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Originally Posted by rcentros
I'm glad I never paid any attention to Good Reads ("social reading" is kind of an odd concept to me) -- but at least it was what it was and now it's not. Kind of like Amazon owning IMDB and Box Office Mojo (no ratings skewing for Amazon Prime productions of course). Or Warner Communications owning Rotten Tomatoes (I think, now it's actually owned by Fandango/Vudu -- Fandango sells movie tickets, Vudu sells streaming) no chance for abuse or gaming the system there. These sites should have to put up disclaimers.
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Same for me, I never pay any attention to ratings, I simply read the blurb and if it sounds good, I download, if not, I skip it. I am perfectly able to determine by myself whether or not I like a book.