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A harassment campaign on Goodreads

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270 points ilamont | 2 comments | 06 Jan 20 20:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.538s | source
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jasonpbecker ◴[06 Jan 20 21:19 UTC] No.21973446[source]▶
Goodreads is desperately in need of a strong competitor.
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prophesi ◴[06 Jan 20 21:42 UTC] No.21973686[source]▶
I recommend https://www.librarything.com/

Sadly, any Goodreads competitor will need to miraculously gain the network effect; everyone you know is on Goodreads, so it'll just be you and whoever you can convince to move to a new platform.

As for the downsides for Goodreads, this blatant lack of moderation is troublesome. I also dislike that Kindle / Amazon are the only visible links to purchase books by default. Amazon already dominates the ebook/audiobook market, so I also simply dislike Goodreads due to their acquisition by Amazon.

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1. thiagomgd ◴[06 Jan 20 23:00 UTC] No.21974476[source]▶
As I don't care much about the social network aspect, I would use a competitor that offers better functionality. Unfortunately library thing's homepage makes it seem like it's not updated for a few years, which makes me wonder if it's worth migrating for a platform that might not be actively maintained anymore.
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2. rodgerd ◴[07 Jan 20 21:18 UTC] No.21984993[source]▶
They're actively maintained and I get newsletters and so on from them.

They thing is, on another level: they're done. They offer excellent cataloguing and the ability to share your reviews and so on and so forth. What more do they need to add? A visual refresh every few years? At this point I'd rather they spend the money their customers pay them on keeping things running, not adding crap no-one cares about, surveillance capitalism anti-features, or whatever.