Peter CohenA decade ago I thought GoodReads was a handy way not only to glean insights from other readers but also to engage with the authors themselves. But it's become the same sort of toxic morass as other social sites in recent years, accelerated by Amazon's blithe indifference.
The problem with GoodReads is the same problem with most sites that lean on crowdsourced content: without very active moderation (which doesn't scale), bad actors will game the system. People take advantage because they can. It's human nature, and it sucks.
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@flargh I’ve seen people review my wife’s books while she’s still working on them and nothing has been published except a one paragraph description and a cover.
I wish there was a way to get Goodreads to remove them and ban the reviewer if they do it again…but they don’t seem to care.
I wish there was a way to get Goodreads to remove them and ban the reviewer if they do it again…but they don’t seem to care.
Brian Grinter@flargh there are now sone federated alternatives like https://bookwyrm.social/
My main use of Goodreads was simply to track my to read list and I rarely used other features but thinking of giving the alternatives a look soon
My main use of Goodreads was simply to track my to read list and I rarely used other features but thinking of giving the alternatives a look soon
Craig Reynolds@wyldphyre ideally something that could import the Goodreads history would be great
@bgrinter Storygraph did have a Goodreads import, but I’m not sure if it still exists. I used it when I first signed up
@wyldphyre Goodreads is mostly just inertia for me now - I should start to run them in parallel and compare, but I'm lazy. Maybe this will be the impetus that I need.
@bgrinter I still use Goodreads, a bit, mostly because it’s tied to reading on my kindle. I think I could let it go and not really miss it
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@flargh i really don't get why goodreads allows reviews on books that aren't even published