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What Pooh Might Have Said to Dante and Other Futile Speculations
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UPDATE: Goodreads has now openly declared war on authors and reviewers alike.
They have deleted some of this author's reviews, along with a spate of other reviewer's reviews, which they arbitrarily decided did not go along with their new policy guidelines which give Goodreads staff the go-ahead to delete content including shelves that they disagree with.
Manny reports:
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The review below was deleted by Goodreads, along with two others. I received the following message:
Re: [#104307] Deleted Reviews
Goodreads
To Me
Oct 11 at 8:41 PM
Hello Manny,
Your reviews of the following books were recently flagged by Goodreads members as potentially off-topic:
That's Not What I Meant!
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Collected Essays)
The Hydra
As the reviews are not about the books in question, they have been removed from the site. You can find the text of the reviews attached for your personal records.
Please note that if you continue to post content like this, your account may come under review for removal.
Sincerely,
The Goodreads Team "
Back to the original review:
A postmodern metatext on which the reviews are almost as funny as the book.
A longer review to be added piecemeal, in collage form and as and when I feel like it. (Since I only got the book now)
Oh, which reminds me that I should come forward with a full disclosure; being that the author of this book shamelessly tried to bribe me into giving him a ...
whazzat?
..an abusive review?
Hmmm...... that might be a tall order, Manny Rayner, a tall order indeed.
They have deleted some of this author's reviews, along with a spate of other reviewer's reviews, which they arbitrarily decided did not go along with their new policy guidelines which give Goodreads staff the go-ahead to delete content including shelves that they disagree with.
Manny reports:
"
The review below was deleted by Goodreads, along with two others. I received the following message:
Re: [#104307] Deleted Reviews
Goodreads
To Me
Oct 11 at 8:41 PM
Hello Manny,
Your reviews of the following books were recently flagged by Goodreads members as potentially off-topic:
That's Not What I Meant!
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Collected Essays)
The Hydra
As the reviews are not about the books in question, they have been removed from the site. You can find the text of the reviews attached for your personal records.
Please note that if you continue to post content like this, your account may come under review for removal.
Sincerely,
The Goodreads Team "
Back to the original review:
A postmodern metatext on which the reviews are almost as funny as the book.
A longer review to be added piecemeal, in collage form and as and when I feel like it. (Since I only got the book now)
Oh, which reminds me that I should come forward with a full disclosure; being that the author of this book shamelessly tried to bribe me into giving him a ...
whazzat?
..an abusive review?
Hmmm...... that might be a tall order, Manny Rayner, a tall order indeed.
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rated it 3 stars
May 14, 2012 12:16PM
I didn't try to bribe you. I just said I'd quote you selectively if I had to. It's worked fine so far...
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Knig-o-lass wrote: "The bribe sounded like a better deal..."Absolutely! Bribes are always good if you can get away from them! I mean: "If I have to" is just so non-committal, don't you think?
Maybe you're right - I really had to think before I found a suitable way to quote you. All things considered, a bribe would have been a lot simpler.
still waiting for the real review here...
