TrixM
TrixM asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I just found my account was hacked, so that might explain some of the garbage appearing randomly under reviews (assuming my account is not the only one to be hacked). Some of the other "questions" are patently there to get people to click on their profile names even if no links are embedded. Goodreads' security options are lacking - e.g. we don't have to approve "friends". And authors have no ability to approve Qs?

Lois McMaster Bujold
I have the power to skip or flag peculiar Q&A entries. I should likely skip more of them, but years of ingraining from public schools -- answer every question you can on the test! -- is hard to overcome.

I do have to approve "friends", but as this is a public site for, well, publicity, I don't vet them. (For one thing, that would be much too large a tax on my time and attention.)

Ta, L.

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