Thread: Did a writer get bullied on Goodreads? (Salon Article)
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Old 08-23-2013, 07:44 PM   #30
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That was his point: Ratings at GoodReads are useless, and you confirmed that. Now, that wouldn't be a problem if various vendors and stores didn't USE those meaningless ratings in their catalogs (even Kobo does) and purchase decisions were influenced by them.

To the average person out there it is not at all obvious that GoodReads is a playground for children between 8 and 90 ("social media"), so those meaningless "reviews" and ratings have an impact that goes beyond just amusing the kids who use the rating feature for all kinds of purposes other than actually rating a book they have read.
Perhaps, if there are a small number of ratings. But the few "questionable" reviews soon become insignificant as more readers add their reviews.
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