What are some good alternatives to Goodreads, if any? Reading is mostly social for me and I read for other people‘s validation, but I don‘t want them all to be redditors and middle-aged smutreaders.
>>24770262Letterboxd should make a books section. The UX of that website is the best.
>>24770262Storygraph especially with the buddy read function, assuming you have friends
>>24770262Why not join a /lit/ Goodreads group or discord server?
>>24770336Those exist? I wasn‘t aware
>>24770262I use Fable to get me hyped up.
>>24770262>redditors and middle-aged smutreadersBut those are the only ones who actually read
>>24770407Their reviews tend to be terrible and miss the point of the entire book. Not in a creative interpretation way either.
>>24770274No. Letterboxd does one thing and one thing well: tracking movies. Shoehorning unrelated features because "the UX ... is the best" reeks of retarded female product manager mentality.
>>24770262>Reading is mostly social for me and I read for other people‘s validation, but I don‘t want them all to be redditors and middle-aged smutreaders.What do mean by alternative
>>24770421This is true everywhere. If it was 20 years ago I'd suggest you find blogs and message boards of people whose tastes and opinions match yours, but those are also quickly drying upThere's no replacement to Goodreads. There are three that everyone recommends - Storygraph, Hardcover, and LibraryThing if they're desperate - but they all suck ass in their own ways. It's a bit like going from Windows to Linux and realizing that "90% of the way there!" may as well as be 0%Instead you should stop interacting with the entire population of GR and look to groups for your validation and reviews
>>24770262>I read for other people‘s validationThat is utterly pathetic and I look down upon you. You should be reading to gain knowledge and wisdom so that you can accomplish great things and be more like god.
>>24770441Why does it track movies well? because of the UX...>retarded female product manager mentality.What. They could easily create a separate section. Or some guy could just copy the website bar for bar and call it a day. Either way ur a fag
>>24770661>>24771494Not OP but this reads like samefagging cope. If you’re like OP and too retarded to keep track of books using Excel, I could understand why you’d want something less shit than goodreads
>>24770262i think you are better of using twitter, become a twitter book account. A wider variety of people exist there.
>>24770262unironically, how is that not achieved on 4chan?
>>24771800>>Why does it track movies well? because of the UX...No one is disputing that, retard. The point is that Letterboxd is good at creating an experience for tracking movies and should stick with that niche.
>>24772797>Letterboxd is good at creating an experience for tracking movieslmao, why would it not work the same for books? you need to be able to write reviews, make lists, rate what you've read, click on a writer to see their other works, and follow/be followed by like minded people. the site does all that already.
>>24772797The style would work well with books also, and your post implied otherwise:>No. Letterboxd does one thing and one thing well
>>24772810Letterboxd is for *movies*, not books. It doesn't *need* to shift to books.>>24772814Did you forget Goodreads already exists?
>>24772891Goodreads is GARBAGE. That's the entire point of this thread, and I'm not even the OP.
>>24770262Remember: Good Reads is a database first. All social aspect is bullshit.
>>24771487>There are three that everyone recommends - Storygraph, Hardcover, and LibraryThing if they're desperate - but they all suck ass in their own ways.Explain further.
>>24772893Christ. Just make a books.txt file and put all your shit into it. Plain text, portable, no data collection; everything you need.
>>24771896seconding this. i made an anonymous account just for this purpose. the Twitter's algorithm is already great for recommending people with the same interest as you, assuming you're also engaged with your intended contents (RTs, QRTs, reply, like)
I don't have an LT account but it's better for finding similar books thanks to its tag system. Goodreads is just trash. Cataloging a book doesn't really serve anything. Do you do it to remember that you've read something? But reading a book is pointless unless it sticks with you. Or do you do it to tell others that you did? Because GR isn't really a good medium for book discussion so it's just a meaningless gesture.
>>24773626retard
>>24774252cope and dilate
>>24770288I use storygraph, but I don't have friends.
>>24770262Pretty sure lit.salon was made for people like you.
>>24770262This place still has a lot of good recommendations and discussion
