u/RunDNA

That means that only around 2.5% of all posts were approved.

The three posts that were not removed:

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid exists to induce anxiety in adults

• ‘Relentless’ focus on literacy undermines reading for pleasure, says report

• George Saunders: “It’s an Agitating Book for a Lot of People” | A lightly spoiler-filled conversation with the author about his new novel, Vigil, climate change, and redemption.

Out of the other 114 posts, sure, lots were spam. But there also a lot of articles, links, book recommendations, questions, discussion starters and the like, all of which probably broke some rule or other.

But, if so, the rules need to be changed and made less strict. The mods have got so obsessed with quality that quantity has been neglected.

In my opinion r/Movies is doing a far better job in this respect. They have a good balance of trailers, news, reviews, suggestions, recommendations, and discussion posts so that the subreddit is alive and buzzing, but not filled with junk posts. In the last 24 hours they approved around 89/248 (36%) of posts, which is a much more sensible figure.

What are your thoughts?

[Note for the mods: this is not one of those personal complaint posts after someone gets a post removed and they are angry. I haven't posted in r/books in a while.]