As part of a UX/UI design project for my studies, I’m currently analyzing the user experience and interface of BookWyrm. The goal is to identify areas for improvement while respecting the platform’s core values (decentralization, simplicity, accessibility, etc.).

I’m looking to gather feedback from actual or potential users of the platform. If you have a few minutes, your answers to the questions below would be extremely helpful:

What do you like most about BookWyrm? Which features do you use most frequently?
Are there any features or interactions that you find frustrating or unintuitive?
What features do you think are missing or could be improved?
How do you feel about the interface (design, readability, navigation)?
Do you use BookWyrm (or similar platforms) mainly to manage your personal library (individual use), or to get recommendations, join discussions, and engage with others (social use)?
Do you mainly use BookWyrm on a mobile device or on a computer? And why?
Do you also use other platforms (e.g., Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing)? If yes, what makes you prefer one over the other?
If you’ve never used BookWyrm, what’s holding you back? And conversely, what might encourage you to use it regularly?

Thank you so much for your input. I’d be happy to share the results of this analysis here if there’s interest.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

It’s decent for something small but the rampant duplication of books sort of ruins the experience.

Like there aren’t many users so if we have 12 copies on the same book each with between 0 and 2 reviews it sucks when we could instead have one copy with pretty metadata and 15 reviews and some discussion.

You can help fix this manually but this is really more of a structural issue that needs fixing.