What happened to my thread?

[WRJames]

I had a thread out yesterday on Club Lighthouse Publishing. It's gone!

I looked at my posts, and it's not among them. R. Richard had a post too, and his isn't there.

What it this -- secret censorship at Lit? It this one vanishes also I'm going to be really paranoid.

 

[neonlyte]

From FAQ's

"6. Any post or PM made with the intent of promoting another site or a product will be removed. Spam is strictly forbidden. You may not send unsolicited PM's or emails to other users trying to promote other websites or products. Literotica is not a place to promote other websites, and we are very strict on this issue. If you abuse this policy, you will be banned. If you persist, your ISP will be contacted."

 

[Carnevil9]

Rule 6 as cited above would seem to prohibit an awful lot of signatures that I see on this site daily......Carney

 

[gauchecritic]

Rule 6 as cited above would seem to prohibit an awful lot of signatures that I see on this site daily......Carney

yeah but the letter is post or pm, even if the spirit differs for you.

 

[damppanties]

I had a thread out yesterday on Club Lighthouse Publishing. It's gone!

I looked at my posts, and it's not among them. R. Richard had a post too, and his isn't there.

What it this -- secret censorship at Lit? It this one vanishes also I'm going to be really paranoid.

It is possible that it was moved to the sticky thread on the top of the forum that is for the sole purpose of promoting your published work. I know that happened with another author who started a thread for their book earlier, so it's not just you.

If it was not your work you were promoting, then I guess it's just gone.

 

[Rob_mDear]

I had a thread out yesterday on Club Lighthouse Publishing. It's gone!

I looked at my posts, and it's not among them. R. Richard had a post too, and his isn't there.

What it this -- secret censorship at Lit? It this one vanishes also I'm going to be really paranoid.

Is this it?

 

[starrkers]

I had a thread out yesterday on Club Lighthouse Publishing. It's gone!

I looked at my posts, and it's not among them. R. Richard had a post too, and his isn't there.

What it this -- secret censorship at Lit? It this one vanishes also I'm going to be really paranoid.

Nope, it's house cleaning. It got incorporated into the Literotica Authors and Their Books sticky thread at the top of the page. Where it belongs.

 

[WRJames]

Is this it?

Nope -- but thanks for looking

 

[WRJames]

From FAQ's

"6. Any post or PM made with the intent of promoting another site or a product will be removed. Spam is strictly forbidden. You may not send unsolicited PM's or emails to other users trying to promote other websites or products. Literotica is not a place to promote other websites, and we are very strict on this issue. If you abuse this policy, you will be banned. If you persist, your ISP will be contacted."

Oh yeah -- and what about this or this or this .., and I could find a lot more if I had the patience.

Not to mention that all of us are whoring pretty loudly with our signatures.

Look, let's face it, aside from the the sparkling intellectual climate of this refined salon, a lot of us are authors trying to be a bit less amateur. Yes, we are trying to SELL STUFF!!! Does that shock you?

Now, if I was just coming in from out of the blue, I would understand it. But I am a regular contributor to this forum and to Lit stories. We have at least one other Lit author who is very pleased with CLHP. This is Bullshit!

 

[sr71plt]

I agree that there are others--and that there's not much difference in advertising in forum texts and in sig lines. But I think that having authors with stories on the site and books available elsewhere (since Lit. doesn't do books) should be a plus for Web site promotion. (I've agreed when threads were erased when books were being advertised by authors who don't have a significant number of stories posted at Lit.) Do the thread get left when they are run in the "Authors and their books" sticky thread above?

 

[BarbarouSevil]

Hugs.

I think the threads are broken up according to date of post - that's what EL's post there suggests.

It sounds like a sensible rule. If it's not being observed uniformly you could complain to Laurel. Or propose an alternate rule. Which would be what?

 

[tickledkitty]

I think we all need a reminder once in a while that we're only guests here on this website. Not sure where this sense of entitlement comes from.

 

[cantdog]

If you report a spam thread, it vanishes pretty quickly. Perhaps someone decided you could go holler down some other rain barrel.

 

[WRJames]

If you report a spam thread, it vanishes pretty quickly. Perhaps someone decided you could go holler down some other rain barrel.

Could be. It's annoying though -- like being stopped for speeding when you are just going with the traffic. Why me?

