All of: 1) assembling a usefully-large initial dataset to gain traction, 2) keeping it updated, and 3) content moderation & anti-spam Seem super dull and ted

All of: 1) assembling a usefully-large initial dataset to gain traction, 2) keeping it updated, and 3) content moderation & anti-spam Seem super dull and tedious for project that's probably going to fail. ^i would say these are problems if you start off building a Goodreads clone. There are other go-to-market strategies to get to network effects.