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I was thinking of a similar thing for discussion about books as well. Especially since the official site of a book is usuallly not suitable for that (no forum

by eterps 8y ago

I was thinking of a similar thing for discussion about books as well. Especially since the official site of a book is usuallly not suitable for that (no forum or separate login per publisher etc.) Or in the case of Pragmatic Programmers not accessible, if you click on discussion forum at https://pragprog.com/book/swdddf/domain-modeling-made-functional https://pragprog.com/book/swdddf/domain-modeling-made-functi... you get redirected to: https://forums.pragprog.com/fosta-sesta https://forums.pragprog.com/fosta-sesta Anyone else who is missing something like this?

andai 8y ago
I often wish I could connect with people who are reading or have read the same books as me. I think that's what GoodReads is for, but I haven't really looked into it. Edit: looks like it's just for reviews.
- r3bl 8y ago
  Eh, no. GoodReads is more about connecting to your existing friends and sharing books between each other, not really designed for you to meet new people based off of your shared interest in books. But as for the comment above yours, that is Goodreads. It doesn't sell the books, but is a central place to discuss books. Unlike Amazon.com comments, you don't need to verify anything to be able to comment on a book. And lastly, it's kind of difficult to say that it's an independent source of reviews, considering that Amazon purchased GoodReads back in 2013, GoodReads offers Amazon-only discounts, and Amazon is always the preferred seller (while the rest of the sellers are hidden behind a dropdown).
  - lukka5 8y ago
    I think you have groups on Goodreads that are intended for discussing a specific topic, book, or author's books. But I agree in that it's not really designed for meeting new people.
- BeetleB 8y ago
  >I often wish I could connect with people who are reading or have read the same books as me LibraryThing has that feature, although the algorithm is not super smart. When I first created an account, I put in all the books I could remember that I had read. Then I clicked on the link to find other users most like me. The top one had a whole series of books that I had read and completely forgotten to add to my catalog. It was uncanny - I couldn't think of any heuristic - they were all mystery novels, and I had almost none in my collection.
weavie 8y ago
Me. It has been something on my todo list to develop for a little while now.
- brennebeck 8y ago
  Likewise. If you’re (or GP) interested in collaborating on this I would be open to further discussion and can be reached via the email in my profile.
pps 8y ago
On goodreads.com you can review book yourself and also discuss with other reviewers. There are also groups (https://www.goodreads.com/group https://www.goodreads.com/group) which works like forum.
- BeetleB 8y ago
  I personally prefer LibraryThing. Goodreads has been very diluted, and there is a rather large amount of rating inflation there - the rating of a book is almost meaningless now.

by eterps 8y ago

andai 8y ago

I often wish I could connect with people who are reading or have read the same books as me. I think that's what GoodReads is for, but I haven't really looked into it. Edit: looks like it's just for reviews.

r3bl 8y ago
Eh, no. GoodReads is more about connecting to your existing friends and sharing books between each other, not really designed for you to meet new people based off of your shared interest in books. But as for the comment above yours, that is Goodreads. It doesn't sell the books, but is a central place to discuss books. Unlike Amazon.com comments, you don't need to verify anything to be able to comment on a book. And lastly, it's kind of difficult to say that it's an independent source of reviews, considering that Amazon purchased GoodReads back in 2013, GoodReads offers Amazon-only discounts, and Amazon is always the preferred seller (while the rest of the sellers are hidden behind a dropdown).
- lukka5 8y ago
  I think you have groups on Goodreads that are intended for discussing a specific topic, book, or author's books. But I agree in that it's not really designed for meeting new people.
BeetleB 8y ago
>I often wish I could connect with people who are reading or have read the same books as me LibraryThing has that feature, although the algorithm is not super smart. When I first created an account, I put in all the books I could remember that I had read. Then I clicked on the link to find other users most like me. The top one had a whole series of books that I had read and completely forgotten to add to my catalog. It was uncanny - I couldn't think of any heuristic - they were all mystery novels, and I had almost none in my collection.

weavie 8y ago

Me. It has been something on my todo list to develop for a little while now.

brennebeck 8y ago
Likewise. If you’re (or GP) interested in collaborating on this I would be open to further discussion and can be reached via the email in my profile.

pps 8y ago

On goodreads.com you can review book yourself and also discuss with other reviewers. There are also groups (https://www.goodreads.com/group https://www.goodreads.com/group) which works like forum.

BeetleB 8y ago
I personally prefer LibraryThing. Goodreads has been very diluted, and there is a rather large amount of rating inflation there - the rating of a book is almost meaningless now.