With Goodreads it's strange because the ratings and reviews are pretty central in the UI. Lots of web sites have or have had parts that were completely trash bu

With Goodreads it's strange because the ratings and reviews are pretty central in the UI. Lots of web sites have or have had parts that were completely trash but were easy to ignore. For example, for years it seemed like most of the YouTube comments on any video were something like "die, <slur>" for no discernible reason, regardless of the video content or the demographics of the channel, but it didn't matter because it was so easy to not see that part of the page and just think of YouTube as a site that didn't have (useful) comments. With Goodreads the reviews and ratings seem so central and hard to ignore, it's weird that they can get away with putting garbage front and center, even if they have other core functionality that is useful.