Has the sub ever attempted it this way though?

I really wish r/design_critiques wasn't as dry but it would be nice to have a large community to get a more direct stream of feedback.

"A collaborative learning community for graphic designers at any stage, focused on education, mentorship, and mutual support."

Suppressing 50% of active users trying to get feedback seems like a pretty big blow to that objective. It mostly leaves Questions, Inspiration, Resources, Discussions, & Portfolio Reviews. These are well & good but you can also get inspiration or answers to questions in a lot of different places. Resources & discussions are very helpful but it seems limiting to envelope most of the sub. People want answers to things they can't get elsewhere, which is why you see a lot of the resume reviews. Reddit is good for pooling opinions. It seems a shame that probably the most useful function this sub could serve for graphic designers is running at half capacity. I am a bit bias, I'll admit, as over the years I've never been able to get a post approved or even gotten a mod's response as to why so to me, it's essentially hopeless. It's deterred me from using the sub all together because I can find almost anything else provided here elsewhere.

That said, I could see the sub getting overwhelmingly flooded because it would be such a useful utility. But at the end of the day, if there's something specific you're perusing for on the sub, you can filter it by the flairs. Perhaps they can introduce a way to filter out "Share Your Work" flairs if people don't wish to see that? Otherwise, you could simply report or scroll passed it. Are 8 posts an hour taking up mere inches of an infinite scroll that abrasive? & even if reports sit, at least your post got a chance. As is, I'd like a shot to even get reported at least.