My story has been hacked

[Jack_Elation]

I just logged onto my account and wanted to send a friend a link to one of my stories but when I opened it up I found my entire story had been totally changed! Completely different plot and everything, no idea how it was done or who would do such a thing but how do I go about fixing it? any suggestions?

 

[Stella_Omega]

I just logged onto my account and wanted to send a friend a link to one of my stories but when I opened it up I found my entire story had been totally changed! Completely different plot and everything, no idea how it was done or who would do such a thing but how do I go about fixing it? any suggestions?

A new story? I'd bet it's a database glitch. I think I'd simply resubmit the story, using the same title plus the word ;EDIT and explain your issue in the comments window

 

[Guest]

I just logged onto my account and wanted to send a friend a link to one of my stories but when I opened it up I found my entire story had been totally changed! Completely different plot and everything, no idea how it was done or who would do such a thing but how do I go about fixing it? any suggestions?

Wow. No clue how this might have happened unless they somehow mixed up your story with another.

Resubmit your story, same title, with the word EDIT after your title.

PM the site owners, Laurel and Manu, with the information. PM, not email.

Good luck!

 

[Jack_Elation]

Not a new story that has been submitted in the last few days it got approved about a month ago and when I looked at it today it had been completely changed so it could be a database glitch.

Thanks for the advice Stella, I have resubmitted it with (ORGINIAL STORY HACKED) in the title as it would not let me submit (EDIT) as that was the title of the original submission that was approved, if you know what I mean. Hopefully it gets fixed up soon but it's a bit of a turn off when I think about submitting more work in the future.

 

[Guest]

Stella already got it - fast on the draw, baby!

 

[starrkers]

I would PM Laurel as well.

 

[sr71plt]

I just logged onto my account and wanted to send a friend a link to one of my stories but when I opened it up I found my entire story had been totally changed! Completely different plot and everything, no idea how it was done or who would do such a thing but how do I go about fixing it? any suggestions?

Last year at just this time, one of my stories was completely messed up in the submission process. The text of someone else's story was posted with the title of a story I had submitted and under my name. I was on the Rhine watching the fireworks over Cologne and would never have checked to ensure the right story text was matched to my title. Luckily my backup reader who knew what story was supposed to go with that title caught the mistake and sent several messages to the Web site--and resent them the content of what was supposed to be under that title. Eventually my story got straightened out (I have no idea what happened to the material that mixed up with my submission). When I returned from Europe, I tried to find out what happened--but never received a response.

If the story that's posted is indexed on your submissions page, I'd suggest that you resubmit the whole, proper story, with "edit" appended to the original title and explain what the problem is in the comment box.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Not a new story that has been submitted in the last few days it got approved about a month ago and when I looked at it today it had been completely changed so it could be a database glitch.

Thanks for the advice Stella, I have resubmitted it with (ORGINIAL STORY HACKED) in the title as it would not let me submit (EDIT) as that was the title of the original submission that was approved, if you know what I mean. Hopefully it gets fixed up soon but it's a bit of a turn off when I think about submitting more work in the future.

I know that Manu did some work on the site, when was that, a week or so ago? Be charitable, if you can

 

[Jack_Elation]

I know that Manu did some work on the site, when was that, a week or so ago? Be charitable, if you can

Shall do and thank you again, I sent Laurel a pm and also with the submission edit sent through I'll just have to wait a few days and hopefully it will be ratified.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Not a new story that has been submitted in the last few days it got approved about a month ago and when I looked at it today it had been completely changed so it could be a database glitch.

Thanks for the advice Stella, I have resubmitted it with (ORGINIAL STORY HACKED) in the title as it would not let me submit (EDIT) as that was the title of the original submission that was approved, if you know what I mean. Hopefully it gets fixed up soon but it's a bit of a turn off when I think about submitting more work in the future.

I'm confused. Couldn't add to the good advice already given so I had a quick look at your story - assuming you are talking about 'Finding Lia'.

The story seems to fit the title, category, story tags and comments and seems to fit the same style as your new story 'Dream'. If this isn't your story. it makes no sense. There doesn't seem to be a glitch and who on earth would want to write a complete story and post it under your name and title?

Whatever is going on, it doesn't seem to be 'hacking'.

Would love to know the outcome.

 

[cantdog]

Last year at just this time, one of my stories was completely messed up in the submission process. The text of someone else's story was posted with the title of a story I had submitted and under my name. I was on the Rhine watching the fireworks over Cologne and would never have checked to ensure the right story text was matched to my title. Luckily my backup reader who knew what story was supposed to go with that title caught the mistake and sent several messages to the Web site--and resent them the content of what was supposed to be under that title. Eventually my story got straightened out (I have no idea what happened to the material that mixed up with my submission). When I returned from Europe, I tried to find out what happened--but never received a response.

If the story that's posted is indexed on your submissions page, I'd suggest that you resubmit the whole, proper story, with "edit" appended to the original title and explain what the problem is in the comment box.

Yes, that's all true. And at this time last year, people on a thread much like this one, except far less civil, told you, a dozen times, to PM and not to email. You continued to email and you continue to get no response.

