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					Originally Posted by meeera  Is it really so strange that recs from fellow online community users are used more than recs from family/local friends? I don't read the same kinds of books that my family reads, not even slightly. A lot of us find our "tribe" online based on a shared interest in particular kinds of books, and the sample was drawn only from people who use a book-related forum (mobileread). | 
	
 Exactly the same for me. And it's also true with music.