I don't see much of a difference to Goodreads. You will find most of the features you already use on bookwyr including book lists, reading goals and book info. It's up to you to decide if you want to sgare these info with everyone, just your friends or keep them for yourself. There are a lot of lists that are public too so don't worry about that.

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Bringing the power of books to the fediverse (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Hello everyone,

Books are still one of the most important sources of information we have as a human species. However, the media on which this information has been stored has changed considerably over time and with it its accessibility and influence on our society.

Nowadays you can find an enormous range of books and texts online. Most of the time, however, access to them is extremely fragmented, difficult to find, subject to a fee, incompatible with the software platform of your choice or, in the worst case, goes under with its provider over time.

To counteract this, annas-archive was founded to make the knowledge stored in the texts and books openly accessible and to preserve it for future generations. On the other hand, there are platforms such as Goodreads that aim to simplify the joy of reading and the exchange of information, as well as the review and discussion of books and texts.

Unfortunately, Goodreads is a centralized, proprietary solution that in addition also happens to be owned by Amazon. BookWyrm is a decentralized, open source alternative in the fediverse that steps in right here.

Now here's the kicker: what if we combined the power of both platforms? What if we combined the enormous book database of annas-archive with the fediverse, i.e. BookWyrm? Annas archive could benefit from reviews and discussions about the books and BookWyrm could expand its still very limited database many times over.

From my point of view, this would be the perfect combination of two already great projects. What do you think?

TL:DR What do you think about combining annas-archive with the fediverse (BookWyrm)

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Where do you want this community to go? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/minimalism@lemmy.world

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Hey all,

This is the place where you can share your ideas, improvements, whishes or general feedback regarding this community.

Update 1

the people here have agreed to dedicate this community to the general discussion of minimalism.

I'm trying to make everything as transparent and democratic as possible so you can really harness the freedom of the decentralized internet with its main strength: the community.

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Status and future perspectives of this community (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to c/minimalism@lemmy.world

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Hello, dear fellow lemmings,

I am writing this post as a main information thread about the current state of this community and some future plans. I started this community as a free and open alternative to the r/minimalism subreddit. As a libretarian, freedom and openness are very important to me, which is why this community is hosted on such a wonderful platform as the fediverse.

A community is formed by individual members who voluntarily choose to share their time and knowledge with others of like mind. This should also be the core of this community. It should serve as a place of exchange and a point of inspiration for those who are concerned with the topic of minimalism.

In this sense, all actions and initiatives are to be undertaken solely by the members of the community. The task of the mods should therefore be to implement these decisions and the rules that have been drawn up. They should always act in the interest of the community and be accountable for their actions. This is in clear contrast to many subreddits, where mods often abuse their power to push through personal agendas and interests.

We are currently still a small community that is in the process of being built up, so any action that creates a pleasant group atmosphere in our small lemming family is highly welcome.

Peace out!