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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Advertising in feeds is not going to go away regardless of what you do. It's going to happen at Goodreads eventually. The "testing" is to determine how much, not if. I suggest either getting used to the idea or closing your acount there.
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Originally Posted by shalym
I use the Goodreads recommendations a lot--I look at the ads on the sidebar, and have purchased books because of them. Putting ads directly into the feed is wrong, however, and the only way to make it stop is to make the authors not want to place ads there.
Shari
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I don't think I would even mind advertising in feeds if it was really obvious that it was an ad. For instance, when reading an article online, there is usually at least one ad placed within the text. It's a little inconvenient but I know it's an ad and I can either look at it or ignore it right way. It took me a minute to realize that update was an ad, especially since one of my GR friend had actually shelved that particular book. I don't mind ads (I even end up buying or shelving books mentioned in some ads). However, I don't like ads-as-updates. I take updates and book recs from friends differently than books recommended in an ad.
I don't want to punish authors so I don't give the actual book a rating but this now begs the question of how much authors support this. Did authors actually push for this type of advertising or was a it something that GR/Amazon created?