Reply to post #427 (show post):
Today's release add new options to list: notifications and comments :)

I am still waiting for Booklikes to institute Privacy options. The current lack of any way to protect my privacy is the reason I won't post blog posts or book reviews on BL.

I am also waiting for BL to remove the annoying pop up I receive each and every time I log in. I will not tell BL my genre preferences, particularly in light if it's refusal to allow me to protect my privacy. In this day and age of internet functionality and abuses it is completely inexcusable to disallow users to choose what they will and will not allow to display publicly.

Reply to post #445 (show post):
BookLikes is a global blog platform where you can create a public bookish website with a blog, shelf and timeline, and you become part of book lovers' community and have access to additional features and discovery sites designed for BookLikes community. If you don't wish to share you content you can save it as drafts - then it will be visible only to you. You can also switch off the Blog feature in Settings/Blog and make it invisible on your webpage. If you wish to set your books private - you can do so by shelving it and choosing "private" attribute. If you have any more concerns, you can also check our Terms of Services and Privacy Policy for further information.

Reply to post #447 (show post):
The new features will be developed. For the time being all options are available in the particular Settings' tabs. When it comes to the blocking, you don't need to follow a blog. The blocking works for blogs who followed you - when you block it, it will stop following you and seeing your posts on Dashboard.

One guy said he would trigger me because I took offense to his 'very polite and reasonable' friend creating another account to get around my block and posting on my blog, which led to whole host of other issues. Let's just say I didn't end up getting any sleep last night because she didn't accept my boundaries, and I reacted with a profanity laced post telling her exactly what she could do.

He said he would trigger me all tonight and tomorrow night, which apparently meant sending his minions to my blog where I posted that they were not invited, and mocking my sexuality. (Which, yes, they're right it's unusual and not many people really get.)

I'm still on the verge of tears because this guy, much like another, couldn't accept boundaries. I don't care what he says anywhere else, but as this is my blog on your site, and my favored book site, I wanted that one to stay safe. They think they can break me, and they can't, but it would be a lot easier to stop this harassment and cyberstalking with a better blocking system.

I really don't think you here at BL think someone making accounts to call me 'little miss bitch' or joking about my triggers and making accounts just to mock my sexual orientation is okay. Having a private blog would help avoid this, to be honest. Or even having a comment setting that said 'friends only.'

For now I've disabled them.

And I still jump a little when I see a new notification come in.

Reply to post #450 (show post):
Sorry about this. OK, we'll be bringing new comment options to make all BL members feel comfy and stay safe on BL, we do care about positive atmosphere on BookLikes and hope to maintain one.

Thank you! I honestly think that you're one of the better sites and your reaction time to concerns is really fast.

I'm relieved just hearing this is coming.

I agree that you should be able to block without having to follow. If there is someone harassing me, I really don't want to follow them - which will prompt a notification & email to go to them saying that I'm following them - before I can block them.

Following them knowing that a notification goes out makes me really uncomfortable.

EDIT: I see now that you can block if someone is following you without you following them, but what about blocking harassers who aren't following you? Anyone can leave a comment even if they're not following your blog, at least to my understanding. Please correct me if I am wrong here. Thanks!

Blocking helps, but if there are times when other users are being the problem (acting negatively towards reviews, opinions, etc.) then it would be nice to be able to allow only friends or approved comments rather than have to turn all comments off.

I do know that code isn't something easily just added on to create such things, so I don't expect changes rapidly. But because people on the internet often act this way, it's the kind of thing that some users will need so that they can continue to use/allow comments on their blogs.

The new options for commenting system on BookLikes have been just released.

Thank you! So helpful!

Reply to post #446 (show post):
Thank you. Looks like I wasn't clear, so I'll try to re-phrase. I DO want to share what I post. I simply want to be in control of who it is shared with. Currently BL offers zero privacy and security features in order to protect me and allow me the ability to share content with whom I chose, rather than to all BL users. This leaves me open to potential harm, harm I have seen occur to others, and harm I desire to avoid for myself.

I have seen BL blogs posted to other sites by people who are NOT friends of the blogger, and only for purposes of ridicule, intimidation and abuse of the blogger. I do not want that to happen to me, or anyone else on BL.

Please explain how you believe saving things as "drafts" or turning off my blog will allow my Friends to see my posts to my blog? How would setting my books to "private" allow my friends to see my books?

If I simply wanted to write things for myself I'd write private documents saved to my own computer. The same thing with switching off my blog, or setting my books to "private". Allow my Friends to comment on my blog and have a discussion with them on my blog? I do not see how these things would allow me to share my blog/book content with those I allow on my Friends/Following lists. Am I missing something?

I feel that my adding content in the form of blog posts and book reviews would be of more benefit to BL even if limited to my Followers/Following than my current position of adding zero content. I currently have over 1,000 books shelved elsewhere and over 600 reviews. This is content I would like to share on BL, but currently cannot, for reasons stated.

BL also needs to allow it's users to control who Follows them, BEFORE they are Following. A function to approve followers would be great.

I have read the BL TOS. The Privacy policy does not address user security or privacy. I am requesting this be improved.

Reply to post #442 (show post):
Hi, just wanted to let you know that we've added the note option for individual books in the reading lists.

Reply to post #462 (show post):
Thank you so much! This will really enable me to make my lists more useful. Thanks for being so responsive to requests!