OK, so a vote on the future direction for the monthly Queer Romance Club. Note you don’t have to already be a participant to vote, just thinking about what might make it easier if you DO want to participate.
See the linked discussion thread for context
mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314…
Feel free to comment (or throw in a few queer romance reccs)
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- Continue as is on Mastodon (0 votes)
- Convert to free-choice book chat on Mastodon (0 votes)
- Move to a Discord server (0 votes)
- Move to Bookwyrm (0 votes)
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in reply to Wendy Palmer • • •I played around with BookWyrm a bit. We can create a group there and then create book lists for use by that group. That would keep the discussion more organized, but would be less conversational just because of the format. And it does require people to visit another site, and make a separate account.
Discord is less organized than BookWyrm but more so than Mastodon. The nice part of it is the feeling of just chatting with friends as you might at a physical gathering, and the topic tends to drift in a similar manner. I'm already on Discord all the time but for those who are not, it would have the same friction as BookWyrm.
I'd say the choice boils down to whether you want a more formal style with discussion that's along the lines of mini-reviews (BookWyrm) or you want a casual chat among friends (Discord). I would be content with either.
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Todd
in reply to MediaBaron • • •I'm pretty much Kool-Aid-Manning my way into your conversation, so my apologies and please feel free to flame me to a crisp if there's too much "well actually..."
I just wanted to check: are you aware that BookWyrm and Mastodon can talk to each other, so you can have the organization of BookWyrm while still using Mastodon?
I (@ToddPM) can follow my BookWyrm account (@ToddPM@bookrastinating.com) here and interact with it.
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in reply to Todd • • •I do know it's possible, though I haven't tried it. Parts of the interface in BookWyrm are less than intuitive. I really should figure out how to do it. Got any tips?
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Todd
in reply to moggie • • •All I've done is a quick back + forth to make sure Mastodon comments show up on BookWyrm and vice versa.
If you already have a BookWyrm username on your instance, plug that into Mastodon like you would if you were to follow any other Mastodon user.
Maybe everyone in your book club doesn't even need to get a separate BW account. If one BW user is "reading" a book, they can all comment from Mastodon.
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moggie
in reply to Todd • • •Oh, that's kinda nice! I followed my own BookWyrm account here. And the book I just added there showed up in my Mastodon timeline.
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