I love the Fediverse and I love cinema šæ, I donāt think I am the only oneā¦
I am surprised nobody has realized a Fediverse software for movies, yet!
I am tired of IMDb, and any other alternative is centralized, proprietary software.
What I think could be done is to develop a fork of @bookwyrm@tech.lgbt with the same features, but some key differences that make it the go-to solution for tracking movies you want to watch and that you watched, as well as sharing your thoughts with your friends. I already emailed @tripofmice@friend.camp, Bookwyrmās creator and main maintainer, about this possibility.
I am keeping notes concerning this idea in the link for the post.
Unfortunately, even though I am a Fediverse enthusiast and I cannot stop talking about it with everybody, I am no developer and I cannot practically start working on this, also because my time is too limited to work on such a software. Nevertheless, I hope writing this post could inspire somebody to code something and start a Fediverse platform for movies! š
Of course I am available for anything else concerning the project: website creation, marketing, bug testing and community moderation, etc.
Thanks a lot for your time!
Happy holidays,
Tommi š¤Æ
9 Comments
abbenm@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 4y
I think this is an excellent idea, a worthy project, and I applaud you for putting some real thinking into practical steps!
My federated X wishlist had social media, reddit-like thing, instagram-like thing, and a youtube-like thing. A federated IMDB alternative would be awesome.
iortega@lemmy.eus · 2 pts · 4y
Just wanted to mention that, according to GNU, Bookwyrm is nonfree because of being licensed under ACSL. I don't know the implications of this license on forks.
tommi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 4y
To be honest, I do not care. It is important to have the right license, but the value of a software should not be conditioned by license bias. It is a matter that is not strictly and directly related.
Software comes first, license comes close, but still second to it.
wiki_me@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4y
You might want to post a bounty on it on rysolv (or some better platform if you can find one), That might be a "stronger" or more persuasive signal then posting on social media.
tommi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4y
I did not know it. Iāll look into it! Thanks for sharing
Halce@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4y
I think something like adding movie cataloguing functionality to https://inventaire.io could be easier...? They claim to support ActivityPub too as of now...
tommi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4y
I donāt knowā¦ maybe having little, super effective and specific platforms is better than one where you try to include most of the features possible. Thatās the awesomeness of the Fediverse! As long as there is seamless interoperability, anything goes smoothly.
downdaemon@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 4y
seems more like a trakt alternative than imdb
tommi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 4y
It might be, but IMDb, as all Big Tech companies (it is owned by Amazon) is successfully settling on territories where before there were other smaller services, among them Trakt.