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by read 4797 days ago
Is the goal of the site to have people post ideas that ran through their mind as they were reading a book?

Or is to share ideas the book was introducing? How can you be sure people will discern the ideas a book introduced?

Is the goal for people to copy an exact sentence from the book?

What made you start working on this project?

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I'd like people to post ideas and stories from the book (paraphrased, not copy-pasted). You can also add a link to each story, giving it more context.

I got started on this for two reasons.

First, I retain way more of a book when I'm forced to actively think about it while reading. Just using the site as a beta-tester I've found myself getting more deeply immersed then usual.

Second, I always crave more context when I read. I want to see what others think about an idea. I also would love to see a video, webpage or slidedeck about a single idea to dig deeper.