What's the point of having a goodreads account? Why

File: 1459818616847.gif (954KB, 444x309px) Image search: [Google]

954KB, 444x309px

>>8892734

You add the right people with the right taste and it becomes great.

>>8892734
autistic cataloging and rating, that's it

same reason i have RYM and Letterboxd accounts despite not interacting with the community (especially in the case of Letterboxd; it's mostly insane SJW types, with a much smaller but not-insignificant reactionary element comprised of dimwits that surely frequent /pol/; why aren't there many relatively well-adjusted people to talk to on the internet?)

>>8892734
I get recommendations from the 40 or so "friends" i have picked up on goodreads threads. also, i track my books.

I wanted to keep track of the books I've read. The really important ones I never forget for a day but the truth is I've read a lot of trash I wouldn't recognise until re-reading half the fucking book.

I find the concept of completely forgetting a book terrifying so I decided to write them down somewhere. Even if it's a silly fantasy book for children it may carry some of my fondest memories otherwise unaccessible. I'm not sure why books do that.

Either way, I dropped that shit when I realized I can just line my walls with bookshelves instead of managing one to show off the presentable ones.

>>8892789
this, if I didn't have account on Goodreads or RYM I'd just note it in a notebook or on the computer

Keeping track of what I read and using their database. I don't interact with the community at all.

YO SO YOU CAN SEE DA BOOKS I READ NIGGUHH!!!!

>using others' art to impress people

Listing everything I've read, which is practical.
Seeing the neat statistics.
Occasional bantz with other /lit/izens in the comment sections.

To stalk cute girls ofc

File: oh god whyE.jpg (171KB, 780x620px) Image search: [Google]

171KB, 780x620px

>I hate this book because I did not understand/it didn't match my expectations/my tastes the website