I thought I was confused before .. now I'm more confused than ever! (Pending Hell)

[Britva415]

I strongly suspect the pending purgatory are stories that needed manual review for any reason.

Yet there clearly are stories getting manually reviewed and published in less than 7 days.

The permanently-pending ones have to be invisible to whoever's doing the reviews.

 

[iwatchus]

I don't know a large number of stories are getting a full manual review right now. Most stories get a quick glance if nothing triggers on them.

My suspicion is that the manual reviews are not in any organized structure, but there had been few enough for Laurel to manually manage them. Sometimes she would lose one, which is why the note to her was the goto fix that usually worked. But a system like that is not scalable. Thus the issues

 

[iwatchus]

I honestly don't think that's the case. I can't imagine what in my stories would be considered to be AI by a human reviewer. As for an AI review WTF knows.

J4S

if it was an automated review they would have been rejected immediately

 

[Dark_Logan_]

Once again I will say .. I did post some of my pending stories in Reddit. I won't link here, but I will in a DM. If anyone feels after reading that there's even a small chance that this was AI .. please let me know .. but I'm confident you will not.

J4S

I’m not sure anyone’s qualified to spot what’s a well written or poorly written AI story.

Let alone cast judgement on what’s been written by AI and what hasn’t even if one were written or part written by an AI

(The obvious answer is there’s no such thing as a good AI story as it’s written by an AI)

I’ve never genuinely gone near the concept, not least as I genuinely don’t believe my content/subject matter could ever be coaxed from the most premium subscription to an AI… that’s easy to type and hard to prove admittedly as nobody’s ever going to admit to using an AI are they?

I’ve no idea how Lit deem to assume the use of AI

There’s absolutely no irony in the fact that they probably use an AI based tool to check for such details (whatever those details/triggers/tell tale signs are)







‘This content has been moderated and checked by Chat GPT for iPhone - download via the Apple Store’

 

[SmilingLez]

Fresh conspiracy theory alert:

As much as I suspect a glitch in the system meaning the stories are in a black hole unseen to anyone at Lit I’ve also suspected IF they can see them and they ever do clear the backlog an excuse such as suspecting the use of AI will be used freely as a convenient hammer to strike the author over the back of the head with.

No specifics, no reasoning and no proof will be offered irrespective of circumstances.

100% agree. And since fixing their 25+ year-old CMS (laborious and a financial drain) does not generate revenue, it will never be fixed.

My fresh conspiracy alert theory, Literotica uses a free ineffective flawed AI based tool to check to check for AI based stories

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Do you mean, besides the explicitly stated reason in the rejection message?

Or do you mean, when the rejection explicitly states suspicion of AI usage and the author knows or at least strongly suspects that they did use AI?

I mean when the author knows or strongly suspects why the story got rejected, like the cases when the author used Grammarly AI suggestions and such.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

"IM"s? Are you sure you're a millenial and not a boomer?

We're elder millenials.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

@Britva415's point was, I think, that actual rejections state a reason. 100% of the time.

--Annie

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Good thing is you don't need to solely rely on lit for your work.

 

[Just4Sheets]

@Britva415's point was, I think, that actual rejections state a reason. 100% of the time.

--Annie

Unfortunately they do not. They merely imply that the rejection was because of AI and give no context as to anything further.

J4S

 

[Britva415]

I mean when the author knows or strongly suspects why the story got rejected, like the cases when the author used Grammarly AI suggestions and such.

I'm still not sure where you're coming from. Are you imagining that the rejection notice said something else, and the author is thinking, "nuh uh?"

 

[Britva415]

Unfortunately they do not. They merely imply that the rejection was because of AI and give no context as to anything further.

J4S

It's been a while since I saw the text of one of these rejection notices.

What exactly does it imply? Does it imply, by rejecting it with the AI justification, that AI was used? Or does it imply, without stating definitively, that suspicion of AI was the reason for the rejection?

It doesn't seem to me that the reason for rejection is equivocal, but, I don't know how it was worded.

Are you saying your rejection notice didn't give a reason?

 

[Just4Sheets]

It's been a while since I saw the text of one of these rejection notices.

What exactly does it imply? Does it imply, by rejecting it with the AI justification, that AI was used? Or does it imply, without stating definitively, that suspicion of AI was the reason for the rejection?

It doesn't seem to me that the reason for rejection is equivocal, but, I don't know how it was worded.

Are you saying your rejection notice didn't give a reason?

So the note starts by saying the story was rejected, and then goes on to give a "checklist" with a single item on it asking whether you used AI. Then it goes on to link their AI policy. Finally it says you can resubmit after you've made changes.

So like I said, it implies that you used AI but doesn't actually state it. If you didn't use AI you're just screwed since there's no way to know what you should change.

Anyway, here's the note:

Dear Writer,
Thank you for your submission to Literotica. We appreciate the time and effort you've taken to write a story and submit it to our site . However, we've found that we cannot post your submission in its current form. The checklist below may help you in re-examining your manuscript.​

• Are you using Grammarly, ProWritingAid, Quillbot or similar software, or allowing Microsoft Word grammar check to change your words? Many modern writing packages incorporate AI. Literotica is a storytelling community centered on the sharing of human fantasies. While we do not have a policy against using tools to help with the writing process (i.e. sp, grammar check, etc.), we do ask that all work published on Literotica be created primarily by a human. If you are using a grammar check program to review your work so that you can make changes (as a spellcheck, to flag punctuation, review grammar, and/or occasionally as a thesaurus), that should be fine. If you are allowing a grammar check program to “rewrite” your words or rephrase your text, that may cross the line into AI generated text/stories (since substantial parts of the final draft may not be written by you). Please see this FAQ for more information: https://literotica.com/faq/publishing/publishing-ai NOTE: the sentence at the end of this response [[Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions.]] does not apply to stories rejected for content or AI issues. Volunteer Editors can help only with grammar, punctuation, and story mechanics issues and are not equipped to deal with AI issues. You may resubmit after you’ve made revisions.

