Hi everyone, we're considering making quite a big change to Pagebound and want to get the community's opinion - please leave your feedback here!

We have debated for a long while the merits of upvotes/downvotes vs a pure "like" system. We deeply believe in community moderation and community curation, and felt that an upvote/downvote system would provide the tooling for such community moderation.

In practice, we've also seen a lot of downsides with this system. While there's no guidance for how to use downvotes, many people use it as a "disagree" button which can make people with unpopular opinions feel unwelcome to share their opinion (for example, if you share that you dislike a beloved character, you may receive downvotes).

Moving to a "likes" only system would hopefully foster an environment where opinions are discussed rather than silently judged, and people are less anxious to engage in the forums.

In the past there have been some very strong opinions both for and against downvotes - let us know what you think below

I’ve recently noticed that newer books are easier too read. The metaphors are obvious, the descriptions short and everything is laid out for you, giving the reader no need to THINK and INTROSPECT on what they are reading. Don’t get me wrong I am happy people are reading and that publishing is accessible to everyone! Despite this I feel as though books are getting dulled down at an ad nauseam. Am I the only one noticing this??

What is your reading toxic trait?

Mine: If I paid for the book, I'm finishing it. Even if I'm hate-reading by chapter five. 💀 & I judge a book by its cover 👀

Had some questions regarding quests. Can anyone create a quest? Also I noticed some quests say sidequest while others say main, so what's the difference?

I used to LOVE reading Choose Your Own Adventure books but haven’t picked one up since I was a child. Some more recent ones have caught my attention though and made their way onto my TBR but before I dive in, I’ve been struggling to determine when to add them to my “Finished” shelf.

How have (or would) you determine when you’ve finished? When you’ve read to the conclusion of your storyline or not until you’ve re-read several times to uncover all possible endings?

When I think about video games I’ve played, I do consider playing through to the end of “my” story to be completing the game, even if there were other endings also available, but maybe this is different?

Would love to hear opinions on this!

Hi all, hope you’re doing well! I was thinking about how I see so many vintage books when I go shopping at my local second-hand book store. I personally don’t make an effort to collect older books (my probably oldest book is from the 70s) but I was curious as to how old your oldest copies are and what title. Feel free to post a picture too!!💕