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It's fine, it has all the books I read and it tracks my to read list. Why do people care about any social functions on it?

rg111 3y ago
It has gotten more closed in its approach. I cannot download my own data anymore. And the UI was always bloated and clunky.
elric 3y ago
I haven't a clue. I like Goodreads. I can read reviews, get notified when my favourite authors publish new work, and keep track of what I'm reading.
sigzero 3y ago
Agreed. I use it in the same way and it allows discovery of "similar" books. I love it for that. I comment occasionally on the author's I follow. For example, Boris does a lot of reading and review of horror genre books, so I comment on his reviews letting him know if his review helped me to get the book in question or not. That way he knows "someone" is reading his reviews. That's about the extent.
sevenseventen 3y ago
It's used for sea-lion ideological attacks against authors and works, a specific outcome of the general review-spam issue. The data is terrible and badly governed. There was a recent thread here, I believe, about an author who couldn't get AI-written books out of her name because they simply won't correct their data.
- loeg 3y ago
  > There was a recent thread here, I believe, about an author who couldn't get AI-written books out of her name because they simply won't correct their data. Worse, those books were being sold on Amazon! https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/ https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated...
- Ruthalas 3y ago
  What is a sea-lion attack in this context? I haven't heard that one before, and it's not the easiest to search.
  - soderfoo 3y ago
    Had to look it up as well: 'Sealioning' is a form of trolling meant to exhaust the other debate participant with no intention of real discourse. [0] [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sealioning-internet-trolling https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sealioning-internet...
manicennui 3y ago
People are probably looking for a good place to discuss books they've read.

rg111 3y ago

It has gotten more closed in its approach. I cannot download my own data anymore. And the UI was always bloated and clunky.

elric 3y ago

I haven't a clue. I like Goodreads. I can read reviews, get notified when my favourite authors publish new work, and keep track of what I'm reading.

sigzero 3y ago

Agreed. I use it in the same way and it allows discovery of "similar" books. I love it for that. I comment occasionally on the author's I follow. For example, Boris does a lot of reading and review of horror genre books, so I comment on his reviews letting him know if his review helped me to get the book in question or not. That way he knows "someone" is reading his reviews. That's about the extent.

sevenseventen 3y ago

It's used for sea-lion ideological attacks against authors and works, a specific outcome of the general review-spam issue. The data is terrible and badly governed. There was a recent thread here, I believe, about an author who couldn't get AI-written books out of her name because they simply won't correct their data.

loeg 3y ago
> There was a recent thread here, I believe, about an author who couldn't get AI-written books out of her name because they simply won't correct their data. Worse, those books were being sold on Amazon! https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated/ https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated...
Ruthalas 3y ago
What is a sea-lion attack in this context? I haven't heard that one before, and it's not the easiest to search.
- soderfoo 3y ago
  Had to look it up as well: 'Sealioning' is a form of trolling meant to exhaust the other debate participant with no intention of real discourse. [0] [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sealioning-internet-trolling https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sealioning-internet...

manicennui 3y ago

People are probably looking for a good place to discuss books they've read.