You still present the story as though this were a problem. Makes a fella want to go what the fuck.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Cant

sr has missed the point completely. There are no rogue additions to Jack's text - the story as posted is entire, complete and apparently linked with the title.

It's bemusing.

 

[cantdog]

Well, good then.

I have seen complaints like this which were mere formatting errors. Formatting the lit stories is done by a program, and shit happens. One of my first ones became mis-formatted (I left it that way because it's quite decipherable) because I used too many repeated characters to set off sections of text.

You know:


_______________________



Then you start off again, elsewhere or much later.

The program jammed it all into the same paragraph, but in each case the line of symbols was there. I didn't complain of being hacked or cheated, because I'm sure my poor prose doesn't warrant a lot of fuss being made over it. It was some time before i figured out what I'd done to trigger the mis-format, but it was those repeated characters. It can handle three. Stay away from repeated asterisks for that purpose, too-- the program language evidently uses asterisks as a wildcard symbol.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Yup, been there too.

This isn't formatting. If you've got 5 mins, look at this, Finding Lia.

Everything looks OK.

 

[Guest]

Yes, that's all true. And at this time last year, people on a thread much like this one, except far less civil, told you, a dozen times, to PM and not to email. You continued to email and you continue to get no response.

You still present the story as though this were a problem. Makes a fella want to go what the fuck.

I adore you.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I don't know. I would prolly look at the votes and comments. If they are great, I'd leave it

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, that's all true. And at this time last year, people on a thread much like this one, except far less civil, told you, a dozen times, to PM and not to email. You continued to email and you continue to get no response.

You still present the story as though this were a problem. Makes a fella want to go what the fuck.

Excuse me? I did PM (only tried e-mail once, and stopped trying that as soon as someone said they didn't answer e-mail). How the hell do you know what I did?

There have been occasional screwups in posting my stories since then. And I have always PMed--and never gotten an answer. Again, how the hell do you know what communications methods I tried?

 

[sr71plt]

Cant

sr has missed the point completely. There are no rogue additions to Jack's text - the story as posted is entire, complete and apparently linked with the title.

It's bemusing.

Excuse me? There were no "rogue additions" to my text either--it was a complete substitution of content under my title and name. Exactly what Jack described in his initial posting.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Ahhh, this explains everything! I knew something was odd when I got sudden positive feedback on a story. I bet it's been switched with one of Carson's.

 

[Guest]

Ahhh, this explains everything! I knew something was odd when I got sudden positive feedback on a story. I bet it's been switched with one of Carson's.

Gotta love the Horsey.



(But I love carson's stuff, too. Yum.)

 

[sr71plt]

Yes, that's all true. And at this time last year, people on a thread much like this one, except far less civil, told you, a dozen times, to PM and not to email. You continued to email and you continue to get no response.

You still present the story as though this were a problem. Makes a fella want to go what the fuck.

I can certainly understand, Cantdog, where you, with your one poem and two stories on the Lit. list for the past two years or Sweetsubsarah, with her nine stories for the same period, haven't had problems with the posting of stories or communications with the Web siters on related problems, where I have had a few site-side glitches with my 235 stories for the period. The mere law of averages . . . l

In the case of this thread, a poster reported the same problem I had once before--so I'm not surprised about that, while the two of you certainly have reason not to have experienced it.

 

[cloudy]

I can certainly understand, Cantdog, where you, with your one poem and two stories on the Lit. list for the past two years or Sweetsubsarah, with her nine stories for the same period, haven't had problems with the posting of stories or communications with the Web siters on related problems, where I have had a few site-side glitches with my 235 stories for the period. The mere law of averages . . . l

In the case of this thread, a poster reported the same problem I had once before--so I'm not surprised about that, while the two of you certainly have reason not to have experienced it.

blah, blah, blah...my opinions mean so much more than everyone else's, and my sense of self-importance, not to mention my head, are way bigger than they should be because I have more stories here (even if they are hacked out in two hours and suck eggs).

(btw, your recording is skipping. Seems you have nothing new to say at all)

 

[sr71plt]

blah, blah, blah...my opinions mean so much more than everyone else's, and my sense of self-importance, not to mention my head, are way bigger than they should be because I have more stories here (even if they are hacked out in two hours and suck eggs).

lol. Yet another "author" who doesn't have enough stories posted at Lit. to have any sort of idea of what problems can develop in submissions.

Of course you would say this. You are a drone here pretending to be Queen of the Board.

As far as criticizing my writing, this is also typical of your sort here. I'd be happy to have that "writoff" you like to threaten new posters with--if you actually were a writer rather than just a cyber yakker.

 

[cloudy]

lol. Yet another "author" who doesn't have enough stories posted at Lit. to have any sort of idea of what problems can develop in submissions.

Of course you would say this. You are a drone here pretending to be Queen of the Board.

As far as criticizing my writing, this is also typical of your sort here. I'd be happy to have that "writoff" you like to threaten new posters with--if you actually were a writer rather than just a cyber yakker.

anytime, numbnuts.

You know, the difference might be that I actually have a LIFE. Ever think of that? Of course, I could pound out a story every single day, if I didn't care about the quality, hmmm?

 

[sr71plt]

anytime, numbnuts.

As I've said before. Any time a real independent judging situation can be set up and not just you and your cyber yakker friends.