Thread: Did a writer get bullied on Goodreads? (Salon Article)
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Old 08-25-2013, 01:10 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
Eh. GR is what you make of it. Develop a few cronies; see what they're reading and swap recommendations and comments; use it to search for books and track, evaluate and organize your reading. Handy site; I enjoy it.

I visit GR daily and I only know about the drama because of posts here.
Exactly. The drama is only there if you look for it, or if you are actively trying to help improving GR, I haven't noticed other webpages accepting/implementing users feedback as freely as GR and it is normal for this to lead to drama.

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Originally Posted by faithbw View Post
Thanks for the tip about the GIFs! I find them to be very distracting and childish (within the context of a book review).
Gifs do not appear on the feed.
You can filter reviews by text-only
You can use shttp to acces GR
You can use plugin [topics on the feedback group for the scripts, I can link for you if you like, there is way to get rid of them only in reviews or in group discussions as well.]



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Originally Posted by Tome Keeper View Post
It saddens me that this whole affair is putting people off using Goodreads. I received an e-mail the other morning from a online 'friend' telling me that Goodreads condones rape, death threats and bullying and to make sure I deleted my profile on it. When I actually found out what was going on, I couldn't believe how things had escalated.

Goodreads is on the whole good, if you stay away from the odd drama (which I hate to say seems to focus on a few specific genres). It is very much a site of your own making, like another poster here pointed out. I find it a good way to organise reading lists and reviews but I don't really use the social functions very much so avoid the drama. I've had a really positive experience with it and for what I want to do it is the best of the bunch (LibraryThing, Shelfari, Booklikes).
Agree. Add Amazon on that list.


But then if people are that easily put-off, and there is no way to understand things second-hand, it is ok with me if they don't want to be on GR, no need for more people causing drama!
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