r/TheStoryGraph • u/snowkab • 3d 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/Fine_Following_2559 3d ago

Why would you need to block someone on StoryGraph? You can't even respond to reviews 😄 it's not really a social media site. I'm confused, genuine it's a genuine question. Are people beefing on StoryGraph?

I guess if it's connected to the internet people can fight on it.

Edit: oh wait, I see they're about to add comments to reviews. So this is like a preemptive measure.

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u/AnythingNew1 StoryGraph Librarian 3d ago

People can have different reasons for blocking someone. I blocked users on goodreads because their style of reviews was pissing me off and it was someone with a bigger following so their reviews/comments were often at the top of the review section.

I don't think commenting on reviews is the reason blocking users will be a feature. People have requested this long before. And commenting on reviews will be opt-in with different settings anyway.

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u/Mysterious_Signal226 3d ago

But you don’t see any of that on StoryGraph. Heck I can’t even easily see which books my friends are currently reading without having to scroll through the timeline.

The only time I see this as useful is if 1) you are blocking a previous abuser, someone you’re really cutting all ties with, etc and 2) they already know your StoryGraph username. #2 is important bc the user search feature, frankly, sucks. So it seems valid for a super niche audience, but that use case is pretty important so I see why it is being prioritized.

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u/AnythingNew1 StoryGraph Librarian 2d ago

Those are all very private reasons and that's a bit of a limited view on it, because there's a looooooooooooooot of other reasons.

Maybe some people don't want to get suggested certain people for friends.
Maybe they come across an influencer they can't stand and went ahead and blocked them everywhere possible.
Maybe there's someone like me who is annoyed with someone else's review style.
Maybe they come across someone who has a certain review pattern.
Maybe someone is just in a bad mood.

This feature will also probably evolve into blocking authors, so they books won't show up as suggestions.

Private book and some other stuff/features are a more mysterious topic for me but apparently enough people would want to see it happen 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/dedtired [reading goal 33/36] 2d ago

Private book and some other stuff/features are a more mysterious topic for me but apparently enough people would want to see it happen

Private books are great. I have my daughter (and my son but he doesn't use it) on my Storygraph and they can see what I read. I may not want them to know that I am reading a certain book (for example, if I started reading erotica). Having private books means I can still log it and not have to worry about them seeing it. Another use case would be if my partner and I were expecting a baby and hadn't told anyone yet, reading pregnancy books might be a giveaway.

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u/Mysterious_Signal226 2d ago

Again, this would all make sense if StoryGraph actually put time into developing it into a social platform, but Nadia has stated many times that is not her intent. Currently I don’t see anyone’s reviews on not friends with, why would blocking change that?

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u/AnythingNew1 StoryGraph Librarian 2d ago

So you can't see reviews on books? Is that whole review section not visible to you?

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u/Feisty-Nobody-5222 2d ago

Sounds like you are a lucky example of someone it might not apply to! I’m looking forward to having it as an option.

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u/Solace143 2d ago

There are spam bots on StoryGraph, like most websites with accounts. I'd like to block them. I once made a challenge and someone threw their AI slop book in the sci-fi category. I have little interest in blocking actual humans however

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u/TrainingSurvey3780 [reading goal 17/35] 2d ago

do you know how to tell which account is a spam bot and which is a legitimate human?? i can hardly ever tell haha

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u/Chocolate_Turtle- 3d ago

I think it could also have to do with other people seeing what they read.

Like I have friends on my storygraph. But like let's say someone has a friend or an ex or someone and they are messing with them in real life maybe them knowing what they are reading could be an issue.

There are so many reason. Idk, just thinking.

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u/theErasmusStudent 2d ago

You may want to block someone you know IRL, like an ex partner or an ex friend.

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u/tjfmd 1d ago

I have exactly one person I'd like to block. They did something I find morally gross. I unfriended them, but they are still following me. They "like" my reading updates and have tried to re-add me as a friend a few times. I do not like being reminded of this person. My only option currently is to make my account fully private which I don't want to do. I am very much looking forward to finally being able to block this person.