New-style recs should limit number of books from the same series recommended at the same time
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1ngoomie
Having a functionally-unlimited amount of recommendations of books from one series isn't much of an issue when it concerns series consisting of novels or the like, but with long-running serialized comics (or probably also light novels, I'd presume) then it becomes an issue of massive amounts of clutter. My combined recs as well as recs for comics are absolutely flooded with different volumes of the manga Bleach because I have volumes 1-14 on my shelves and there's a whopping 60 other volumes in the series that I haven't read yet. I can absolutely just dismiss the extras or even the series as a whole, but it just kind of seems like a no-brainer after encountering this problem that limits should be put in place to make sure it doesn't happen period. I imagine this could be especially frustrating for users actively reading multiple very long serialized comics series who are seeking out recommendations. I would also imagine that having to dismiss an entire series you like would increase the likelyhood that, once you're finished the main content, you'll miss recommendations for other interesting books marked as being in the same series on LibraryThing that you didn't initially know about, like artbooks.
2gilroy
When you click Dismiss, it gives you the option of dismissing the series.
You can dismiss the series for a while, then bring it back when you want to see books from it again.
You can dismiss the series for a while, then bring it back when you want to see books from it again.
3norabelle414
>1 ngoomie: Yes please! My recommendations are filled with books from the same series
(don't get me started on how it's always recommending books in the 10s when I only have 1-3! but I'm sure that's a harder problem to fix)
(don't get me started on how it's always recommending books in the 10s when I only have 1-3! but I'm sure that's a harder problem to fix)
4handshakes
>3 norabelle414: It's not really. It just looks at what you've already read. Fantastic Fiction does this.

