I'm guessing this means I'm not really the target audience
GoodReads.com (which I learned about via Galleycat) asks:
I, in turn, ask:
Of course, I can still remember, back in the halcyon days of Web 1.2.0.4rc8 build 48, the day I deleted my Friendster and Orkut accounts: it was the day I realized that no amount of social networking was every going to make me less socially awkward.
Have you ever wanted a better way to:
- see what your friends are reading?
- keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read?
- get great book recommendations from people you know?
- make reading fun again?
I, in turn, ask:
You mean, other than by, like,
- looking at their bookshelves?
- looking at my own bookshelves?
- talking to my friends?
- actually, you know, sitting down in my reading chair, and, like, reading books?
Of course, I can still remember, back in the halcyon days of Web 1.2.0.4rc8 build 48, the day I deleted my Friendster and Orkut accounts: it was the day I realized that no amount of social networking was every going to make me less socially awkward.
Posted by Darby M. Dixon III at 12:13 AM.
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I'm obsessed with other people's book shelves and it's soooo convenient to have an online catalogue, one which I can browse through at will. And I can never have too many book friends.
The whole "making reading fun again" thing is the odd one out.
1:17 AM, June 18, 2007
exactly. i'll certainly "friend" a friend but I feel no need to have yet another site about books that I will never update.
11:37 AM, June 18, 2007
Like Imani, I love seeing what other people are reading. But its no use if I can't talk to them about it and get an idea of the book itself...
8:53 AM, June 20, 2007
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