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Written by Schluffiger Schluff on 2025-01-04 at 17:30

@jollysea @tofuwabohu

Would you care to try and explain the appeal of "reading as a gamified community thing" to me?

Is it to gauge whether a potential read will be worth your time by browsing different reviews by people with seemingly similar taste? Or something else?

(It's okay if you don't want to explain it to me, of course.)

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Written by joël on 2025-01-04 at 17:33

@schluff @tofuwabohu For me, these kind of sites (I'd count letterboxd, for movies, too) have 3 factors why I like them:

• they motivate me to read/watch movies

• they let me connect with other people and explore new books/movies I want to read/see

• they help me remember what I've read/seen that year. I could of course just have a list somewhere, but the "gamified" element makes it more fun for me.

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Written by Schluffiger Schluff on 2025-01-04 at 17:34

@jollysea So, it's kinda an extravert thing?

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Written by joël on 2025-01-04 at 17:39

@schluff For me, it doesn't feel particularly extroverted to just "see" what others are reading/watching. But I've always liked the idea of "passively" sharing what media I consume. But I guess the "remembering"-thing is the most important.

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Written by Schluffiger Schluff on 2025-01-04 at 17:40

@jollysea So, it's more about the visual presentation?

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Written by joël on 2025-01-04 at 17:46

@schluff It's nice and easy. I can type "Death of Princes" and it shows me the book I am reading right now. After I finished, I click "I'm finished" and it remembers the date. Maybe I see what other people are reading right now or have finished and think "Wow that sounds cool, I'll save that on my 'to-read'-list!"

Also, way nicer place to look at than facebook or something :)

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Written by Schluffiger Schluff on 2025-01-04 at 17:47

@jollysea :blobcatthink:

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