Laurel's comments (member since Jun 20, 2009)

Laurel's comments from the Goodreads Feedback group.

Just saw that there is now the option to click "including to-reads" on the "show reviews" option with FB. So it's now possible to not include to-reads on FB feeds. Yay! Thanks, Otis! Or whoever made that change!

Hi Crystie,

I too am able adjust settings so only one-line updates show up on my profile on FB, and not in my newsfeeds. This way the "to reads" don't show up in my feed either.

But what I would love is the option for my "currently reading" to indeed show up in my newsfeed -- but nothing else. That way my friends can see what I'm reading in their feeds, but not my huge list of "to reads." Right now there doesn't seem to be that option. Or at least, I can't get it to work.

Susan's suggestion is a great one!! Seems like something that would be easy for them to fix.

Thanks for the comments!

Oh.. bummer! I hadn't even though of that. I'm sure it's the same for my friends then as well -- that they only see the book listed on GR with a whole list of other people's reviews vs. my own. That definitely should be fixed! Thanks for bringing it up.

Susan, I just checked, and when I clicked on the book, it took me to GR with my review (and other reviews) listed beneath the book. Does this not happen for you?

JG wrote: It looks pretty easy to get just your reviews on FB. After you write a review and hit save, the screen comes up that says something like "your review of this books has been added." A little lower on that same page is an option to click to add this review to your FB feed. I haven't done this, but it seems pretty straightforward.

JG -- I just found this feature and it is GREAT! Works perfectly and just what I was looking for. Now when I want a review to show up in my feed, I know I can just click on that after I finish my review. Not sure how I missed it before. Thanks!

Brooke -- LOL...that would be a good reason no one has made the request before! ;-) I thought I misread at first too. But yes... definitely want the to-reads to STOP showing up! :)

Thanks, Otis. I was able to get book covers to start showing up in my feed, but then all sorts of things I didn't want to show up on my feed also started showing up (like comments, though I'd disabled them). So then I just disabled the whole thing and tried to reset everything, and now I can't get it to work again. It's all very confusing, and I'm normally pretty good with computer stuff. :)

Glad I'm a first with a suggestion! Though actually I was requesting that the "to-reads" NOT show up on the FB feeds... there doesn't seem to be an option for that and it'd be great if there was! :)

Anyway, as it stands I've removed all goodreads updates from my FB feed because it was all just too hard to get the exact settings I wanted. But I will try again at some point! Thanks again for everyone's help and patience! :-)

Yes, thank you! The pictures are indeed showing up now! Your comments were helpful.. there are still just a few more glitches, I guess, in terms of the "to reads". Either that or I'm just really bad at computer stuff. ;)

Thanks JG for your helpful comments.

Brooke -- I wondered the same thing about unchecking "add a book to your shelves."

JG -- I enabled updates to my feed on FB which did enable photos, I think. But then when I updated my status with a comment on a book I'm reading on GR, it went into my FB news feed for all my FB friends to see. A bit embarrassing b/c there was no explanation to the comment. :) I do have "comments" disabled on my feed so it's odd that showed up. I deleted it.

Anyway, would be nice if GR could have a setting where nothing shows up in FB feeds except what book you are reading or have just read (along with a photo and maybe an option to see your review).

I'll keep playing with settings to see if I can figure it all out. :)

Thanks again!

Agreed! Every time I update my GR feed, I end up having to go to FB to delete all my "to reads" because I feel like it's just going to annoy my FB friends (many of whom are not big readers).

I've seen some people post about this but couldn't find the replies, so my apologies if there is already a discussion on this.

I love goodreads and love that it is now on FB. However, most of my friends on FB are (I hate to say) using Virtual Bookshelf instead. I love GR too much to make the switch; however, I do wish GR would make some things available that Virtual Bookshelf has in order to make it more appealing to FB users.

For example, I'd love for a photo of the cover of my books to show up in my newsfeed, as well as my reviews/ratings once I finish the book.

It would also be great if the "to-read" option could be disabled on FB so that every time I mark a book to read, it doesn't show up on my FB feed (just what I am currently reading and what I've finished and rated/reviewed). I think there should be an option of choosing what shows up on the feed and what doesn't.

If these things were available, I feel like I'd have better luck trying to lure my friends of Virtual Bookshelf and over to GR! :)

Thanks! Laurel