is that it isn't great at facilitating a singular identity across platforms. There's no easy way to have your Mastodon account linked to your Bookwyrm account in a way that says "Hey, this is the same person".
Instead, the focus is on making sure that you don't need to make a hundred accounts on different types of servers to do basic things like following, commenting, and ⭐ing stuff. So, if you really like @/alice@/bookwyrm.example then you can follow them and see when they post new reviews on your feed. You can ⭐ a particularly funny review they made to notify them that you like it. You can boost that review so your friends will see it. You can do all of that from your Mastodon account without creating a Bookwyrm account at all. You would only need a Bookwyrm account to post your own reviews of books or that kind of thing.
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