Janis's comments (member since Dec 12, 2007)

Janis's comments from the Goodreads Feedback group.

I dunno, I tried several times and even let it sit for an hour and got nothing. But I tried just now, accessing the site from scratch and it worked. YEAH! I really like this function, thank you! Now, if it could just be my default view.... :)

The "Top Friends" page still will not load for me. Am I the only one having this problem?

Love the "Top Friends" option Otis, thanks! I would like a way to have this view my default main page.

Also, when I clicked on "Top Friends" before making any changes, I did get the display. Now that I have de-selected (and saved on each page) a few friends the page no longer loads. It remains stuck on "Loading..."

Is this a bug, or just me?

That's great, I like this idea!

Ah! I get it :)

I agree with Abigail, I would not want my reviews cross-posted. But if it's available for those to choose if they'd like to that'd be great.

Go to "My Books", click on "edit shelves" then on that shelf click "Make Exclusive". This will keep the books on this shelf from being added to the default "read" shelf. A book cannot be placed in more than one shelf set as "Exclusive".

Lisa, cool! I didn't know that!

thanks Otis!

Yes, and inspired by this:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show_grou...

Luckily for me I did know how to unjoin, and did when I realized I wasn't interested.

Here's something I experienced recently. When receiving an email invitation to "join this group" the link included is to join the group. I realize that the inviter can include a message - however often they do not. It'd be nice if there were also a link to "review" the group first, without joining, to check if it's a group I'd actually be interested in joining.

Thanks Otis :)

Yes, Newengland, something like that would be nice. It'd also help keeping the actual number of friends manageable, while allowing an easy way to check profiles occassionally of others that have similar interests (or are also trying not to have 500 friends).

This may have come up before, but I would like an option to save favorite profiles of people who are not one of my "friends". People may not wish to "friend" someone for whatever reason, but when that is the case it makes it difficult check their books and reviews from time to time when I am interested. I can save a link in my web browser, but it'd be nice to have a section on "favorite profiles" in addition to the "friends" option.

I vote for Tore's suggestion as well.

This kind of thing is not something I appreciate, but it does seem some people do. As long as they inflict it on others of like mind I don't have a problem with it, but unfortunately that isn't always the case.

Maybe it's the groups I'm in, but I've only seen that kind of thing a couple times - from a couple specific people. It seems to me fairly rare on Goodreads, but again perhaps it's just not common where I am reading, and may be more common elsewhere.

Personally I take note of people who seem prone to this kind of behavior and try to avoid them. That isn't what I'm here for.

Unfortunately it seems some believe that freedom of speech means they don't need to concern themselves with insignificant things such as manners or the feelings of others, ignoring the fact that while we may have freedom of speech that doesn't mean others have to listen or tolerate behavior we find offensive.

I certainly hope this kind of thing does not become the overall environment here on Goodreads.

I did vote for it Otis, and that's good. But by the time my sister logs on that will probably be long gone from my daily updates :)

Colleen, that's a good idea too, to have the option on reviews, I actually hadn't thought of that. I read a poem on a friend's page I wished I could recommend to another friend, I thought they'd like it too. But I like the idea for reviews too! I agree, often others are much better at expressing things in their reviews than I am.

I'd like a way to recommend someone's writing to my friends to read. I see this option on books, but not for writings.

I agree. Nothing wrong with an author promoting their book in groups where it fits, as you have said. I enjoy learning about authors and books I hadn't heard of when those books fit my areas of interest.

But I personally find these postings in groups where it does not fit the group area of interest annoying. Glad to see I'm not alone.