Reading Recommendations Suggestion

[Catlady]

I think the Reading Recommendations section would be more useful if it included stickies for various genres, similar to what's been done in the Deals section. I would like to be able to look for suggestions and reviews of books by category. Although every once in a while someone will ask for suggestions in a certain genre or subgenre, those posts soon get buried. And the "What are we reading" sticky is unwieldy and amorphous.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I think the Reading Recommendations section would be more useful if it included stickies for various genres, similar to what's been done in the Deals section. I would like to be able to look for suggestions and reviews of books by category. Although every once in a while someone will ask for suggestions in a certain genre or subgenre, those posts soon get buried. And the "What are we reading" sticky is unwieldy and amorphous.

It already has a sticky that lists the eBook recommendation thread by genre. Having more than one sticky would take over the display of threads and push them to page two. If there is a missing entry in the current stickly it could be added.

Dale

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

It already has a sticky that lists the eBook recommendation thread by genre. Having more than one sticky would take over the display of threads and push them to page two. If there is a missing entry in the current stickly it could be added.

Dale

I looked at that sticky, checked a few of the listings, and they were years old. In any case, it's an (outdated) index, rather than a thread.

You wouldn't need as many stickies as are included in the Deals section, and those still allow for other page one threads: e.g., Mystery/Thriller, SFF, Romance, Other Genre Fiction, General Fiction, Nonfiction.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Catlady

I looked at that sticky, checked a few of the listings, and they were years old. In any case, it's an (outdated) index, rather than a thread.

You wouldn't need as many stickies as are included in the Deals section, and those still allow for other page one threads: e.g., Mystery/Thriller, SFF, Romance, Other Genre Fiction, General Fiction, Nonfiction.

I would suggest you just update the current sticky with what you want and see how it works.

Dale

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I would suggest you just update the current sticky with what you want and see how it works.

Dale

No, I'm not going to wade through hundreds and hundreds of threads. I'm suggesting something for future posts.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I would suggest you just update the current sticky with what you want and see how it works.

Dale

I would also like to see stickies or something here, but I'm not sure what you mean by this statement. The categories I want are already there, but there haven't been any posts in those categories for years.

[HarryT]

Dale's saying that the facility already exists. It's no different adding a recommendation to an old thread than to a new one. Nobody's suggesting that anyone "wade through hundreds of old threads".

[MickeyC]

I would recommend a feature with which we could rate books (say one to five stars) and a separate sticky for it. So, you read a book and want to rate it, you go to the Rating sticky, enter the book title and rate it. If it doesn't come up, click an icon that sends a note to a moderator asking him to add that book to the list.

This way, you could quickly check on a books or authors you're interested in to see what others think. Same feature exists on Goodreads but might be nice to have on MobileRead.

[treadlightly]

I started a thread for MR recommendations in a couple of genres. Listopias allow for ranking of the books by number of MR members that have recommended a particular book. It would be nice to have genre-based discussions that are stickied.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Dale's saying that the facility already exists. It's no different adding a recommendation to an old thread than to a new one. Nobody's suggesting that anyone "wade through hundreds of old threads".

Oh? Then just what did Dale mean by suggesting I somehow update a sticky in which all the information is years out of date because no one is using it? How does one update it except by searching through threads looking for those in which specific genres are mentioned and adding them to the index? And then I guess I'm supposed to keep updating it.

And that's somehow easier than adding a few genre stickies that would be visible and self-updating because people might actually use them?

I'm sorry I ever said a word about this. There's nothing like being immediately shot down without the suggestion even being considered.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by MickeyC

I would recommend a feature with which we could rate books (say one to five stars) and a separate sticky for it. So, you read a book and want to rate it, you go to the Rating sticky, enter the book title and rate it. If it doesn't come up, click an icon that sends a note to a moderator asking him to add that book to the list.

This way, you could quickly check on a books or authors you're interested in to see what others think. Same feature exists on Goodreads but might be nice to have on MobileRead.

No way. The moderating team has enough work to do as it is. Any suggestion that involves more work for the moderators is not going to happen.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Oh? Then just what did Dale mean by suggesting I somehow update a sticky in which all the information is years out of date because no one is using it? How does one update it except by searching through threads looking for those in which specific genres are mentioned and adding them to the index? And then I guess I'm supposed to keep updating it.

And that's somehow easier than adding a few genre stickies that would be visible and self-updating because people might actually use them?

I'm sorry I ever said a word about this. There's nothing like being immediately shot down without the suggestion even being considered.

It's out of date because nobody uses it. If you and others start using it, it will no longer be out of date. We assume that if something interests you, you're willing to put some work into it. The facility is there for you to use, if you wish to do so. We're not going to do it for you.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's out of date because nobody uses it. If you and others start using it, it will no longer be out of date. We assume that if something interests you, you're willing to put some work into it. The facility is there for you to use, if you wish to do so. We're not going to do it for you.

Nobody uses it because it's an INDEX to other existing threads. Nobody uses it because it's years out of date.

I was unaware that creating a handful of stickies and letting people post in them was such an enormous burden. Forget it. I don't need the attitude. Why have a feedback section at all?

[MickeyC]

Originally Posted by HarryT

No way. The moderating team has enough work to do as it is. Any suggestion that involves more work for the moderators is not going to happen.

Perhaps we could write the software so that, if a book isn't already listed, any member could click an ADD button and then enter a new book.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by MickeyC

Perhaps we could write the software so that, if a book isn't already listed, any member could click an ADD button and then enter a new book.

Best thing to do would be to send a PM to the board owner, Alexander Turcic. Unfortunately he's not been around much recently.