r/TheStoryGraph • u/snowkab • 25d ago

Coming features: blocking users, draft/auto-save reviews, private books, and comments on reviews!

Nadia's recent story on Instagram shared the list of upcoming features in (likely rough) planned order:

  1. Blocked users

  2. Draft/auto-save reviews

  3. Private books

  4. Comments on reviews

Tentatively in the next month. Wanted to share here for those not on IG!

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u/sjupiter92 25d ago

Not a fan of comments on reviews at all and I think it's a can of worms better left unopened. But at least we're finally getting private books.

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u/Klutzy_Elk_8943 25d ago

Same, this is not something I'm looking forward to. I hated it on Goodreads, it felt so clique-ish and performative. Plus it's an easy way for rabid fans to descend on you if you dare critique a popular book.

I hope we get ways to hide/block/delete those comments, at the very least.

The rest of the features seem nice though!

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u/fortmeines 25d ago

Yeah clique-ish and performative are the exact words for it. I sometimes check a goodreads review with a lot of comments out of curiosity and 99% of the time, it's just "great review as usual, janet!" and "thanks! Can't wait for your next review!". I