Goodreads' default setting changed!

[Werner]

Earlier this year (as usual, without announcing it to anybody! :-( ), Goodreads apparently changed the default setting on our accounts, at the part where we specify who can send personal messages to us. Formerly, the default setting was that any Goodreader could message us, but we could limit that to our Goodreads friends. Now, all accounts are switched to the other way around; only our friends can message us, unless we go into our personal account settings and allow other members in general to do so. I only learned this through a post about it in another group.

You may not have a preference anyway, or may prefer to only allow your friends to message you; in that case, you don't need to do anything. In my case, though, there have been times when non-friends needed to ask me something, or when I needed to contact someone I'm not friends with; so in those instances, the more general setting can be an advantage. (If you change your setting, remember to click "Save" at the bottom of the page!)

[Swantje]

Thanks, I just changed my setting. I also like the idea of a challenge question for friend requests, but don’t know what I would put there yet.

[Werner]

Swantje wrote: "Thanks, I just changed my setting. I also like the idea of a challenge question for friend requests, but don’t know what I would put there yet."

My challenge question is just "Why are you interested in being friends with me?" or words to that effect. So far, it seems to work pretty well.

[Janelle]

Thanks for this info Werner

[Werner]

No problem, Janelle!