We Had to Remove This Post is a queer social horror that follows our main character and her coworkers as they form relationship after becoming content moderators for a social media platform. Facing both the demands of the job, and the toll the exposure to the content takes on them, they are each affected by their new reality in different ways.

This is novella that doesn't waste any space and manages to hide most of its hand until the final twist hits. It's horror lies in social commentary and our ensemble of coworkers falling victim to the secondary trauma of content moderation in different ways. It touches on radicalization, indoctrination, capitalism, and how we use denial and distancing to protect ourselves and others. 

What I enjoyed most about this book is that the plot twist at the end really reframes (but doesn't undo because I hate that) a lot of what we knew or thought to be true during the story. I think it definitely leans for the possibility of a reread, and the potential of re-examining those prior events once we are aware of the ending. 

Because this is a book that is dealing with what the worst of us post online, TWs for mentions of violence, graphic content, antisemitism, racism, and animal death.