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News Is Goodreads' reputation forever tarnished?
- Thread starter Hannah Faoileán
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I saw this someone was hella more naughty than nice. Time for a visit from Krampus.
Peyton Stafford
Full Member
I do not want to sound authoritarian or against freedom of expression, but the Goodreads scandal shows the weaknesses of crowd-sourced material. I read the NYT book reviews and follow other opinions by people with serious interests in literature. Aside from the bombing scandal, Goodreads has long been a rave site for high school students who could not follow the plot of a Jane Austen novel nor relate to her characters. "Nuff said."
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