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We'll have subscriptions for extra features like Letterboxd does. All basic features though is free forever.

Phoenix doesn’t have built-in auth, and setting it up with Guardian (the JWT library for Elixir) took too much time. Since we were already using Supabase for Postgres, we decided t…

1. No, it just means completely free. And the website’s not going anywhere unless I die or something. I'll look into making this clearer. 2. Noted. We'll put up a proper email addr…

I’ve always hoped that once we reach Goodreads scale, we’d be able to release database dumps like VNDB ( https://vndb.org/d14 ) and Lichess ( https://database.lichess.org/ ) Since …

They switched because it took more effort from users to rate on a 5 vs just saying good or bad. Because Netflix is a streaming service, casual users don't want to put in that much …

Thanks for the detailed comment! 1. Friends reviews on book is actually not that hard at all. We will implement it right after we get the friends and follow system working. 2. This…

Thanks!

We'll definitely implement automatic review bombing protection. I'm thinking something like Steam does.

Do users create and moderate the group themselves? It seems like a subreddit, but for book related topics?

When I first started working on the website nine months ago, I didn’t even know what Postgres was, so going with an easier option made sense. Right now, we also use Supabase for au…

We’ll definitely have this at some point. A good recommendation system needs a solid base of user data, so it’s only possible once we have a larger user base. I really wanted to ha…

Not yet, but we’re rolling out a way to add missing books later this week!

LiveView just has fewer libraries. For example, we use a rich-text editor called TipTap, and I’m not sure there’s anything similar for LV. Yeah, search is currently by book title a…

I'm curious—what would you like to do with the API?

They're there. Looks like our search needs some improvement. We'll add a dedicated search results page too. https://kaguya.io/books/pandemic-6 https://kaguya.io/books/the-rift-1

Mostly the former. I wanted our website to celebrate storytelling, and naming it after one of the oldest Japanese stories felt fitting. Plus, I did love Kaguya from the anime—so th…

You can view the website without registering though? Just click the link and browse without registering.

Sure we do. I'm planning to have reddit-like forums for each book over 500 ratings at the bottom of the page like IMDB used to do. Also, I'm considering forums for genres like roma…

I did go back and forth on this. I just like 10 stars better. IMDB, MAL, Mangadex all have 10 stars. So it's not really uncommon. But yeah, if a lot of people feel 5 is enough, we'…

That's totally okay. If it works for you, keep using it by all means. The point of an alternative is to serve those who do have a problem and are frustrated with the status quo.

I agree. I hope we keep growing and one day reach that level. People also bring in their reviews when they import from goodreads. So it's not gonna take that long.

It just feels satisfying to me—organizing my library neatly by rating, based on how much I like each book. A four-level system just doesn’t have the same impact. Personal preferenc…

StoryGraph has made it pretty clear they don’t want to be more social—you have to go into your settings and explicitly turn on friends and followers. They also de-emphasize reviews…

Yeah, we don't have comics and graphic novels currently. I wanted to keep it simple for launch.

We currently don't have that on the website. I'm planning to add it soon though, probably next week.