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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by stakkur on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:35PM (#26838792)
Goodreads is owned by Amazon. It's sole purpose is to drive customers to Amazon, not provide a 'delightful user experience' outside that goal. That's why they bought it.
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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by randomsearch on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:53PM (#26838966)
From posts by former goodreads employees, Amazon bought it to kill it
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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by throwawayjcvbs on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:52PM (#26839457)
this is false. they bought it 8 years ago, you'd think it would be dead by now if so.
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Re:Why has no one made a better Goodreads by randomsearch on Saturday April 17, 2021 @03:50AM (#26842418)
By "kill" i don't mean "close down", I mean "make stagnate"
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