Show HN: Footnote – a modern take on Goodreads

I was a happy Goodreads user and librarian for many years, but quit the service completely last month, when they irrevocably changed their book interface. Old interface was one of the main reasons I liked Goodreads. I wrote them two feedback emails during testing period asking them to leave at least an option to switch back - never even got a reply. Oh well, I guess they don't need me as a user.

As for Footnote, when I go to https://footnote.cc all I can see is a sign up form and nothing else. I generally hate creating accounts, unless I absolutely have to. And here the first thing you ask me to do - is to sign up ... just to browse through your web site. No, thanks.

I guess I'll stick to my .ods spreadsheet for now.

badtension2• 4 years ago

It took me a while to understand what all those "growth hacks", shady tactics, dark patterns lead to in the end. In the beginning I was very excited (as an engineer) about A/B testing and how you can nudge people to boost clicks/revenue/whatever, measure everything and experiment.

A few years ago it got to me that this was how business sociopaths operate and why most modern things are broken. Chasing some holy grail and gaming the system instead of making useful things that matter to people.

nicobelll5• 4 years ago

Ah sorry about that - I thought I had set it up in a way that you can browse and view books without signing up but apparently most people were asked to sign up right away. Not my intention - I'll have to fix and make another post to get so actual feedback

bwb• 4 years ago

What makes it a "modern take"? curious :)

What is diff from Good reads or Story graph?

nicobelll5• 4 years ago

Good question - the goal is to make it much more user friendly/less bloated and more social

Show HN: Footnote – a modern take on Goodreads

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