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I'd like this better if it weren't a dating site. Like, a place where you can find people who like the same books as you, and then talk about books.
by anonjon 17y ago
I'd like this better if it weren't a dating site.
Like, a place where you can find people who like the same books as you, and then talk about books.
- mwsherman 17y agoThose do exist...check out goodreads.com and librarything.com. We don't really think of them as competition to what we're doing, btw. Different goals.
- anonjon 17y agoThanks for the links, I will check them out. It would be cool if you could integrate their APIs into what you are doing. (Create Alikewise account based off of already existing Goodreads or Librarything account). I guess what I'm concerned about is that it becomes a very niche site without a community that is hanging out and talking about the books that they are reading. Presumably if you go on, you find someone, and you leave, you don't have the 'all my friends are on it' factor. (It is also kind of limited group, a lot of people will not be looking for partners that read the same books as they do). It kind of appeals to people you might think of (or who might think of themselves) as intelligentsia. But is a cool idea, and is definitely intriguing at very least in terms of social experiments, kind of figuring out if people are compatible because of similar intellectual interests. I hope it goes well for you!
- dkarl 17y agoI agree, integration would be great. It's a pain to input a bunch of books, reviews, and ratings. If Goodreads had a "turn this into a dating site" button, I'd press it in a heartbeat, but there's no way I'm going to start over inputting books and ratings on a new site.