Goodreads Cracks Down on Dirty Book Clubs

In an email to group moderators, the company explained that "Sexual role play is now not permitted in any group or any other part of the site." More specifically, "Romance is permitted in role-play games, but pornographic content and explicitly sexual content or scenarios are not permitted. We’ve made the decision that this is not appropriate for our site."

In order to keep Goodreads safe for younger readers, the company has outlined new policies for adults who have been using the social reading site for reasons other than intellectual stimulation.

In an email to group moderators, the company said yesterday that “Sexual role play is now not permitted in any group or any other part of the site.”

More specifically, “Romance is permitted in role-play games, but pornographic content and explicitly sexual content or scenarios are not permitted.

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