Shelfari My Arse...
Well, we still have the G-rating so far LOL.
Like me you have probably got a lot of unintentional spam about Shelfari. My advice is, don't do it. But if you must, do some research first.
Shelfari advertises themselves as the first book-based social networking site. They aren't.
Shelfari has spamming your gmail contacts as the step right after signing up, making mistaken use of it common. Besides, that's asking people recommend a service they haven't even used yet.
Shelfari makes it easy to import your records from a competitor but impossible to export them back again.
Shelfari uses only Amazon's catalogue when competitors use multiple sites. Quite by coincidence Amazon is a part owner of Shelfari. (Yeah right, expect 'monetising' strategies very soon).
On the plus side they have a pretty 2.0 website, they are sparkling new and have a lot of (largely accidental) cheerleaders. Are we seeing the parallel here? ;)
If you happen to want to be part of a book-based social networking site you should... 1) think about what you want in such a site, 2) discover what sites are out there and 3) pick the best one... if you decide that is Shelfari please keep your finger off the INVITE button!
Like me you have probably got a lot of unintentional spam about Shelfari. My advice is, don't do it. But if you must, do some research first.
Shelfari advertises themselves as the first book-based social networking site. They aren't.
Shelfari has spamming your gmail contacts as the step right after signing up, making mistaken use of it common. Besides, that's asking people recommend a service they haven't even used yet.
Shelfari makes it easy to import your records from a competitor but impossible to export them back again.
Shelfari uses only Amazon's catalogue when competitors use multiple sites. Quite by coincidence Amazon is a part owner of Shelfari. (Yeah right, expect 'monetising' strategies very soon).
On the plus side they have a pretty 2.0 website, they are sparkling new and have a lot of (largely accidental) cheerleaders. Are we seeing the parallel here? ;)
If you happen to want to be part of a book-based social networking site you should... 1) think about what you want in such a site, 2) discover what sites are out there and 3) pick the best one... if you decide that is Shelfari please keep your finger off the INVITE button!
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4 Comments:
I don't even know what this Shelfari thing is. I never heard of it before today...
Unfortunately I have heard about it cause my email is spamming by other email. When a well known name sent me an email announcing she has joined shelfari, I have made a trip on that site: it's too commercial, too strict. I can't insert my italian book manually. Not for me. elisa
"if you decide that is Shelfari please keep your finger off the INVITE button!"
Amen!!!
Debra
Darn. A big publishing conglomerate strikes again.
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