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   N Jill Marsh to heyvictorvernon@gmail.com   
   Re: What happened to users' public book    
   30 Nov 22 19:41:20   
   
   From: njmarsh@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:59:25 -0800 (PST), Aaron Deals   
    wrote:   
      
   >Until roughly 2007, Amazon allowed a user to create a ranked list of books,   
   with that user's comment about each book. The topic might be statistics or   
   risk management or bonsai. The lists were fully public and searchable by topic.   
   >   
   >When I google this, I come up empty.   
   >   
   >Why did Amazon discontinue this feature?   
   >   
   >What was this feature called precisely?   
   >   
   >What's the closest equivalent today on another book site?   
      
   I think the closest thing would be individual profiles on GoodReads.   
      
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