Change in Goodreads Notifications

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Just an FYI—if you usually rely on getting an email from Goodreads to notify you of activity you may be interested in, many of those emails have been eliminated.

Here is the post from Goodreads Help explaining the changes. They seem to think these changes are improvements…

Changes to Goodreads Notification Settings
We’ve simplified the way we notify you about activity on Goodreads. Within Account Settings, we’ve moved the notification settings to a new Notifications page.

Some notifications have been updated to only alert you on Goodreads and can no longer also be sent via email:
When one of your groups is about to start reading a book
When a Goodreads member answers your question for Goodreads Q&A
Reminding you to write a review for a Giveaway you’ve won
Requests to join your group.
Notification settings can only be modified on desktop and any changes you make will appear on the iOS or Android app. For steps to change or review the updated notification settings, see How do I edit my notification settings?

[Cheryl]

This means, too, that every discussion we want to follow, we have to actively click "notify me when people comment." Which explains the low level of participation in many groups, and in this groups Questions of the Week.

If I were Mod. I would send out a broadcast message.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Cheryl wrote: "If I were Mod. I would send out a broadcast message."

Thanks, Cheryl. Did you get an email notifying you when I sent out a broadcast message for nominations for January BotM? While broadcast messages go to everyone’s Inbox, I don’t think people get an email letting them know they have a message. I didn’t this last time around. I’ll watch to see if I get one when I send a broadcast message for the preliminary polls. Maybe you can let me know in this topic thread as well. I will be sending it out late Saturday morning Central time.

[Cheryl]

Yikes. I have 14 unread PMs. Yes, I got your message... but not an email notifying me about it. GR is making me tired.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Cheryl wrote: "Yikes. I have 14 unread PMs. Yes, I got your message... but not an email notifying me about it. GR is making me tired."

Thanks. No emails is going to make things tough(er) for group members.

[Cheryl]

Yes, I got the broadcast about preliminary polls. But I don't think that I got a notification about it... sorry; it's been a week so I'm not sure. :(

[Shel, Moderator]

It's so frustrating, we are trying to build participation and it's like Goodreads is actively working against us. :(