Goodreads and Facebook Connect

sakura-panda · 02-24-2010, 04:11 PM

I was checking out the online book resources again -- Goodreads, LibraryThing, Shelfari, etc -- and it looks like I can sign up for Goodreads using Facebook Connect.

Does anybody use Facebook Connect with Goodreads? What does that do, besides give me a single login? I'm not much of a facebook user so I don't have any idea what this means to me.

SimonSays · 02-24-2010, 04:36 PM

wow! Have never heard of any of those sites! Off to check them out

phenomshel · 02-25-2010, 10:21 AM

Yeah, I do, but one word of warning. I found out the hard way that once you get facebook and Goodreads integrated, Facebook publishes every change you make on Goodreads to your FB profile. So if you're doing a lot of adding, everyone on your FB list gets slammed with Goodreads updates. I suppose it's less annoying than 20 game updates though....

sakura-panda · 02-25-2010, 05:04 PM

That's kind of what I was wondering about. I suppose that's the whole point of integrating with Facebook -- the seamless updates -- but I wasn't sure how I felt about that.

I don't use Facebook now -- I have internet forums where I post "status updates" and photos -- but I thought this might be one way to get me to start using it more. Or at least, to appear to be using it more.

Is it like the games where your friends can turn it off if they do not want to know what you're reading?

nikkie · 02-25-2010, 05:14 PM

I use it. I like it. I used to do it by grabbing the RSS feed from goodreads. This is a much better solution. My friends don't seem to mind too much.

It will also provide a utility which helps you locate friends on facebook which are also on goodreads.

Author Eyes · 04-25-2010, 09:25 AM

I am on Goodreads and Shelfari. I didn't like LibraryThing as much.

Shelley Stout
author of Radium Halos, a Novel about the Radium Dial Painters
available from Amazon

02-24-2010, 04:11 PM	#1
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	Goodreads and Facebook Connect I was checking out the online book resources again -- Goodreads, LibraryThing, Shelfari, etc -- and it looks like I can sign up for Goodreads using Facebook Connect. Does anybody use Facebook Connect with Goodreads? What does that do, besides give me a single login? I'm not much of a facebook user so I don't have any idea what this means to me.

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02-24-2010, 04:36 PM	#2
SimonSays No wire hangers, ever! Posts: 183 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: O-hi-o Device: Sony PRS-300	wow! Have never heard of any of those sites! Off to check them out

02-25-2010, 10:21 AM	#3
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Yeah, I do, but one word of warning. I found out the hard way that once you get facebook and Goodreads integrated, Facebook publishes every change you make on Goodreads to your FB profile. So if you're doing a lot of adding, everyone on your FB list gets slammed with Goodreads updates. I suppose it's less annoying than 20 game updates though....

02-25-2010, 05:04 PM	#4
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	That's kind of what I was wondering about. I suppose that's the whole point of integrating with Facebook -- the seamless updates -- but I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I don't use Facebook now -- I have internet forums where I post "status updates" and photos -- but I thought this might be one way to get me to start using it more. Or at least, to appear to be using it more. Is it like the games where your friends can turn it off if they do not want to know what you're reading?

02-25-2010, 05:14 PM	#5
nikkie Guru Posts: 614 Karma: 73700 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WA, USA Device: Android, Kindle Paperwhite, lots of ancient readers	I use it. I like it. I used to do it by grabbing the RSS feed from goodreads. This is a much better solution. My friends don't seem to mind too much. It will also provide a utility which helps you locate friends on facebook which are also on goodreads.

04-25-2010, 09:25 AM	#6
Author Eyes Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: none	I am on Goodreads and Shelfari. I didn't like LibraryThing as much. Shelley Stout author of Radium Halos, a Novel about the Radium Dial Painters available from Amazon

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