Been pending for 24 days

[DevilishFox]

Can't work out what's going on. After I submitted my update (6 weeks ago), I submitted a new chapter - and it was published in 2 days! But the update hasn't moved, and a subsequent chapter has been sitting there for 4 weeks. If they don't fix this in a couple of weeks, I'm going to have to start taking my stories down and publishing them elsewhere.

Same, honestly. This is getting comically ridiculous.

 

[SmilingLez]

I did. I don't think the problem is a (single) bug; it's the entire system. It's 25 years old.

"Around the year 2000, as we upgraded our community forum from UBB (Perl) to vBulletin (PHP), we met a brilliant programmer who helped us create the custom Literotica content management system, which remains the foundation of the site to this day..."

I've been thinking, if the CMS was coded in the year 2000, it's quite possible there was a limit to the number of works that could be submitted each day. If that limit was reached, everything past that limit would be in limbo (aka forever pending). If so, the programmer didn't take into consideration that literotica would be so popular in the future (now)

 

[DevilishFox]

I've been thinking, if the CMS was coded in the year 2000, it's quite possible there was a limit to the number of works that could be submitted each day. If that limit was reached, everything past that limit would be in limbo (aka forever pending). If so, the programmer didn't take into consideration that literotica would be so popular in the future (now)

Even so, I, and multiple others, have submitted bug reports and asked straight up if their submission is stuck somewhere and no one answers. I feel like the absolute lack of communication is the true problem here.

 

[SmilingLez]

Even so, I, and multiple others, have submitted bug reports and asked straight up if their submission is stuck somewhere and no one answers. I feel like the absolute lack of communication is the true problem here.

Agreed, I also submitted bug reports and finally bit the bullet and deleted my pending for over 2 weeks submissions and then resubmitted as new because that had worked for other people. So far no luck

 

[bad_hobbit]

Did you report the bug to Laurel & Manu?

I get being frustrated. Also, they need to know about problems to fix them.

--Annie

Multiple messages - emails, bug reports, feedback. Crickets. BUT - I've just discovered that my update from 6 weeks ago has FINALLY been applied. My 4-week-old chapter of another story is STILL pending. I updated my profile 2 days ago and threatened to remove all my work from the site, as there was no point staying if nothing new was ever going to get published. I don't know if that made a difference.

 

[old_hippy_46]

Can't work out what's going on. After I submitted my update (6 weeks ago), I submitted a new chapter - and it was published in 2 days! But the update hasn't moved, and a subsequent chapter has been sitting there for 4 weeks. If they don't fix this in a couple of weeks, I'm going to have to start taking my stories down and publishing them elsewhere.

Good idea! Where else can we publish erotic stories?

 

[ZinJ]

Good idea! Where else can we publish erotic stories?

I'd like to know too. Not really a fan of this whole overly controlling way of having my works screened before it can be published. If I can find another website that's just as good as with an active community and none of the screening crap, I would go there.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I'd like to know too. Not really a fan of this whole overly controlling way of having my works screened before it can be published. If I can find another website that's just as good as with an active community and none of the screening crap, I would go there.

Those are contradictory things. You won't easily find an active community that's constructive and helpful, and also no screening, at the same site.

Maybe use one of the Fediverse Reddit-like services, e. g. kbin, if you can find one that's adult-friendly.

--Annie

 

[DevilishFox]

I'd like to know too. Not really a fan of this whole overly controlling way of having my works screened before it can be published. If I can find another website that's just as good as with an active community and none of the screening crap, I would go there.

I don't mind the story having to be approved but for me the lack of communication is ridiculous. If my chapter gets automatically pulled aside for further review, send me an automated massage saying that. It's crazy that the writers and their stories is why the site exists and why there is web traffic to begin with but the writers are treated kinda shit with these communication practices.

 

[CanisLupus]

Last time I sent in a story, it was rejected (more or less rightfully so because it was a Spin-Off from the universe of Harry Potter (which is excluded on this site)) within three days! The story I now sumbitted is completely original, absolutely within the rules and has been left to dry since September 22nd. I don't get it, really.
Apart from that: we have AI, Large Language Models to be precise, that could be fed all the rules of Literotica. Screening stories could be an absolute breeze! If you're not sure about it, you could even implement rules that send the story back to a human moderator if the AI isn't completely sure.
So I wonder, whether this is a technical issue or one of man-power. If it is the later, get more moderators...if it is the former, get a technician/programmer.

 

[CanisLupus]

I'd like to know too. Not really a fan of this whole overly controlling way of having my works screened before it can be published. If I can find another website that's just as good as with an active community and none of the screening crap, I would go there.

I tried AO3 (Archive of our own)...it's an absolute MESS. Don't bother going there. UI is abyssmally bad, visibility is chancy at best.

 

[ZinJ]

I tried AO3 (Archive of our own)...it's an absolute MESS. Don't bother going there. UI is abyssmally bad, visibility is chancy at best.

This whole thing has made me want to start a site of my own, but I suck at it

 

[flatiron2]

My experience is similar to others, I think. It used to take 2 to 4 days on average for a chapter of mine to be published, but nowadays, it's a lottery. I've got something that's been sitting in 'pending' for three weeks. The next two chapters of the story are waiting to go, but I don't want to upload them out of sequence, so they just have to wait. I've tried following the FAQ suggestions on a number of occasions, but each time, they led nowhere. I messaged Laurel, but so far no response. There don't seem to be ANY options for authors who are unlucky enough to find their story is stuck other than nagging the admins. It'd be SO much easier if authors could see where their story was in a queue. Like, if I could find out 'you're in line, it should be up in three days' for instance, it would make things so much easier. And if it sped things up for others, I'd be happy to volunteer my time to help unclog the pipes.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

You can put instructions about publication in the Administrative section, @flatiron2. You could say, "This story follows my already-submitted 'The Power of Positive Thinking Chapter 01'. Please publish it one week after that story (which I submitted three weeks ago) is published. I also submitting Chapter 03, just after this one. Please publish that one week after this story." Then something like that in Chapter 03, of course.

Laurel does read the admin notes, maybe that would get her attention.

--Annie

 

[flatiron2]

You can put instructions about publication in the Administrative section, @flatiron2. You could say, "This story follows my already-submitted 'The Power of Positive Thinking Chapter 01'. Please publish it one week after that story (which I submitted three weeks ago) is published. I also submitting Chapter 03, just after this one. Please publish that one week after this story." Then something like that in Chapter 03, of course.

Laurel does read the admin notes, maybe that would get her attention.

--Annie

Thanks, but it's hard enough right now to get things published at all, let alone making everything more complicated.

If someone wants to train me in what's required to clear and approve stuff, I'd be happy to volunteer.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

I'm starting to suspect there are glitches in the Matrix. The Admin stuff is (I hope) a way to get past the bots and to an actual human.

 

[DevilishFox]

I feel like whatever the 'reason' is for the issues kind of doesn't matter at this point/is their problem to fix. Defending it at this point is kinda cope.

 

[DevilishFox]

At the VERY least the company line of "72 hours, maybe 15 days" needs to be updated because people are waiting like 6 weeks. Update your backlog timeline if that's the problem.