StoryGraph has made it pretty clear they don’t want to be more social—you have to go into your settings and explicitly turn on friends and followers.

They also de-emphasize reviews, hiding them under a button. There are no likes or comments on reviews, and they don’t have shelves like Goodreads.

But to me, a big part of Goodreads is the community, library organization, and reviews, so I want to emphasize those on Kaguya.

Also, I just think our design is much better.

That was a pretty good endorsement of StoryGraph. I bet a number of people just read your description and thought “yes, that is exactly what I’m looking for”. Of course, it also means you did a good job of promoting your own service, since it’ll attract people who want the opposite.

I just had an account there. It might still be active. The way you have explained StoryGraph, it seems I must spend some more time checking it out. Seems really what I might be looking for.

Came here to say this - the Story Graph is fantastic and highly recommended.

They haven't yet made me any good recommendations. I'm still giving it data, if for no other reason than to track my reading. I know that book recommendation is hard. But I do think I got better suggestions from Goodreads.