I don’t think it suggests that anyone SHOULD abandon goodreads, only that that there are alternatives.  Personally, I ditched goodreads when it started to lose focus a little bit, so it’s nice to see a few alternatives that provide the original functionality that drew me in in the first place.

I think you’re asking something from the article that it wasn’t trying to provide. It feels clear to me that Calhoun wasn’t trying to convince anyone to abandon Goodreads, he was just trying to highlight the alternatives for those who would like one.

Your first paragraph is exactly why I’m looking for an alternative to Goodreads. 5 star reviews on a book that has not been published or read (or in some cases, even written) yet are utterly pointless, and the increasing reliance on GIFs and stupid little pictures to illustrate every thought and reaction is just…

That wasn’t the point of the article. The point was IF you want to leave Goodreads, there are some options. 

I agree the article doesn’t get at it, but as a Goodreads user for over 10 years, I’ve been shopping for an alternative. Why? Mostly the Amazon acquisition. Goodreads’ recommendations used to actually look at your shelves and suggest adjacent items - not always great recommendations, but related anyway. Now, my…

LibraryThing was the first such service of its kind, and I got on board with it then. Many people went over to GoodReads, but I liked LT enough to stick with it - partly because of its immense flexibility (I also used it to track our video library and so forth), but also because the developers were so responsive. Nice…

Please don’t send people to Riffle. The site is totally broken and was abandoned well over a year ago. If you have an account there, you can never delete it, and emails send to their support address just bounce.

My only piece of advice is to NOT watch it with a Hamilton superfan. It’s a masterpiece deserving of all the praised heaped on it, but some of it’s fans are ... yikes.

There are so many things wrong with the crap in this comment.

I have already felt dread concern over what will happen if Quarantine is lifted on a Monday and I have to return to my office without getting my locs retwisted and lined-up. I cannot imagine how it is for essential-workers, especially those who have job mandates around standards of “neatness” that are hard to meet if…

Well fuck me I guess, I thought the article was interesting, even in the midst of this global disaster.

My personal read on Lena in her scenes with Alex is that, in addition to wanting them all to know how hurt she is, on some level she also really, really wants them to keep trying.

What proof do we have that these so-called experts aren’t just three geese in an overcoat?

Nice try, Big Goose.

I’m a Canadian. You STAY AWAY from the Geese. They’re horrible animals.

Your experts are liars.  I grew up on a ranch with geese and Untitled Goose Game is the closest representation to reality I’ve ever encountered.  They are unapologetic assholes.

Absolutely. A lot of the bestsellers that seem to come out of nowhere are boosted by library sales. Books with a lot of buzz wind up with huge waiting lists in my library system. The library will adjust and order more copies if demand is up early.

Here’s a great Unethical Life Pro Tip: Since the cowards at G/O Media have suspended comments at Deadspin, come on over to Lifehacker to tell Jim Spanfeller what a horrible piece of shit he is. Fuck you, Jim, you spineless waste of space!