Management. Freeculture. Goodreads vs Twitter: The Benefits of Asymmetric Follow - O'. I am never more painfully reminded of the limits of symmetric “friend”-based social networks than I am when I post a book review on Goodreads.
I love books, and I love spreading the word about ones I enjoy (as well as ones I expected to enjoy, but didn’t quite). Most of the time, my reviews go out quietly to a small group of friends, whose book recommendations I also follow. It’s a lovely social network. But every once in a while, I post a link to one of my reviews on Twitter, and am immediately deluged with friend requests. Some of them are from people I know, but whose taste in books I may not share (or even care about), and many are from complete strangers. Com: Consumer trends and insights from around the. Infographic-Hierarchy-of-Digital-Distractions.png (PNG Image, 96.