Not the first time I see a post here about how terrible Goodreads is. I, for my part have always found it doing exactly its job. I am not an avid reader - around one book a month - and I use it to manage my bookshelves, review the comments before acquiring a book, share my reading progress with some of my friends who also use it, which gives me motivation to start the next book every once in a while. I leave comments from time to time too, mostly for professional books, not fiction.

I don't understand what is missing? Old-school UI? Come on, this is not Twitter, you are not supposed to be hooked to it 24/7. I spend 10-15 minutes on this website once a month, I can live with old-school. Ratings not realistic? This is a joke compared to Amazon. There are authors on the website? All the better, I can connect with the author (actually sounds amazing to me!). Lack of content moderation, although I didn't encounter any serious issues myself, is a problem I agree with if this is the case.

Anyway, maybe the fact that there is no popular alternative speaks for itself. I know there are some alternatives but nothing as known as Goodreads as far as I can tell.