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Don't allow reviews/rating for unreleased books
Under consideration
May 19, 2024
Title pretty much says it all. One of the dumpest things about goodreads IMO.
Only leads to bad behavior like 1starring books people think the author is taking to long to finish. Or review that are just begging for it to be released. Or fanboy 5starring unreleasded book.
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For me, I feel like this is essential for any site that wishes to truly challenge Good Reads (noting the recent controversy). If people get an advanced copy, then perhaps they could post a review if they had some kind of verified status (possibly a membership tier in Pro) that would then be visible pre-release.
This one seems like it'd make sense, but there's a caveat - advanced reader copies. Those reads and reviews are before the book is ever released.
Maybe what we should do is hide reviews/ratings until the book is released, and only allow "ARC" reviews before a book is released. I think that would make a lot of sense.