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[MariaTrans694U]

I’m really confused. I’m getting stories rejected for possible under 18 years old references. I have gone back, re-read the stories, even changed a few lines that I personally didn’t think were questionable and these stories have been rejected twice now for the same reason. There is NO reference to underage persons in these stories or even an allusion they might be underage. Why arent authors given specific feedback about which passage or passages these reviewers find questionable? After four successful submissions, this vague feedback is REALLY frustrating; to the point I’m ready to leave this website. Can anyone help me understand what is going on here?

 

[TadOverdon]

The automated scan for "objectionable" words can be wonky and feels arbitrary. I've gotten past it a few times by looking for and eliminating the word "boy," but this is inconsistent - I see the word used pretty frequently in stories on literotica. I only know that making this single change has passed the censor a couple of times.

"Girl" has never been an issue that I know of.

 

[Lifestyle66]

If you mention anyone being in grade school or high school, that might catch their attention for the rejection. You need to be very clear that there's no sexual references (can't even discuss body parts of the under-18).

Also, they do not allow reminiscing of the underage body parts or sexual situations. You can't say something like "I was in the gym locker room in 8th grade and the girl beside me saw my breasts."

 

[KeithD]

After four successful submissions, this vague feedback is REALLY frustrating; to the point I’m ready to leave this website. Can anyone help me understand what is going on here?

I think your frustration is justified. It's this way because this is a huge "push-through submissions" Web site but they only have one person passing through submissions. It's impossible for one person to closely scrutinize the number of submissions coming in every day. But this is their decision and it legitimately is frustrating for the writers.

If you are sure there is no underage mention in the story, you can just refile the story with a "please show what is taken as underage" in the comments box. I've had stories challenged on underage a couple of times, but I've asked for specific citation and they all have then been posted without my having to change a single word in them.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I’m really confused. I’m getting stories rejected for possible under 18 years old references. I have gone back, re-read the stories, even changed a few lines that I personally didn’t think were questionable and these stories have been rejected twice now for the same reason. There is NO reference to underage persons in these stories or even an allusion they might be underage. Why arent authors given specific feedback about which passage or passages these reviewers find questionable? After four successful submissions, this vague feedback is REALLY frustrating; to the point I’m ready to leave this website. Can anyone help me understand what is going on here?

Try to think as a word bot might, because that's probably what's going on here - my guess is your content is flagging key words, and there might not be human eyes at all.

Check every sex scene to make sure there are no phrases that could even remotely be considered under age. Once you've done that, resubmit with a note to the editor, saying that in good faith you've scrubbed through your text and can't find anything, and ask for another look from a person, not a bot. You won't get a response specific to your story (the site appears to use generic responses), but you might get it through this time.

Persevere, don't give up.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Have you had somebody else, somebody familiar with site rules, take a look at it?

Given the number of stories submitted every day, it seems logical that a bot of some sort is used for preliminary screening. A note to the site admin, as above, is a good idea.

 

[Voboy]

Don't give up.

It's not necessarily just about age, as a number. It can be about physical features as well. Say a writer wants to skirt the rules by writing a pedo story, with an MC that has a very childlike body or affect, then throws in a line about the person "being eighteen." Well, no: that won't pass muster. If the descriptions are childlike, Laurel will reject no matter what the stated age.

Just a thought.

 

[Rob_Royale]

In my next story, the married MC's have a sex-filled holiday after the kids are off at camp, A brief dialog scene happens before they leave for camp, and it's an important scene. I'm concerned it'll get kicked back just for mentioning children in the story. I'm a world builder and it's a logical thought that a married couple have children, so it's integral to character development.

I think I'll try a note to the editor when I submit as TarnishedPenny suggested.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

In my next story, the married MC's have a sex-filled holiday after the kids are off at camp, A brief dialog scene happens before they leave for camp, and it's an important scene. I'm concerned it'll get kicked back just for mentioning children in the story. I'm a world builder and it's a logical thought that a married couple have children, so it's integral to character development.

I think I'll try a note to the editor when I submit as TarnishedPenny suggested.

