I’m no longer satisfied with the one I use and since I am already using bookwyrme for my readings, I was wondering if I couldn’t track my shows throught the fediverse.

  • sodalite@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    It could be cool to have a fediverse alternative for IMDb or Letterbox. I used to track/rate movies and episodes of a show I’d watched on IMDb (the episodes mostly so I knew where I left off) but no longer want to deal with websites stuffed with ads. Would love to see something like this for the fedi but haven’t come across anything.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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      8 months ago

      This has come up a few times. I’m just drawing my notes together on previous discussions but in summary:

      • The BookWyrm devs reckon it would be easy enough to alter their code for other uses but they don’t have the time.
      • There are occasional posts about folks looking for similar services for film and TV, vinyl and music, etc.
      • I think it might be worthwhile first creating a more modular GeneralWyrm (with a wyrm/worm wearing a general’s hat as a symbol) that could then be modified for other uses: ScreenWyrm, MusicWyrm, ActionFigureWyrm, etc.

      Features for a ScreenWyrm would include:

      • Standard IMDb/Trakt features like voting, reviewing, etc.
      • Lists - with the option to import from IMDb/Trakt
      • Something like Trakt’s Kodi tracker
      • Release calendar for movies and TV shows. I currently use something (Episode Tracker?) to bring TV shows into my calendar app but it isn’t really fine-grained enough for me but it’s good enough for now.
      • BruceLee@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I wished I got notified for such a message. I’m not a developer myself but I’m sure I could find some skill that would be useful to help at that. The ground code is layout and you layout a plan. You even have a mascot. Soon or later it will happened.

        Were did you hear about the BookWyrms reckoning ? On GitHub ? Lemmy ? Mastodon ?

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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          8 months ago

          I’m not a developer myself but I’m sure I could find some skill that would be useful to help at that. The ground code is layout and you layout a plan. You even have a mascot. Soon or later it will happened.

          Yeah, there is a need for this, at some point the idea will gain enough traction. I keep jumping into discussions as it helps me spread the word and it is useful for firming up my ideas.

          BookWyrm is written in Python which I don’t know enough about to start messing with the code but I have been assembling my thoughts, making notes and it should mean there’s planning done to make this work.

          Were did you hear about the BookWyrms reckoning ? On GitHub ? Lemmy ? Mastodon ?

          You can follow my larger discussions on the topic back in time:

          https://feddit.uk/comment/3046414

          https://feddit.uk/comment/2070975

          https://feddit.uk/comment/988350

          https://feddit.uk/comment/604106

          Then that last one links to earlier discussion:

          https://lemmy.ml/post/133722

          If this idea started to gain momentum, I’d have a word directly with the devs and see if there are any tips they’d have.