The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 92 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/12/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-92/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 91 #goodreads #reading #sundayfunday
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/11/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-91/
I found this cool #Fediverse software called #NeoDB via @dansup 's awesome FediDB website.
https://fedidb.com/software/neodb?version=latest®istration=open
It's a tracking / shelf platform for #TV / #drama, #movies / #films, #books, and #games
Automated import from #Goodreads work well. Just provide the required URL and voila. If it doesn't appear immediately, it is probably waiting for server workers or waiting for the server load to lower or Goodreads request limit, just be patient, only submit the same URL once! If in doubt, contact the admins instead of resubmitting.
Unfortunately, the software doesn't support import (automated, API, or manual) from Trakt, SIMKL, MyAnimeList, and other popular tracking/shelf services for TV/drama and movies/films. There is one, Douban or something, which I think is popular in the Chinese and Japanese speaking markets.
Anyway, what if the item you want to add doesn't exist in the database yet?
Worry not! There are three ways NeoDB software populates its database.
* Method 1: You can add the details yourself
* Method 2: Search the other NeoDB instances for existing similar items
* Method 3: Search for the item from TMDB, IMDB, IGDB, Steam, Goodreads, and other supported sites (no TVDB), and paste the URL to NeoDB's search box and it will import it to your instance
Method 2 is already sweet. That is the entire idea of the #SocialWeb. But Method 3 is even sweeter!
Methods 2 and 3 are the best because it's a win-win for everyone. Regular users can forget about manually re-entering new data. Seriously, who wants to manually duplicate data from one DB to another? I certainly don't! I contribute to #TMDB but I'm definitely not repeating the same effort in #TVDB.
Secondly, there's no need for instances to duplicate large databases just to ensure their site is useful for any user. Items are added as local users interact with the items. It keeps the db small instead of having thousands of items no one has interacted to yet (or probably not).
Check my accounts:
* Flagship server: @youronlyone@neodb.social
* Instance: @youronlyone@eggplant.place
~~Hmm… I haven't checked but I think music is not supported (yet?). NeoDB can use the largest #OpenDB for music: #Musicbrainz ~~
UPDATE: Music is supported, as well as, #podcasts .
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 90 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/10/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-90/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 89 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/09/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-89/
Just an FYI - the Fediverse runs on hashtags. People subscribe to them to get categories of interest in their feed. Otherwise, they pretty much won't see what you post. There is no algorithm here. You should add #Bookstodon and #Books and #GoodReads to your post.
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 88 #reading #goodreads
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/08/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-88/
I now declare you should never, ever, ever, take a #Goodreads review seriously in any capacity. Every time I read a mystery book, there are tons of reviews that say, as an example, there’s way too many mystery elements in this mystery genre! I’m not joking. Every time I read a Romantasy book, as another example, everyone is like, I don’t understand why the central plot has romance! Maybe that’s because you’re not fucking reading a fantasy book? You’re reading a romance book with fantasy as the secondary element. What did you think Romantasy was? Fantasy with a typo? God I hate Goodreads reviews. If you’re an author, you should never, ever, fret over their reviews because no one that reviews a book on that website knows what they are reading. #Books
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 87 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/07/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-87/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 86 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/06/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-86/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 85 #reading #goodreads
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/05/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-85/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 84 #reading #goodreads
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/04/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-84/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 83 #reading #goodreads
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/05/03/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-83/
The Wee Writing Lassie’s 300 Books in a Year - Book 81 #goodreads #reading
http://weewritinglassie.home.blog/2025/04/30/the-wee-writing-lassies-300-books-in-a-year-book-81/
If you're using the Fediverse's reading platform BookWyrm, here's how to transfer your data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre:
(If you've never heard of BookWyrm, it's like the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. Here's more info about it: https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading)
