MedusaExceptWithCats t1_jdh9mzy wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:53 AM

Reply to comment by slimpickins757 in Toxic book fans by sunforthemoon

Fresh discussions are fine, sure. You mentioned book suggestion posts within the subreddit about one specific author, so I was commenting on instances like that. There's no reason to have multiple posts like that.

pornplz22526 t1_jdinvkf wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:42 PM

The suggestions are going to change as the new people join and old people leave and new books are published, though...

slimpickins757 t1_jdhawhj wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:06 PM

How are those not fresh discussions? Each one is going to be different than the last based off the individuals reading preferences and history. It’s very different than “look I found a detail I didn’t notice before” post that’s just repeated over and over and won’t spark anything new to be said other than “yeah found that too”. A suggestion post allows people to express the different things they enjoy about the different books an author has written which are going to differ person to person and no last post will ever be able to capture all those different reasons

MedusaExceptWithCats t1_jdhc7pb wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:18 PM

No worries, I think we just disagree. Maybe I'm on Reddit more or something, but I find the same stale discussions on any subreddit that is about a very specific topic.

slimpickins757 t1_jdhtonn wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:30 PM

I agree there’s stale subjects on any subreddit, I just disagree that book suggestions are one. And regardless that’s not the point, the point is that there’s often people within a sub who are quite toxic about this topic. There’s a civil way to handle the things you dislike whether it be to ignore it or voice your opinion respectfully as I feel we’ve managed to do, but there’s undeniably people incapable of that. Especially on the internet