Re: The Bookternet Is Not Safe for Women (or, Why I Quit Goodreads) - https://bookriot.com/...
Mar 28, 2015
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"I can appreciate your experience on GoodReads and even as an editor of a paper that publishes book reviews, I am fortunate to not have that experience. Personally, I love GoodReads but I use it differently. For me it is about discovering books and people who love books. More importantly it is about maintaining an ever growing TBR list which I will never finish (1,400+) and the dream of someday actually reading a few of those books (which I yes I do!) speaks more to my soul so I will stay. But can respect your decision to make a different choice. It is a choice - not required to prove what a brave solider someone is. Finally, as someone who has loved social media since the good old days of "you've got mail!" and someone who works in the industry....I am deeply disturbed by the bullying that goes on daily using social media as a weapon. Your blog illustrates just another way in which people are hiding behind their computer screens/keyboards to treat each other horribly. It disturbs me..."
- R. Ferguson