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"I've read this book years ago, and it's as impressive as ever. This time I'll actually write a review..." — Oct 24, 2013 03:33AM
"I've read this book years ago, and it's as impressive as ever. This time I'll actually write a review..." — Oct 24, 2013 03:33AM
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(10%)
"Eh, Platonism of mathematical entities comes into discussion." — Oct 10, 2013 01:44PM
"Eh, Platonism of mathematical entities comes into discussion." — Oct 10, 2013 01:44PM
“If people wrote their reviews on paper and put them into a real, physical library, I am sure that the Goodreads administrators would be very reluctant to pull them down from shelves and burn them. When you can get rid of a piece of writing just by clicking on a few links, there’s a temptation to believe that it’s less serious. But it isn’t. It’s just less clear what you’ve done.”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
“At your next book club meeting, picture me sitting quietly in the corner, taking notes on your preferences. Imagine the next day you get an email from me trying to sell you a new grill — or a book — or accessories for your Glock. That's the Amazon/Goodreads deal. It's appalling. But everywhere in the press, you'll read about the genius of Amazon."
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's)”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's)”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to prevent it, and I didn't see any ideas in the thread either (I did skim though).
I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down a censorship road that doesn't take us to a good place.”
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I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down a censorship road that doesn't take us to a good place.”
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“To be clear, Goodreads staff have not been deleting any posts. A value we've always had here is that we don't censor content (unless it's against our policies - eg porn, etc). [April 1, 2013]”
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“You won’t believe this. 99% of reviews on GoodBetterBestReads are written by less than one percent of the members.
Did you hear that? 99%! Let’s repeat it. 99%. Let’s repeat it. 99%.
Now, the thing is, we thought that by getting one percent to do all the writing, we could sell to the 100%.
We placed a lot of trust in the one percent. Can you see our dilemma?
A lot of people’s welfare depended on the one percent.
What would happen to our cocktails and our cars and our condos, if the one percent staged a strike?”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
Did you hear that? 99%! Let’s repeat it. 99%. Let’s repeat it. 99%.
Now, the thing is, we thought that by getting one percent to do all the writing, we could sell to the 100%.
We placed a lot of trust in the one percent. Can you see our dilemma?
A lot of people’s welfare depended on the one percent.
What would happen to our cocktails and our cars and our condos, if the one percent staged a strike?”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
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