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jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • New Feature: Feed Customization Preferences [11/26/25]

    The long-awaited feed customization toggles are live both on web and app (please update your apps!!). You can customize the following elements of your home feeds:

    • if non-spoiler posts from TBR books show up in your Main and My Books feeds
    • if non-spoiler posts from Interested books show up in your Main and My Books feeds
    • if Pagebound Club activity from people you follow shows up in your Main and Following feeds

    Everyone is default opted-in to each of the above options, so you must manually opt-out if you don't wish to see that content. You can access these toggles from the Preferences menu in Account & Settings (click the gear icon on your profile, or click "Settings & FAQ" from the More menu in the app).

    We know folks have strong opinions on if PB Club and TBR/Interested books should be in your feeds, so we're really happy to be able to provide a customized experience for everyone :) If you previously wished to take away TBR/Interested books from your feed for fear of spoilers, we're happy to share that the spoiler toggle is auto-on for all book forum posts and now must be manually toggled off if the post does not contain spoilers. Since we do not show spoiler posts from TBR/Interested books, you can now be more confident that you will not be spoiled. Keeping TBR/Interested posts in your feed can help remind you which books are on those lists, and give you inspiration for which book to pick up next as you see discussions roll in.

    A note about Book Forum Posts We've seen a ton of growth since the app launch, and while it's been wonderful to see how lively the forums have gotten, there's also been some unforeseen challenges. We've seen an uptick in people posting dozens of times in a single forum, sometimes dozens of times a day, and have been forced to implement a 5 post per forum per day cap. We never wanted to implement a post cap, and are sad to have to do so now, however the forums are like a public resource that can only stay enjoyable for all if we take care of them and stay community-minded. Abundant low quality posts bloat the forums and make them overwhelming and unenjoyable to navigate. Most folks will never reach this cap; this limit won't affect you if you're using the forums as intended (a place for evergreen discussion), posting thoughtfully, and engaging in the comments on existing posts rather than always making a separate post (reminder: posts and comments are worth the same amount of points because comments are just as essential to quality discussions as posts are!) We have other ideas to improve the forum experience that we will be working on early 2026; our intent is always to preserve both the joy of posting and the joy of reading the forums, so you can expect more fun & positive forum features in the new year.

    Readalong Note: The Fall Readalong will end and the Winter Readalong will start on Dec 1st at 12pm CT to give folks in all timezones the full day on Nov 30th to complete the Fall Readalong. You cannot earn the Winter Readalong badge until it officially starts at 12pm!

    Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy

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  • Post from the Founder Announcements forum

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  • New Feature: Feed Customization Preferences [11/26/25]

    The long-awaited feed customization toggles are live both on web and app (please update your apps!!). You can customize the following elements of your home feeds:

    • if non-spoiler posts from TBR books show up in your Main and My Books feeds
    • if non-spoiler posts from Interested books show up in your Main and My Books feeds
    • if Pagebound Club activity from people you follow shows up in your Main and Following feeds

    Everyone is default opted-in to each of the above options, so you must manually opt-out if you don't wish to see that content. You can access these toggles from the Preferences menu in Account & Settings (click the gear icon on your profile, or click "Settings & FAQ" from the More menu in the app).

    We know folks have strong opinions on if PB Club and TBR/Interested books should be in your feeds, so we're really happy to be able to provide a customized experience for everyone :) If you previously wished to take away TBR/Interested books from your feed for fear of spoilers, we're happy to share that the spoiler toggle is auto-on for all book forum posts and now must be manually toggled off if the post does not contain spoilers. Since we do not show spoiler posts from TBR/Interested books, you can now be more confident that you will not be spoiled. Keeping TBR/Interested posts in your feed can help remind you which books are on those lists, and give you inspiration for which book to pick up next as you see discussions roll in.

    A note about Book Forum Posts We've seen a ton of growth since the app launch, and while it's been wonderful to see how lively the forums have gotten, there's also been some unforeseen challenges. We've seen an uptick in people posting dozens of times in a single forum, sometimes dozens of times a day, and have been forced to implement a 5 post per forum per day cap. We never wanted to implement a post cap, and are sad to have to do so now, however the forums are like a public resource that can only stay enjoyable for all if we take care of them and stay community-minded. Abundant low quality posts bloat the forums and make them overwhelming and unenjoyable to navigate. Most folks will never reach this cap; this limit won't affect you if you're using the forums as intended (a place for evergreen discussion), posting thoughtfully, and engaging in the comments on existing posts rather than always making a separate post (reminder: posts and comments are worth the same amount of points because comments are just as essential to quality discussions as posts are!) We have other ideas to improve the forum experience that we will be working on early 2026; our intent is always to preserve both the joy of posting and the joy of reading the forums, so you can expect more fun & positive forum features in the new year.

