Yes it does! I read romance almost entirely on rec (as opposed to SFF, which is a much smaller field and I can sort of keep up with coming out and follow the conversation). But there's just so MUCH Romance, even if you're mostly reading one subgenre, there are hundreds and hundreds of them coming at you, and self pubbing on top of that and... -flails- Especially since I'm usually looking for romance as a pick me up when I'm grumpy and tired and don't want to deal with filters.

Fortunately, some of my friends (like you) tend to rec diverse stuff, so that helps, but knowing that the main reviewer for NYT basically has no fucks to give about diversity is not encouraging (or surprising, but still...)