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Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by justinberding on Monday February 28, 2022 @03:30PM (#30504725)
1). Persistent design choice, as its built to be primarily a social platform. We felt like an account with your name was bare minimum for something like this to function correctly.

2). No GIFs. But, noted that GIFs could be a fun add.

Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by godshatter on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:22PM (#30506616)
If you add gifs, please allow an option to turn them off. That's one of my biggest pet peeves about Goodreads, a lot of reviewers put a gif after every sentence or two and it drives me up a wall. I want to read a review, not watch a series of tangentially-related short video snippets.
Re:Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads by slickdork on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:04PM (#30505796)
I actually wanted to make sure there were no gifs. I feel like gifs ruin reviews and make low quality reviews get the most 'engagement'.