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Goodreads is owned by Amazon. It's sole purpose is to drive customers to Amazon, not provide a 'delightful user experience' outside that goal. That's why they b
by stakkur 6y ago
Goodreads is owned by Amazon. It's sole purpose is to drive customers to Amazon, not provide a 'delightful user experience' outside that goal. That's why they bought it.
- randomsearch 6y agoFrom posts by former goodreads employees, Amazon bought it to kill it
- throwawayjcvbs 6y agothis is false. they bought it 8 years ago, you'd think it would be dead by now if so.
- randomsearch 6y agoBy "kill" i don't mean "close down", I mean "make stagnate"