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bookwyrms_lairMay 3, 2021
I'd love to be able to mark books as favorites, and then have them show up in the stats section for the year's reading.
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I'd love to be able to mark books as favorites, and then have them show up in the stats section for the year's reading.
I like the letterboxd profile which allows you to pin 4 or 5 of your all time favourite books on your profile, but you can "heart" a film when you log it as a fave.
Okay, how do we want this to work everyone? I'm thinking you'll be able to add an unlimited number of books to your favorites, and then pin up to five to your profile, as per the prototypes: Mobile Prototype | Desktop Prototype
If you pin 1 book, then 1 favorite will show on your profile, no more...
So essentially you'll get a "Top 5" feature and a Favorites shelf.
Sound good?
Nadia I like it! The books I’m super excited about sharing will change, so the ability to pin five of those at any given time is awesome. And having easy access to all my favorites will make recommending books easier.
Nadia This sounds perfect!
Nadia sounds good! Torn between wanting the favorites to rotate if you haven't pinned specific books, and wanting no books show in that case, though.
Nadia I like it!
Nadia If there was a way to do it without being visually overwhelming, it would be nice if your profile could display your "top 5 (or less)" pinned books but also an option to show the most recently favorite'd books. Or maybe an option to display one or the other if that's not possible? Or a link to publicly view all our favorites with whatever sort order the database allows like other lists? (Not sure if this would be a public or private feature outside of the pinned books)
Nadia, I really like the above, and I also really like the idea of books rotating if you haven't pinned books that amaldae mentioned. Maybe have it so the positions you haven't pinned rotate? so, like, if I have 3 books I want shown at all times, and I have more than 3 books in my favorites, the other two positions would rotate between the unpinned favorites.
Nadia Yes I love this!! At first I had no notes, but reading the other comments I can see a rotating feature being useful, but definitely like the pin idea so you can choose the books and aren’t forced to have them rotate!
Nadia, that works. It will streamline it, and I can change it as I pin different ones as my mood changes. I also like the idea of rotation if that would work.
Nadia looks perfect 👌🏻
morningtide There will be links direct to your "Favorites" page, like the other profile/book links, and as new sort orders come live they will apply on that page. The redesign I'm implementing is already pretty much set and will only allow for a shelf of 1-5 covers! Of course, everything will evolve in the future, especially as we accommodate more customisation.
nitzanschwarz The reason I don't want to do this is because you might choose your ultimate 1-3 fave books that you want to say something about you as a reader, and the 2-4 random ones that randomise each time might dilute the statement you're trying to make.
Nadia I am LOVING the look of that desktop prototype. And I like the idea of having pinned ones in profile. As others before me, a rotating display of favorites would be nice too in the favorites display.
Just a side note, the mobile link gives me a 404.
Nadia or maybe the ability to rank the list from most favorite to least favorite (after the pinned ones if they click on it) so the list isn't randomized
rainbowbrarian there's a mistake in the link (it's the link to this page + the right one) - tinyurl.com/tsg-mobile-profile
good idea! i have a "tag" for favorites, for this purpose, but there is only so much you ca do with a tag
Yes, lovely idea! I imagine we will have a built-in concept of 'favorites' (which will show up on the profile page) and I want to have a nicer wrap-up for the end of the year too.