Crystal's comments (member since Mar 13, 2009)

Crystal's comments from the Goodreads Feedback group.

I know that there are a lot using Bravenet, Google, and some other forms of calendars because Goodreads doesn't have the service. I know with myself, I'd stop using the other forms if I had a calendar on my Goodreads profile. I bet a lot of member's feel the same way. My fingers are crossed! :)

THANK YOU, OTIS!! YOUR THE BEST!! Merry Christmas! :)

I'm curious too. It would be a great addition for the New Year. :D

I noticed that if you type in someone first name with no last name it shows a full page of members with the first name that you entered but most of them have no books listed, no friends, they just joined, or they haven't been active for months. One would think the results would display active members.

Annalisa wrote: "That's weird. Comments within a group that only the members can see don't seem like they need to be private. Events however should be. If you create an event in that group, it will show up on your ..."

Yeah, I agree, the comments don't need to be private.

I just noticed something that I have never noticed before. In my private group, if I go to my member's list and pick any member that has posted comments, click their comment number, I see a list of their comments displayed by the last comment they made. I tried the same thing with my secret group, and the list of comments doesn't show up. Is this supposed to happen? Why can't I view member's comments in my secret group?

Shanon wrote: "I like this idea as well but would like the information to be limited to be viewed only by moderators."

I like this idea, and agree with what Shannon said.

I suppose some would be insulted, I never thought of that because I wouldn't be. I guess it's not a good idea to have something in place that would hurt someone feelings. I suppose this wasn't one of my better ideas/suggestions. LOL

I don't know if this has been suggested before, I couldn't find any reference to it. As a group moderator, I would like the ability to cancel an invite that I've sent to someone to join a group. This would be handy if you send out a bunch of invitations, and you only want a set amount of members. I don't know if people will accept my invitation. Say in the first hour, I get my set amount joined, then I could cancel the rest of the invitations. Plus if I send out an invitation and someone doesn't accept it or decline it within a few weeks, I could cancel it. I think it would be a handy little feature to have.

I don't know if the lists like what's on facebook would work. I find how facebook is set up confuessing as well. Would lists be like being able to group your friends into groups? If we had the notes feature, then could create our own groups for our friends that would be awesome.

mlady_rebecca wrote: "I love the idea of a private notes field attached to usernames. Personally, I'd like to see it apply to everyone, not just friends. For instance, I'd like a note attached to people I've banned to e..."

Yes, I agree too!

I think it would be handy for someone like me, who seems to collect friends. ;D It could be similiar to the notes field for a book. We do have the area where you write a story about your friend, but your friend can see it and has to approve it. The notes field they wouldn't see. Lisa, It would work with the calendar feature as well, but would be more handy with each member's profile.

Nobody is saying anything. I thought it was a good idea. Maybe not! :(

I would like to see a area where we could write a note about a friend that they cannot see. Maybe beside or under where it says SEND MESSAGE | COMPARE BOOKS | WRITE A STORY | MORE... there could be a spot for notes.

Sometimes I invite a friend to a group, and they aren't interested, so I could write in the note area not to invite them again. Maybe a friend is sick or something, so I could make a note of it, and the next time I talk to them ask how they are. Maybe there could be a little icon or something beside the note link as a reminder that a note has been written. I think it would be handy.

I don't worry too much about keeping track of who I request friendship with. If they refuse my request, which they have every right to do without an explanation, then that is fine. Whatever their reason was for not wanting to become my friend is fine. Good reads is a HUGE community. Someone might refuse you, but the next person you befriend might become a life long friend. That being said, I would much rather see a system where we could organize our friends list better. Maybe be able to sort them into groups and such.

I agree with the bar charts, that would be awesome!

Thank you, Lyn. I'm glad you enjoy them. ;)

I run a lot of challenges in Novel Ladies. A fast reader can whip through several harlequin romances in a day, but you may have another reader who is reading 450 page books. Some members are single, don't have kids, may be unemployed and have a lot more time to read than the members who have a 9-5, 3 young kids, soccer practice, etc, etc. Some read their day away, well others are lucky to get in 2 hours of reading in before bed. I think writing the reviews is a good suggestion, but I have several members in my groups that have never written a review. I don't feel right telling them they have to write a review, or they can't take part in a challenge. That's not fun, and to me, book challenges should be fun. I can only speak for myself, but as a mod, I make it a point to learn, and get to know the members of my groups. I know who the fast readers are, who reads at a slower pace, who reads 20 books a month, and who reads 3. I learn this through polls and just talking to my members. Granted this can be a lot of work the bigger your group is. But, you should be able to trust the members in your group.

I agree with Tricia about the space factor, however I agree with Cynthia too, that the book images within this space could be a little smaller. And I also agree with the fact that moderators should be given options with this. I'm all for anything that gives a mod options. Then the groups wouldn't all look the same from the homepage view.

I'm all for this idea as well. :)