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[BobbyBrandt]

My comment is hopefully an example for those who have pending stories awaiting approval.

We all know that things are taking longer than we are used to. I accepted that when I submitted my latest story 15 days ago. Following the advice in Laurel's thread on this subject, I left the submitted story alone and simply opened my pending folder each morning to check its status.

On the 15th day, per Laurel's advice, I sent her a messages wishing her happy holidays and asking what the current backlog was. I didn't request that she bump my story to the front of the queue or take any special actions for me. Within hours, the pending story now shows as published. I received no reply to my message, and I didn't expect to. I received action instead, which was my objective.

Patience and respectful communications served me well here, as it frequently does with life in general.

 

[TheLobster]

I sent her a messages wishing her happy holidays and asking what the current backlog was. I didn't request that she bump my story to the front of the queue or take any special actions for me. Within hours, the pending story now shows as published.

Between the above trick, which involved sending an unintuitively general question and omitting the concrete issue OP had (i.e., their story being stuck); and the earlier trick by @iwatchus, who submitted an edit to his story as a bug report in disguise; I feel like we'll soon have enough material for our resident guide-writers to compile an article titled How to Get Literotica to Actually Do Something.

What other arcane rituals would it contain, I wonder? Self-reporting chapter N to get chapter N+1 to move faster? Dropping a comment from an alt demanding a sequel and then reporting that? Submitting a duplicate story to get the original one going?

Who knows! It's a brave new world, and we're on the cusp of more exciting discoveries!

 

[AwkwardMD]

Between the above trick, which involved sending an unintuitively general question and omitting the concrete issue OP had (i.e., their story being stuck); and the earlier trick by @iwatchus, who submitted an edit to his story as a bug report in disguise; I feel like we'll soon have enough material for our resident guide-writers to compile an article titled How to Get Literotica to Actually Do Something.

What other arcane rituals would it contain, I wonder? Self-reporting chapter N to get chapter N+1 to move faster? Dropping a comment from an alt demanding a sequel and then reporting that? Submitting a duplicate story to get the original one going?

Who knows! It's a brave new world, and we're on the cusp of more exciting discoveries!

Would you prefer the inventory of animals sacrificed to glean AI Detection information in the form of a pdf or a spreadsheet?

 

[TheLobster]

Would you prefer the inventory of animals sacrificed to glean AI Detection information in the form of a pdf or a spreadsheet?

Only sacrifice is needed? That's easier than I expected then. I was certain you had to perform augury on their entrails to divine anything useful.

 

[WittyUserName]

Between the above trick, which involved sending an unintuitively general question and omitting the concrete issue OP had (i.e., their story being stuck); and the earlier trick by @iwatchus, who submitted an edit to his story as a bug report in disguise; I feel like we'll soon have enough material for our resident guide-writers to compile an article titled How to Get Literotica to Actually Do Something.

What other arcane rituals would it contain, I wonder? Self-reporting chapter N to get chapter N+1 to move faster? Dropping a comment from an alt demanding a sequel and then reporting that? Submitting a duplicate story to get the original one going?

Who knows! It's a brave new world, and we're on the cusp of more exciting discoveries!

I'm really not seeing the delays others are? I've had a couple stories take a few days to get a posting date, but nothing has gotten stuck for weeks or anything. Weird. Sorry to hear others are having trouble!

 

[AwkwardMD]

Only sacrifice is needed? That's easier than I expected then. I was certain you had to perform augury on their entrails to divine anything useful.

The power lies not with me, but in Carcosa.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

My comment is hopefully an example for those who have pending stories awaiting approval.

We all know that things are taking longer than we are used to. I accepted that when I submitted my latest story 15 days ago. Following the advice in Laurel's thread on this subject, I left the submitted story alone and simply opened my pending folder each morning to check its status.

On the 15th day, per Laurel's advice, I sent her a messages wishing her happy holidays and asking what the current backlog was. I didn't request that she bump my story to the front of the queue or take any special actions for me. Within hours, the pending story now shows as published. I received no reply to my message, and I didn't expect to. I received action instead, which was my objective.

Patience and respectful communications served me well here, as it frequently does with life in general.

Congrats, Chosen One. Shall we also make a list of authors who said PMing didn't do anything for them. It would be a long one.

