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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 11:32:00 JST Dan Gillmor

   Amazon bought Goodreads and turned it into a dumpster fire where "reviewers" trash books even before galleys and review copies are sent out. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-hit-by-bad-reviews-on-goodreads-before-review-copies-are-even-circulated

   It's a shame, because Goodreads was a valuable service for authors and readers back when...

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     billy joe bowers 🗽 (billyjoebowers@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 11:31:59 JST billy joe bowers 🗽

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     @dangillmor

     I used to love Goodreads way back when, I quit when Amazon bought them.

     Now when I look it's just mostly bullshit, lots of weird accounts trying to make their own "Hey Guys!" YouTube channel version of book reviews.

     Useless.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jun-2025 11:31:59 JST fu

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     • billy joe bowers 🗽
     @billyjoebowers @dangillmor I like #bookwyrm particularly in theory, but #LibraryThing is far more useful than either
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     Danie van der Merwe (danie10@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 19:39:57 JST Danie van der Merwe

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     @dangillmor BookWyrm is a Fediverse site, and there is also StoryGraph at https://app.thestorygraph.com/

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 19:39:57 JST fu

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     • Danie van der Merwe
     @danie10 @dangillmor #bookwyrm isn't jsut a site, its a federated platform. Feel free to follow me @fu from Mastodon or any other platform that supports ActivityPub.
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     MBybee (mbybee@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 19:40:13 JST MBybee

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     • Alan McConchie

     @alan @dangillmor @bookwyrm I have some hopes for it, but it's super empty.

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     Alan McConchie (alan@subdued.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 19:40:15 JST Alan McConchie

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     • BookWyrm

     @dangillmor There is a Fediverse alternative to Goodreads called #BookWyrm. Website is https://joinbookwyrm.com/ and their Mastodon account for updates is @bookwyrm