The Problem with Literotica

[ChuckWolf]

they make no secret of the fact that contest stories are prioritized.

I know; I was just covering the bases.

 

[000zing]

All these worthies biting their nails and losing sleep over the life-or-death matter of, if you please, whether their submissions to Literotica are considered for 'publication'.

Dear God.

life
a
get

Rearrange into a well-known phrase or saying.. .

 

[MillieDynamite]

Costello: Now I throw the ball to first base, whoever it is drops the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow—a triple play.
Abbott: Yeah, it could be.
Costello: Another guy gets up, and it's a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know. He's on third and I don't give a darn!
Abbott: What was that?
Costello: I said, I DON'T GIVE A DARN!
Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop!

I know; I was just covering the bases.

 

[Dark_Logan_]

All these worthies biting their nails and losing sleep over the life-or-death matter of, if you please, whether their submissions to Literotica are considered for 'publication'.

Dear God.

life
a
get

Rearrange into a well-known phrase or saying.. .

Says the man/woman without a single submitted story to his/her name

Here’s one for you

To
Should
Typing
Get
Maybe
You
Appreciate

 

[cw5523729]

Says the man/woman without a single submitted story to his/her name

Here’s one for you

To
Should
Typing
Get
Maybe
You
Appreciate

I feel there should have been an IT in there somewhere.

 

[crookedletter]

All these worthies biting their nails and losing sleep over the life-or-death matter of, if you please, whether their submissions to Literotica are considered for 'publication'.

Dear God.

life
a
get

Rearrange into a well-known phrase or saying.. .

Funny, that well-known phrase or saying is just what comes to mind when, all over the internet, I see so many "worthies" taking the time to say "Why don't you only care about what I care about?!"

 

[cw5523729]

I was not running down the thread. It is entertaining. Some of the ideas have merit, and if I were the queen of Lit, I'd seriously consider them. Additionally, I would like the discussion to continue.

I'd totally vote for you to be Queen of Literotica. I feel you'd be a wise and benevolent ruler.

Wait, you don't vote for queens. Well, if there was a process where you voted for royalty which would then undermine the entire monarchy system, I'd still do it anyway, all those other kings and queens be damned.

 

[Britva415]

you don't know they're "privileged"

Agreed. Among those 175, there's no way to know which were published basically o full-auto in under 24 hours, and which actually were reviewed further and took 2 to 5 days.

All are "privileged" compared to the permanently-pending ones, but some are more privileged than others.

 

[Britva415]

First, there is not a reliable way to tell. The 15 day mark is simply the tipping point where the odds of a bug are so much greater than it being human delay that resubmitting is the logical choice.

Second, it depends on where the bug is. Yes, at worst, this will just show that the bug occurs after the automated review process completes successfully rather than giving writers any useful information. However, if the bug is in or before the automated review process and results in the story not being flagged for manual review (which seems to be the most logical explanation), this would give writers useful information.

15 days is a cutoff spelled out by @Literotica. Again, they didn't say what to do after 15 days, but they did say what not to do before 15 days (anything which would risk a re-queue) and they didn't say not to re-queue after 15 days when they absolutely could have.

Plus, we never hear about "escaping pending" with either an approval or a rejection in 6-14 days. Escaping pending always takes way less than 15 days, if it happens at all.

The only reason I don't say that it's obvious you're trapped by the permanently-pending bug in less than 15 days is because of @Literotica 's statement. But at 15 days, it's obvious.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You really haven't been paying attention, have you?

I'd totally vote for you to be Queen of Literotica. I feel you'd be a wise and benevolent ruler.

Wait, you don't vote for queens. Well, if there was a process where you voted for royalty which would then undermine the entire monarchy system, I'd still do it anyway, all those other kings and queens be damned.

 

[cw5523729]

You really haven't been paying attention, have you?

Why? Because I'd put you in charge?

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, because I'm a loony toon, and what I'd do would be, at best, unpredictable. At worst, well, it's too frightening to consider.

Why? Because I'd put you in charge?

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[cw5523729]

Yes, because I'm a loony toon, and what I'd do would be, at best, unpredictable. At worst, well, it's too frightening to consider.

Hey, hey, I said you have my vote. You don't need to keep selling me on it.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

The difference is that this isn't Roblox with a large child population, where troll interactions are immediate and seen by many. The context is very different here.

Very good point and, unfortunately, many of those who are motivated to do the awful things on Roblox are motivated *because* it's a child population they can surprise with adult content. *shudders*

 

[MythicMind]

Very good point and, unfortunately, many of those who are motivated to do the awful things on Roblox are motivated *because* it's a child population they can surprise with adult content. *shudders*

Agreed, sadly.

 

[SimonDoom]

Yes, because I'm a loony toon, and what I'd do would be, at best, unpredictable. At worst, well, it's too frightening to consider.

You've got me half way convinced to vote for you already.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

2. Many veterans say that they believe Laurel and Manu browse the forum occasionally. So who knows, maybe they'll see how many people are frustrated and do something about it. Even a tiny bit of extra information would help.

They definitely browse the forums, but very rarely reply.

The proof of that is here: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/9-of-10.1638543/post-101353100

And a couple of posts in July.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Wait, I've got an idea!! We make a drinking game where for every new story someone posts is pending over a week, you take a drink. Over a month is a shot. For every post about Laurel not responding, I dunno, hit a bong or something.

@AwkwardMD already has that drinking game covered.

There's a bunch of topics that go through the place on regular cycles, and on occasion a new one rises to the top. At the moment, it's pending stories, a while back it was AI story rejections. The old faithful is the underage rule (will my story breach it?), the non-con content debate, and one or two others. After a while there's a calming predictability about it all, like tides on the beach.

 

[AwkwardMD]

@AwkwardMD already has that drinking game covered.

There's a bunch of topics that go through the place on regular cycles, and on occasion a new one rises to the top. At the moment, it's pending stories, a while back it was AI story rejections. The old faithful is the underage rule (will my story breach it?), the non-con content debate, and one or two others. After a while there's a calming predictability about it all, like tides on the beach.

Hi I'm new. These are pictures of me.

I'm a male author. How do I write women?

My story went from 5 stars to 4.2. Why is this happening?

My story went from 4.2 to 4.6. Why is this happening?

The classics.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

Hi I'm new. These are pictures of me.

I'm a male author. How do I write women?

My story went from 5 stars to 4.2. Why is this happening?

My story went from 4.2 to 4.6. Why is this happening?

The classics.

So just like writing, the trick is to get plot bunnies not just for new story topics, but new forum ones as well...

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hi I'm new. These are pictures of me.

I'm a male author. How do I write women?

My story went from 5 stars to 4.2. Why is this happening?

My story went from 4.2 to 4.6. Why is this happening?

The classics.

Yes - thanks for filling in my laziness. I couldn't be bothered thinking of the whole list.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You've got me half way convinced to vote for you already.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Hi I'm new. These are pictures of me.

I'm a male author. How do I write women?

My story went from 5 stars to 4.2. Why is this happening?

My story went from 4.2 to 4.6. Why is this happening?

The classics.

Can I finish/rewrite another author's story? I asked them and they didn't reply, that means yes, right?

 

[AwkwardMD]

So just like writing, the trick is to get plot bunnies not just for new story topics, but new forum ones as well...

 

[AwkwardMD]

Can I finish/rewrite another author's story? I asked them and they didn't reply, that means yes, right?

Hi, I'm a new author, and I have big ideas about how to change/improve Literotica.com/the forum.