Honestly, you can say same thing about any page, app that let users write reviews. There will always be trolls, review bombs, corporate buying reviews etc. I have bigger problems with goodreads as app itself.

[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it’s also impossible to know who actually did read a book and who didn’t. Hard to keep something like this both fair and open without strict moderation, and almost nobody wants to do that for free.

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a different article but I remember a Goodreads librarian commenting that they were basically working for Amazon for free.

[–] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah we do.

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I'm so conflicted about doing librarian work. Yay for putting things in order! Boo for free labor for a global behemoth.