 

[cw5523729]

Would you prefer the inventory of animals sacrificed to glean AI Detection information in the form of a pdf or a spreadsheet?

Wait, are there any ducks or chickens on this list?

 

[AwkwardMD]

The amount of water buffalo and spider monkeys on the list will astound and amaze.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I'm really not seeing the delays others are? I've had a couple stories take a few days to get a posting date, but nothing has gotten stuck for weeks or anything. Weird. Sorry to hear others are having trouble!

I've never experienced before either, but I wasn't surprised when it happened. I submitted the story right before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S., and considered that might delay things. My story might have gotten overlooked due to the holiday as well, so I waited patiently before sending the message to Laurel.

The bottom line is, I don't think that anything nefarious or acts of incompetence are playing a role in publishing delays.

 

[WittyUserName]

I've never experienced before either, but I wasn't surprised when it happened. I submitted the story right before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S., and considered that might delay things. My story might have gotten overlooked due to the holiday as well, so I waited patiently before sending the message to Laurel.

The bottom line is, I don't think that anything nefarious or acts of incompetence are playing a role in publishing delays.

Agreed. I think it's just a ton of work for two people. I'm impressed they manage it.

 

[cw5523729]

Agreed. I think it's just a ton of work for two people. I'm impressed they manage it.

Anyone can handle any amount of work they are given if they don't care about how badly they do it

 

[TheRedLantern]

Agreed. I think it's just a ton of work for two people. I'm impressed they manage it

That is why we sacrifice goats and chickens to their continued good health.

 

[WittyUserName]

That is why we sacrifice goats and chickens to their continued good health.

I support that. This is the most active site I've found to post stories on. I've only found one other site to post on, and I basically don't get comments there.

 

[iwatchus]

I'm really not seeing the delays others are? I've had a couple stories take a few days to get a posting date, but nothing has gotten stuck for weeks or anything. Weird. Sorry to hear others are having trouble!

It's only a small fraction of stories that get caught, but it's painful if you have one (or some people have had several).

 

[WittyUserName]

It's only a small fraction of stories that get caught, but it's painful if you have one (or some people have had several).

Makes sense to me. I'd be anxious. I always check for a posting date when I have one in pending.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

Congrats, Chosen One. Shall we also make a list of authors who said PMing didn't do anything for them. It would be a long one.

Only if the list detailed the number of days that the sender waited to send the message and the tone of their request.

All I can say is that I followed the advice offered in the thread by Laurel and it worked. Others experience doing differently is not the subject of my post.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Others experience doing differently is not the subject of my post.

But it was. Your tone implied that your PMing worked because you were polite and respectful, also implying that the overwhelming majority who didn't get a reply or reaction failed because they weren't.
It's usually RR who makes this kind of posts. It's catching, it seems.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Shall we also make a list of authors who said PMing didn't do anything for them. It would be a long one.

Sadly true. And knowing many of them, they would not have been impolite. Lovely pleasant people have been met with deafening silence and zero action. This is not about polite conversation.

Whether or not it was the lovely and polite @BobbyBrandt’s intent to suggest otherwise, his experience is at variance (for whatever reason) with that of many people who followed the instructions and were polite.

 

[SimonDoom]

I prefer to just sit back and listen to Public Enemy.

 

[Actingup]

That is why we sacrifice goats and chickens to their continued good health.

Unless there's nude dancing around a bubbling cauldron, it's not an effective Literotica ritual.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I prefer to just sit back and listen to Public Enemy.

An odd choice of music for you.

 

[Bramblethorn]

The amount of water buffalo and spider monkeys on the list will astound and amaze.

Spider Monkeys Georg is an outlier and should not be counted.

 

[MillieDynamite]

No specific information to share here, posting so I can follow the thread. I haven't even decided when I'll post a story here again.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

But it was. Your tone implied that your PMing worked because you were polite and respectful, also implying that the overwhelming majority who didn't get a reply or reaction failed because they weren't.
It's usually RR who makes this kind of posts. It's catching, it seems.

You infer a lot from my post based solely upon your biases.

Giving an example of what worked for me does not in any way signify that others methods are inappropriate or doomed to fail. Sharing the context of my success does not negate the efforts of others, regardless of how you may want to believe so.