Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I know we cannot create proper challenges. But can librarians create proper challenges like the 2011 Reading Challenge?

Nope, I don't think so, JSWolf.

No.

So who can create challenges? Can we ask those who can to create them for us?

At the moment, only the staff can create challenges.

Not all staff members, actually. Pretty sure only the programmers can.

How do we contact the programmers to ask for a challenge to be created?

There is a Feedback Group.

I don't see them creating a new challenge though. People have been requesting a way to make personal challenges and if they made a challenge for one person, half of Goodreads would be asking for challenges to made.

I do believe I remember reading that user created challenges are "on the to-do list." What that means in terms of when it will be available, is anyone's guess.

The yearly reading challenge is a site wide challenge and (I believe) the only challenge. I don't think it's something they want to open up to everyone just yet, and Ralph has a good point about making one challenge for one person opening up the floodgates.

I'm not sure what you mean by "challenges." I'm on a group where a challenge has been set up, but it's nothing that GR needs to do or track. We participate, and report on our results...it's not as if there's a monetary prize, so it's pretty much an honor system.