other than things like Reddit or bsky, how do people discover things to read on the internet? I feel like everything I read is mediated through a platform in some way, whereas there are folks on Pinboard who seem to have an uncanny ability to discover totally unexpected things that I *love*
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Maybe you could start a book feed?
I’m waiting for Tome to come out next week (a booktoker’s response to the ban)
My wife has also made it her mission to read through i think the entirety of all the Hugo winners, Locus winners, etc and has found a number of authors she really enjoys.
I follow a few people on StoryGraph and peek at their lists too.
Unaware of Pinboard(s)?
Care to share your experience and insights?
I'll look up "capybara" & twenty minutes of link-hopping later, I'll find myself leaving Wikipedia to buy the book about the history of servants in nineteenth century Britain mentioned in the reference section of the last Wikipedia article.
Twitter → Bluesky
TikTok → Rednote
Instagram →havent figured out that one yet, might need to just use it less than I use
Facebook→ Redditnow
Bsky is also working on Flashes! → https://bsky.app/profile/flashesapp.bsky.social/post/3lfscfrygxk2o
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/tech/tiktok-bytedance-china-ownership-intl-hnk/index.html
Pixalfed is also pretty good but, I'm a fan of keeping my content in one place so I'll be waiting.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113872782548137314
It's not really a "platform", because every comic is hosted on its own website, and it gives you a random selection of comics to discover
It's how I found gems like Go Get a Roomie, Ozzie the Vampire, and more
TANYA TALKS - https://voice.tanyaowens.com
and Positive Awe - https://news.positiveawe.com
They are the next
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I’m so old I remember AOL chat rooms and talking to random ass people across the US & Canada about who had the better beer or sport teams.
https://link.join1440.com/click/38267808.4808365/aHR0cHM6Ly9qb2luMTQ0MC5jb20vP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9MTQ0MC1zaGFyZSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1kZC1zaGFyZSZzaGFyZT10cnVl/678a50c280a856511503eecaD3f1754a6
CR: Mythos (Fry), Henry Luce and his American Century (some biographer), Sparks (Johnson).
Also use Storygraph as a way to track my reading and find recs. It's way better than Goodreads.
Other than that, I tend to just scroll through or walk through the bookstore and see what my eye catches haha.
Sometimes I’ll get my recs from the Shakespeare and co podcast, BBC culture page is another one where I’ve gotten good recs.
Social media for credible information is nonsense. There's more algorithms and opinion on social media to manipulate you than anything else....