    Readalong Note: The Fall Readalong will end and the Winter Readalong will start on Dec 1st at 12pm CT to give folks in all timezones the full day on Nov 30th to complete the Fall Readalong. You cannot earn the Winter Readalong badge until it officially starts at 12pm!

    Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy

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    Multi Add

    Not sure if this has been requested (sorry if it has been I tried to take a quick look) I’m adding books to my library and I’ve gotten to manga and I have to search and add each individual volume it would be nice to be able to multi select books from a series to add 🙏🏻

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  • Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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    This feels like a love letter to Gen X ; as a zillennial I'm having a bit of a tough time following all the culture stuff but I can only imagine how fun it would be to hear all this analysis and devotion to 80's pop culture if I had grown up during that time

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    jenniferPagebound commented on a post

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  • Unofficial Winter Readalong: Greek Myth Edition

    Greek Myth lovers, would love to do an unofficial Readalong during the Winter Readalong season (Dec-Feb). I’ll comment some options in this post, upvote to cast your vote!!

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  • Unofficial Winter Readalong: Greek Myth Edition

    Greek Myth lovers, would love to do an unofficial Readalong during the Winter Readalong season (Dec-Feb). I’ll comment some options in this post, upvote to cast your vote!!

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  • Rebecca
    I started donating to Pagebound bc it got me to finally start reading Rebecca
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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request

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    Maintain Title of Edited Forum Post

    When making a forum post, I always try to add the chapter number and a 🎧 if I'm listening to an audiobook (which means I'm very excited about the reading mode indicator feature in the future!).

    Unfortunately, if I realize I made a mistake in the post and need to go back into it and edit it, the act of editing removes any additions to the title of the post such as the 🎧 and chapter number.

    It would be useful if the revised forum title could stay even through editing the post 🥰

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    Spoiler Tag Defaulted On

    I think it would help reduce accidental spoilers if book forum posts had the spoiler tag on by default with the option to turn it off, rather than defaulted off and relying on everyone to remember to toggle it on.

    This will not help when people have differing opinions on what is considered a spoiler, but it could for those instances where someone forgets to use the toggle :)

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  • mini announcement for preference toggles

    You probably noticed that PB club is back on your feed, along with non-spoiler posts from TBR books and Interested books. This is because.... we now have preference toggles, yay :) The toggles are only available on web right now since we're waiting for the app release, so I'll do an official founder announcement once that's out, but wanted to let ya'll know in the meantime to prevent confusion.

    On web, to toggle on/off PB club, TBR, and Interested from your feed, click the gear icon on your profile to get to Account & Settings, then click Preferences.

    Thanks all!

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    Order 'My Taste'

    I'm not sure how our taste is sorted on the back end, but I would love to be able to pick the order ourselves!

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    Note on users

    Being able to add personal notes on a user to remember and keep track of the interactions we had with them or things we liked about their tastes or takes

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  • Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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    The dystopia / utopia of the simulation world is so interesting and freaky in light of what we’re seeing with VR and the metaverse today. Dystopian: living your entire life inside a simulation and neglecting the real world, exploitative capitalism creating things like virtual fuel. Utopian: access to better schools and universities for kids like Wayne, free access to all books and media, free access to the simulation. The education piece is particularly interesting; I’m hoping we get a lot more world building and social commentary on the effects of such a popular VR world.

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  • jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Points Questions and FAQ Update?

    Could devs update the FAQ question on points and how they function/points behavior? or is there an app wiki I missed? because the FAQ essentially just says what gets you points is subject to change. I really appreciate all app developers explaining things through announcements but there is no central place that I have been able to find through searching the club forum or the FAQ or online that explains what activities qualify for points.

    Idc about points hunting (and separately, not sure why some users are upset that other users do this if this is a feature) but if an app is going to have a ranking/points feature to differentiate power users and [sociologically] encourage users to follow people with higher points badges, then it shouldn't be opaque and confusing. For example, I recently came across a comment that said you don't get points on reviews if you have already rated a book? I am pretty tech savvy so understand coding limits causes some behavior on front-end to feel wonky, but if I hadn't happened across that post, I would have had no idea and despite having read announcements and FAQ, which kind of sucks. Most users are not neck deep in every app they use and that shouldn't be the expectation because I really like this space but ingroup/outgroup stuff like this feels alienating.

    Anyway, if any community member could clarify a summary of points here or if devs could publish documentation on the FAQ, it would be deeply appreciated. Apologies in advance if there has been a complete guide available and I have not been able to find it!

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