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Goodreads Has No Incentive to be Good (countercraft.substack.com)
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This makes me pretty sad - Goodreads was awesome back in the day.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bookwyrm ftw

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

LibraryThing is a good alternative to Goodreads.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Honestly, you can say same thing about any page, app that let users write reviews. There will always be trolls, review bombs, corporate buying reviews etc. I have bigger problems with goodreads as app itself.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I think it’s also impossible to know who actually did read a book and who didn’t. Hard to keep something like this both fair and open without strict moderation, and almost nobody wants to do that for free.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It was a different article but I remember a Goodreads librarian commenting that they were basically working for Amazon for free.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah we do.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I'm so conflicted about doing librarian work. Yay for putting things in order! Boo for free labor for a global behemoth.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

@hsl Your website was reported for phishing 😅, can't trust that source.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ouch! Which website was reported for phishing?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Good that you've called it out - I wouldn't have known otherwise.

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