Please feel free to re-submit the story after a Volunteer Editor has examined it, or after you've made revisions. You can find a list of Volunteer Editors here.
Please consult our Writer's Resources section and make sure you read our submission guidelines.
If you have any questions on these, please let us know.
Thanks for your time, and look forward to reading you again!
Laurel & Manu
Literotica.Com​

Before you ask, I used none of the mentioned tools or any other tools. I don't even use Microsoft Word as I prefer Windows Notepad.

Anyway .. that's it I guess.

J4S

 

[Britva415]

Before you ask, I used none of the mentioned tools or any other tools. I don't even use Microsoft Word as I prefer Windows Notepad.

I believe you. Just saying, right or wrong, there isn't any doubt about the reason for the rejection.

 

[Just4Sheets]

I believe you. Just saying, right or wrong, there isn't any doubt about the reason for the rejection.

Sure .. of course. It's 100% obvious that they were saying I was probably using some sort of AI tool .. but they worded it in the most "we're not really accusing you but we think you did this" way.

I just want to publish my fucking stories. I hate this.

J4S

 

[AwkwardMD]

Do you mean, besides the explicitly stated reason in the rejection message?

Or do you mean, when the rejection explicitly states suspicion of AI usage and the author knows or at least strongly suspects that they did use AI?

I phrased it the way I did to avoid people lying to me. If someone knows what they did and owns it, my help is available, but I don't know who to trust otherwise.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, the truth is, they can't say you used AI; they can only tell you might've. It doesn't help you determine how to get it published and raises a whole lot of questions about how they came to their conclusion. But they don't have to justify themselves; we have to explain our work. End result is, SOL (not the website).

So the note starts by saying the story was rejected, and then goes on to give a "checklist" with a single item on it asking whether you used AI. Then it goes on to link their AI policy. Finally it says you can resubmit after you've made changes.

So like I said, it implies that you used AI but doesn't actually state it. If you didn't use AI you're just screwed since there's no way to know what you should change.

Anyway, here's the note:



Before you ask, I used none of the mentioned tools or any other tools. I don't even use Microsoft Word as I prefer Windows Notepad.

Anyway .. that's it I guess.

J4S

 

[MillieDynamite]

Like I've said before, I have had one rejection, and I determined it was too big a hassle to go through than not publish it here. Since I have no idea why, those powers think it has AI.

Well, the truth is, they can't say you used AI; they can only tell you might've. It doesn't help you determine how to get it published and raises a whole lot of questions about how they came to their conclusion. But they don't have to justify themselves; we have to explain our work. End result is, SOL (not the website).

 

[Obeylily]

i am more of an old fashioned so AI is a no no for me i dont care if i get bashed by the woke people

 

[Dark_Logan_]

Having just read Literotica’s AI policy for the first time the ambiguity within their own policy is quite frankly laughable

Not least by the very fact that they admit they don’t have a policy

Their statement therefore is an oxymoron of biblical proportions

How can anything be taken serious around here at the moment?

 

[Confused6969]

I’m also Confused!

 

[ChloeTzang]

I'm rereading these stories and I have no idea what to do. What do I change?

I am going to change nothing (unless on reread I see some sort of error). I am going to resubmit the stories with a "Note To Admin" that explains that the stories were written 100% by me and no tool altered anything that I wrote. I'm not sure what do to beyond that.

To be honest, I'm very upset right now. I didn't expect this.

J4S

Delete completely, resubmit with Note to Admin, open a bug ticket with links to each story and report what happened.

This AI Rejection thing is a farce.

 

[ChloeTzang]

This was an update from Manu back in April....

On the subject of Stories and Authors: Literotica's community has continued to grow into 2025! There have been several days in recent weeks where we've seen over 400 Stories submitted for publication. These are incredible numbers for our community and we're working hard behind the scenes to make sure that the increase in submissions doesn't lead to a longer wait time for Authors........
.......
We've got more new features, story events, contests, redesigns, and other fun things planned for this summer and beyond. Thank you all for being part of this amazing community! We're looking forward to your feedback, feature requests, bug reports, and suggestions.

So we know they have been working on the submissions process to speed it up. At a guess, this is what is affecting story submission processing and causing the pending stories / AI rejection issues, and also the latest glitch with the winter holidays stories - and we do see that some stories are going thru way faster. Unfortunately othera are going into a black hole and as for the AI bullshit..... Insufficient testing before being promoted to production appears to be the culprit.

 

[ElectricBlue]

So the note starts by saying the story was rejected, and then goes on to give a "checklist" with a single item on it asking whether you used AI. Then it goes on to link their AI policy. Finally it says you can resubmit after you've made changes.

So like I said, it implies that you used AI but doesn't actually state it. If you didn't use AI you're just screwed since there's no way to know what you should change.

All of the rejection notices are written that way - standard language usually in the form of questions. If you've got the notice that refers to AI, that's the reason for the rejection. You never get anything specific to your story.

There are a dozen or so standard rejection notices.

 

[Just4Sheets]

All of the rejection notices are written that way - standard language usually in the form of questions. If you've got the notice that refers to AI, that's the reason for the rejection. You never get anything specific to your story.

There are a dozen or so standard rejection notices.

I figured something like that. The issue is that I have no idea what to do next.

J4S