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Goodreads Has No Incentive to be Good (countercraft.substack.com)
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This makes me pretty sad - Goodreads was awesome back in the day.

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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah we do.

[–] [email protected] 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.