 

[sr71plt]

I think we all need a reminder once in a while that we're only guests here on this website. Not sure where this sense of entitlement comes from.

Whoa. A little bit of time out maybe. The only difference between this and what I've seen--and participated in--in recent postings (and I think it actually helps advertise the site stories) is that R.Richard doesn't have any stories at Lit. under that name. I do think that's a significant difference, but I can see where WRJames would think this could be going on, because it's already been going on. Again, maybe it's enough to move it up to the Author's thread.

Conversely, if Lit. cuts off advertising of books by authors who don't contribute here, I can completely understand. So, maybe the message is that R.Richard must contribute stories here to be given any promotional space here.

 

[WRJames]

Nope, it's house cleaning. It got incorporated into the Literotica Authors and Their Books sticky thread at the top of the page. Where it belongs.

No -- it just vanished. If it had moved I would have been able to find it under my recent posts -- and it's gone.

 

[sr71plt]

No -- it just vanished. If it had moved I would have been able to find it under my recent posts -- and it's gone.

OK, I'm tired of this. If and when R.Richard has stories posted here and you want to advertise his books published with you, try doing so on the "Author's books" threads in the sticky area above--and see it they stick. Until then, suggest you either sing a new tone or not advertise someone here who has no discernible relationship to this site. The last time I saw someone try this, their postings were erased (the author had once had stories here, but they were all withdrawn). What you point to here isn't the same circumstance. There's no reason the Web site should permit advertising by authors who do nothing for the site.

 

[Liar]

Yannow, this forum have no moderators. So the only one who can have removed your thread are the board admins. The actual Litmeisters. So if you want answers, ask them.

If you just want to complain, carry on.

 

[cantdog]

Could be. It's annoying though -- like being stopped for speeding when you are just going with the traffic. Why me?

I see your point, man. Kind of a pisser.

I got involved with the Coming Together series of books, as illustrator and also as writer. We had books with a minimum of ten Lit people contributing. And some of our threads went missing, for the same reasons yours did.

I guess someone reported them as spam. Who knew?

 

[WRJames]

Yannow, this forum have no moderators. So the only one who can have removed your thread are the board admins. The actual Litmeisters. So if you want answers, ask them.

If you just want to complain, carry on.

Well, confronting the litmeisters might have bad consequences.

We used to go down to this little lake just over the border in New Jersey. The swimming area would get a bit crowded, but the lifeguards would let serious swimmers go out on the other side of the ropes to swim laps. Except on weekends.

Well, someone got pissed that they couldn't swim outside the ropes on weekends and they wrote to the authorities in Trenton to complain.

You can imagine what happened.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Well, complaining about your publishing thread that was taken down is almost as good as having a publishing thread, isn't it?

So keep complaining.

 

[WRJames]

Well, complaining about your publishing thread that was taken down is almost as good as having a publishing thread, isn't it?

So keep complaining.

Oh -- you've unmasked me! I wouldn't be that crass! Just follow the link under The Son and go to the home page. There's some great new stuff there.

 

[English Lady]

I see your point, man. Kind of a pisser.

I got involved with the Coming Together series of books, as illustrator and also as writer. We had books with a minimum of ten Lit people contributing. And some of our threads went missing, for the same reasons yours did.

I guess someone reported them as spam. Who knew?

I was going to mention that, too. And I've had threads disappear too and one I made on the GB for my print book got squished together with the one I'd started in here. *L*

I think it's been reported as spam. Just shrug and move on, life's too short.

 

[Liar]

Well, confronting the litmeisters might have bad consequences.

If you intend to be confrontational, then yes. If you intend to politely inquire, then I don't think so.

If I was to guess, the answer will be "We can't monitor the boards 24/7, so many posts that violate forum rules will pass us by. But when we stumble upon one, we take action."

It's like in customs. They can't check everyone's bag.

 

[WRJames]

If you intend to be confrontational, then yes. If you intend to politely inquire, then I don't think so.

If I was to guess, the answer will be "We can't monitor the boards 24/7, so many posts that violate forum rules will pass us by. But when we stumble upon one, we take action."

It's like in customs. They can't check everyone's bag.

Perhaps. To me it's more like traffic flowing tem miles per hour above the speed limit -- and you get pulled over.

Maybe everyone obeys the traffic laws in Sweden?