Do you guys share it with friends (or) keep it private for personal reference?
(apart from discovering like minded people/anime preferences)
I'm a sucker for stats and like seeing the distribution of different show types, watch years, and day/episode counters. I don't have anyone to share my list with, and it's just for me to track my own watching habits. I use MAL too so I can export my list around once a week, though it isn't as complete as my list on here as MAL is missing some things (mainly manhwa and music videos). I use AniList as well as MAL though because of the stats and the neat UI - and it integrates well with Yuna.
Because it has cool, aesthetically sorted statistics, and it's so much more personalized than the other websites. I only moved to anilist yesterday after 7 years of using the-other-one, and I love it! It's so much simpler in use and looks much more modern, making it an obvious pick--it's 2020, after all!
I've been tracking my anime watching since 2003, and Anilist has been the absolute best so far by a landslide. The stats, apps, profile customization, and colors are all fantastic.
I do wish I could get more involved in the community, but I'm chasing some dreams I need to fulfill before I get to old to do them, so I try to come here and see what the fuss is about at least once a week.
I have a too huge list to not use a site for keep in mind all anime I watched xD
And I find Anilist very easy and quick to use, and I like the interface with advanced option like fav our staff or studio =)
I prefer share the site than keep it private but I not really many friend who use an anime list site so :x
My memory sucks so I use the site to keep track of which animes that I have watched.
I have also shared it will most of my friends with some of them also using the site.
I have also used MAL in the past but found the UI and UX to be clunky and slow so I googled for a new site to use and found AniList.