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G.R. Reader
Goodreads Author
Born
in Vatican City State, Holy See (vatican City State)
Genre
Influences
Plato, Rabelais, Bakunin, Arthur Graham
Member Since
November 2013
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Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
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2013
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“At your next book club meeting, picture me sitting quietly in the corner, taking notes on your preferences. Imagine the next day you get an email from me trying to sell you a new grill — or a book — or accessories for your Glock. That's the Amazon/Goodreads deal. It's appalling. But everywhere in the press, you'll read about the genius of Amazon."
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's)”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
(Michael Herrmann and the booksellers of Gibson's)”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
“By deciding what is, and is not, allowed to be discussed in a review, by removing discussion of social context, and saying that only the words on the page count, Goodreads is ignoring fifty years of development of literary criticism, and is engaging in censorship.”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
“The Internet is transient. Information can be removed with a couple of mouse-clicks; it is an Orwellian dream. We have been advised, by people who claim to know about these things, that there is no point in protesting against a social network. Whoever owns the network will run it as they see fit, normally to maximize their profit margin. Members who dispute the rules will simply be thrown out. The Terms of Use are written so as not to allow them any recourse.”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
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“You may wish to spend a moment thinking about whether this person is an asset or a liability to your company”
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
― Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revolt
“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to prevent it, and I didn't see any ideas in the thread either (I did skim though).
I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down a censorship road that doesn't take us to a good place.”
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I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down a censorship road that doesn't take us to a good place.”
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“To be clear, Goodreads staff have not been deleting any posts. A value we've always had here is that we don't censor content (unless it's against our policies - eg porn, etc). [April 1, 2013]”
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Off-Topic Discussion
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Seems the book has sparked some discussion and interest! To better organize questions and future developments of interested parties, here is a group!
The Haters Club
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It's tragic that in today's day and age that hate is so grossly undervalued. If hate is truly love reflected in the black mirror, we should realize t ...more
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Oct 20, 2014 05:08AM
I would like to propose John Winterson Richards for this month's Well-Behaved Author Award. His recent conversation with me is a very model of how to respond to a negative review, and almost made me wonder if I had misjudged his book.
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Ha ha! I wuz already a fan, G.R.Can't wait for your next book. WHHEEE!! :D
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Thank you for the friend request! And for being awesome.
