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Originally Posted by murraypaul
The distrust about what is happening to their data when they give it to Goodreads.
I think that is the comparison to Facebook, etc...
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Sure. I understand (but don't share) that sentiment. I still don't really get what any of that has to do with people thinking Goodreads is "social-media" in the same sense that Facebook of Twitter is. Which is what I was referring to. Distrust/paranoia aside; my point was that comparing Goodreads to Facebook/Twitter RE making reading a "social" activity is a bit pointless. I have to go to Goodreads to to see the things a want to see; much like I do with this forum. Goodreads isn't binging and bonging everyone's latest reviews, or comments, or "look what I'm reading"s at me every 2 minutes, all day long (though I suppose one could setup notifications with a phone app that could do that if they want). It's a resource that I go to and use on my terms.
If people want to distrust Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter--whatever... that's no skin off my nose. But "
Reading isn't a social activity for me" isn't a good reason to NOT use Goodreads (and no, I'm not at all intimating that everyone
should be using Goodreads). Using Goodreads, for me, is the equivalent of using this forum. EReading and using/buying Ereading devices aren't social activities for me either, and yet .... here we are all are being socially interactive about them. Go figure. *shrug*