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Was just shown a new app for ranking books you like against each other using an Elo system, BookSorted. (www.booksorted.app)
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Had some fun playing around with it tonight. You don't need an account, and can just add books manually if you want.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can someone give me the tl;dr for "ELO system" and how it applies to ranking books?

[–] goodguys9@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elo comes from chess, it was used to rank player skill against each other. You basically generate a score by comparing two at a time in head to head matchups.

It's honestly not the best way to rank books (especially of different genres), but it was fun to goof around with for a bit!

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elo comes from chess

That's what wikipedia told me, and I cannot grasp how it can work with books. You always have to rank two books against each other, and two more, and two more...? Like a pop quiz?

[–] goodguys9@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Pretty much, yep!