You could start a Lemmy community with the current book in the community info, then use theeads to discuss each book
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Oh, never actually tried Bookwyrm, but I'd expected it would have a social aspect as well? That seems like a lost opportunity.
[Edited to add:] Have you had a look at NeoDb? Also a tracker, but apparently with more social aspects —
users can share their collections, publish microblogs, and engage with others in the Fediverse
I only had superficial experience with NeoDb, so can't say with certainty if a Lemmy community and threads for individual books may be better for you.
Hm, didn't know of NeoDB. That's a nice find, I've been looking for a way to list my collection online, that I could in theory self-host.
It's pretty cool in that it allows cataloguing more media types than just books, so that's a leg up over Bookwyrm. IIRC it also pulls item information from relevant (open API) databases, so you get the synopsis etc filled in?
For me starting a new account that also made it kind of overwhelming. I've never catalogued my books anywhere, so the possibility of doing that, and input watched film, TV shows, etc — suddenly my media habits turned into a bit of a chore 🙂
IIRC it also pulls item information from relevant (open API) databases, so you get the synopsis etc filled in?
Looks like it. I added a movie to a collection and it pulled in data from TMDB.
For me starting a new account that also made it kind of overwhelming.
Well, you can use/link a mastodon account if you already have one. Not sure if it supports lemmy accounts.
Well, you can use/link a mastodon account if you already have one.
Yeah, that's what I did. I meant the feature set gave me more possibilities than I could handle 😄
According to their documentation:
login with other Fediverse identity and import social graph
- supported servers: Mastodon/Pleroma/Firefish/GoToSocial/Pixelfed/friendica/Takahē
I like the idea of the app, functions like inbetween reddit and discord, definitely a good idea that should be cloned and could benefit from federation like reddit, discord, twitter, etc.