Wow. It's incredible how intense some people get about getting a bad review. As an author I do understand the pain of public ridicule. I myself have gotten a negative review and while it may have made some good points, I believe it was not a classy review in the least, as he got personal with m...
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that's great! thanks for the heads up!
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Wow, that's really unfortunate^ :( You've really been put through the ringer. All I can say is hopefully, things will get better!
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I hope they are not doing it either. I have no idea if they are. I just don't like that: 1. They can 2. They have incentive to do it. 3. It helps a few but hurts the whole 4. No one can really stop them if they do it. It's for situations like this that bills such as The Sherman Anti-Trust Act...
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I understand the idea of moderating and that there are malicious people out there. The main issue I have with the take over of goodreads is not sensible moderation and ousting of malicious people. The issue is the incentive and climate that has been created by the buyout. Goodreads now has inc...
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Is it over? Is this still a big deal to people? Did Goodreads fall? Nope. Goodreads has climbed in number of visits pretty securely. There's a slight drop toward the end of 2013, but it appears everyone went back. However, Number of Page views per user is down 9.11% Time on Site on averag...
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That's truly a great article! Very good information! I'm always looking for that kind of stuff to post on here! Sadly, there's not a single comment under it and no one seems to be discussing. But we don't have too much activity either at the moment. I also can't find anything pertaining to good...
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I think Goodreads may lose its rich culture by losing many of its avid users. But there is a chance that those people are eventaully replaced, seeing as there are just sooo many users on Goodreads.
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I have no doubt it can be stopped. If people wanted it to stop, it could be stopped rather easily in my opinion. But I really don't think people care. I think it partially has to do with social conditioning. Kids sign up to facebook and other social media sites at a very young age. They are use...
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