Classic Trash discussion

So I was reading an article about the evil that is Goodreads (compounded with the evil that is Amazon), and I’m wondering about how people feel about moving to a different platform?

A friend recommended StoryGraph, and it lets you transfer your Goodreads library over. I’m trying it now, and it’s not as beautiful but less evil.

We might find a new audience there too. What does everyone think?

I will probably stay here. What isn’t “evil” on the internet anymore? You can try StoryGraph and let us know your experiences and if a move is worth it. But ultimately it’s up to the group owner.

I checked out storygraph, and it looks cool, but they don’t have book club functionality yet. Also, my husband works for AWS. I am fully aware of their shortcomings, and support those who don’t want to use them, but I appreciate the health insurance. (I have made my peace with this particular moral compromise. My meds are prohibitively expensive. ) I’d think about moving if they offer something better than what we already have, though.

Ok the people have spoken!

Sarah,

You can invite people on your Friends List to join this group and increase the membership. Look on the Clasic Trash webpage, under the banner picture at the top right of the page. It says in green letters Send Invite. Click on that to bring up your Friends List, which you can select friends to invite to join this group. I use it to send an invite when I add someone to my Friends List. It's just a thought, if you are interested.

I have both, and while Storygraph is nice, it's clunky and hard to manage sometimes. It's still in the 'developing/growing' process, though. But the lack of group function makes it a no brainer - I love this group! Even if I occasionally just pass on the book of the month (sorry gang, I just don't like Collins enough to spend money on her :P ) I'll try talking to the readers at my workplace, but they tend to be young people who like only the young 'popular' writers. Which is why I'm not a member of the workplace book club. I'd try suggesting an old book, which though written in the 70-10's is still well worth reading and they'd just ignore it because they were talking to each other about 4th Whatever. (insert annoyed face here)

I still haven’t tried storygraph. I should give it a look, but the lack of groups is a dealbreaker for me.