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Originally Posted by HarryT
There's a perfectly valid reason to want to know what people's favourite books are. I'm sure that all the regulars in the "Reading Recommendations" forum have come to know whose tastes in reading agree with their own. I know, for example, that if pdurrant enjoys a mystery story then it's very likely that I'm going to enjoy it to, because he and I share the same tastes in mystery books. Speaking personally, therefore, I'd like to know who recommends which book, so that I can judge which recommended books I'm likely to enjoy myself.
Given that the whole purpose of the reading recs forum is to share our reading recommendations with fellow MR members, it seems a little peculiar to wish for anonymity in making those recommendations.
Just my personal opinion, of course.
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You are conflating the opinion poll with recommendations. If one wants to publicly endorse a book, one can easily do so. The poll results should be an indication of what the group thinks as a whole.