If the children aren't anywhere near a sex scene, if they aren't in anyone's thoughts during sex and during anything that is sexually arousing, then you should be fine. If you say that they left the house, before any sexual thoughts or actions occurred, then you should be in the clear. You should know that any underage persons, even if they are almost adult, can't be having any sexual thoughts whatsoever. In one story of mine, my MC was reminiscing when he was 17 and he remembered lying on his bed and thinking about his neighbor, an adult woman, and how she had a curvy body and how he felt some arousal thinking about her. It was enough for the story to get rejected.

 

[Rob_Royale]

@AwkwardlySet yes, I had one kicked back for that as well. I'm hoping you're right about my scene, but if it's being read by a bot ...

 

[alohadave]

I’m really confused. I’m getting stories rejected for possible under 18 years old references. I have gone back, re-read the stories, even changed a few lines that I personally didn’t think were questionable and these stories have been rejected twice now for the same reason. There is NO reference to underage persons in these stories or even an allusion they might be underage. Why arent authors given specific feedback about which passage or passages these reviewers find questionable? After four successful submissions, this vague feedback is REALLY frustrating; to the point I’m ready to leave this website. Can anyone help me understand what is going on here?

Resubmit and put a note in the message to admins field stating that you've gone over the story and cannot find what is kicking it back. That will alert Laurel to take a closer look at it.

 

[Voboy]

In my next story, the married MC's have a sex-filled holiday after the kids are off at camp, A brief dialog scene happens before they leave for camp, and it's an important scene. I'm concerned it'll get kicked back just for mentioning children in the story. I'm a world builder and it's a logical thought that a married couple have children, so it's integral to character development.

I think I'll try a note to the editor when I submit as TarnishedPenny suggested.

Should be fine. I've put kids in my stories and they've gone through just fine. They just can't have anything at all to do with the sex.

 

[ElectricBlue]

In my next story, the married MC's have a sex-filled holiday after the kids are off at camp, A brief dialog scene happens before they leave for camp, and it's an important scene. I'm concerned it'll get kicked back just for mentioning children in the story. I'm a world builder and it's a logical thought that a married couple have children, so it's integral to character development.

I think I'll try a note to the editor when I submit as TarnishedPenny suggested.

Keep the kids well away from the nearest sex scene and you'll be fine. I've got babies in my stories, a pre-menstrual girl, just no sex for at least five hundred words, or the next chapter, when the kids are all grown up.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I think your frustration is justified. It's this way because this is a huge "push-through submissions" Web site but they only have one person passing through submissions. It's impossible for one person to closely scrutinize the number of submissions coming in every day. But this is their decision and it legitimately is frustrating for the writers.

If you are sure there is no underage mention in the story, you can just refile the story with a "please show what is taken as underage" in the comments box. I've had stories challenged on underage a couple of times, but I've asked for specific citation and they all have then been posted without my having to change a single word in them.

Seconded. Most likely this is a case of a story getting mistakenly rejected based on a keyword search or skim-reading. If you put that query in the notes, that'll cue Laurel (the mod) to look more closely.

Some authors have reported issues with trans-related stories getting rejected for discussion of trans issues during childhood, even if not involving sexual arousal - something like "even when I was X years old, I was wearing my sisters' dresses". But if you're not discussing under-age characters that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[PennameWombat]

Should be fine. I've put kids in my stories and they've gone through just fine. They just can't have anything at all to do with the sex.

My 2020 Winter Holidays story opened with a singer leading a children’s choir in a Christmas concert. Children and teenagers appeared regularly, but never anywhere close to sexual activity or even innuendo. No problems posting.

@AwkwardlySet yes, I had one kicked back for that as well. I'm hoping you're right about my scene, but if it's being read by a bot ...

But, another story (my 2020 Summer Lovin’ story) was kicked back for underage. It was set at a municipal pool and my MMC (already made clear to be 18 years old and a maintenance man at the pool) was testing the chlorine in the children’s pool (separate from the main pool) and a mother with her two children splashing around there (mother was cousin to the MMC’s new girlfriend) flirted with him. Nothing more than standing close and teasing him verbally. It must’ve been that, because I modified that scene so the mother who did the flirting and teasing was at the main pool with another mother and both had sent their children with their grandmothers to the zoo.

So… no actual sex, not even touching beyond standing an inch away… I amped up the flirting a bit in the reworked version with no children around And it posted right away.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Assuming there's no under-18s masturbating, fantasising, nor even thinking about anything sexual (common reasons for rejection), resubmit with a note saying you've checked and there are no under-18s in the story