The amount of time for story approval...

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hi, my name is rachel and i'm a story mod. i do it because i believe in this site. i do it because i see inexperienced writers grow into artists (hi Poppet!). i do it because everyone should have a place to have their voice heard, even if it's "only smut". it's not smut. it's erotica, it's people's dreams, their fantasies, their hard work, their imagination, and their talent. sometimes yeah, it takes us too long to get your story out. but, in the end, if you put in the work, it goes up on the front page. we do our best. we juggle careers, families, our own writing, our own time, in order to make it happen. sure, i know the excitement of hitting submit, the torment of waiting, the thrill of seeing your story on the front page. we do our best to make it happen, because we know that thrill too.

are we perfect? no. do we strive to be? yes. that's all i can offer - doing my best, our best, to give you a forum for doing what you love. it's a small crew of dedicated volunteers and we try to treat all our authors with care - that means taking extra time for some. i like to think that we help people achieve their ambitions.

to everyone out there who has ever thanked a mod, and that's most of you, i/we sincerely appreciate it. it's a nice feeling. if you have legitimate complaints, my PM box is not hard to locate, and i will address them, ask anyone who has every sent me a query - i put those at the top of my to-do list when i sign in. that means skipping some of the personal stuff, some of the fun stuff, some of the non-worky stuff. i do that because i want to make your lush experience the best i can. simple as that. just remember, we're human beings, we have feelings, we have bad days, we deal with the same issues that you do - so when you send those queries to me, or any other mod, try to be nice, 'kay?

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Eloquently put! I alway try (although I'm sure I must have forgotten once ore twice.) to say thank you, a in the little "notes to the mods" box. It it REALLY IS so exciting to put a story out. I've learned a lot LISTENING to the wisdom they share, and it really has helped me grow as a writer, improving my skills.
So, I don't care who you are...try and take some advice. Nobody (imho) is trying to put anyone down.
P.s. The best advice I've been given, is don't over post. Put a week or more (preferably more) between stories and/or poems. If we saturate the site with something daily, no one will take us seriously, and eventually stop reading (thank you, Poppet!).
Anyway...just my humble opinion.

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I submitted my story over a week ago and I've still not heard anything.

I've only just joined the site, so that might be normal for all I know. It's just, I've been in contact with a several other members, and they told me the normal time for publishing is 2-3 days.

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Don't worry. It's in there!! It's fairly near the top, so shouldn't be too long. Things slow down when there's a competition on, as we get so many extra stories. X

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Don't worry. It's in there!! It's fairly near the top, so shouldn't be too long. Things slow down when there's a competition on, as we get so many extra stories. X

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Okay. Thanks for your reply.

Someone else did mention that there's a high volume of story submissions at the moment due to the competition. Everybody loves a competition. I'd enter it myself if I thought my writing was up to it. But, unfortunately, it's not.

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No worries. And I say go for it re the comp!! You never know unless you try, lol. They're actually a really good way of getting your work read. A lot of our members go out of their way to read comp stories and support the contestants.

They run every few months anyway, so plenty of future opportunities if you want to scope the place out first xx

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I've been waiting nearly 9 days now for my story to be published.

Other sites take between 2-3 days.

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I feel like the site should just introduce ratings, like on other free writing publication websites. That way users can filter content they don’t wish to see in the search engine and moderators won’t be necessary to view every submission. Like look to A03, Archive of Our Own, for reference. The reader simply clicks which level of explicitness they’re trying to read (or avoid) and the search engine filters the work available on the site 🙌 something to consider

It appears you may not be aware of what moderators actually do, and you may have been misled by your own interpretation of the word. Those of us who submit our efforts are hugely grateful to our heroes, the mods, who ensure stories meet guidelines that are vital to avoid pieces that do not meet the site rules appearing.

As a contributor, I know that someone is giving up their time to help me. That's a human element, which will always be more valuable to me than any tech. 'Levels of explicitness' is, of course, subjective to a degree, and I suspect most readers can use tags to help them decide if a story will be for them.

Moderators do far more than tick an imaginary 'pass' or 'fail' box, and it may be worthwhile for you to submit something. That would explain everything in real terms far better than I could in a reply to a post.

If we raised the minimum word count north of 2500 and really focused on quality rather than whether a story meets the site's ToS, I bet we could reduce the overall number of submissions and therefore publication wait times. We could also do it if authors wouldn't flood the queue with push-button AI slop, actually read and followed the ToS and stopped publishing novel length stories 500 words at time, but that's probably too much to expect.

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If we raised the minimum word count north of 2500 and really focused on quality rather than whether a story meets the site's ToS, I bet we could reduce the overall number of submissions and therefore publication wait times. We could also do it if authors wouldn't flood the queue with push-button AI slop, actually read and followed the ToS and stopped publishing novel length stories 500 words at time, but that's probably too much to expect.

If people prefer to read shorter pieces, any rise in the minimum word count would deny them the opportunity to do something they enjoy. Yes, the people who read. They have as much of a right to a voice as anyone. 'Focusing on quality' comes across as rather elitist and subjective. If you think only people who write should read what you've written, you're perfectly entitled to hold that opinion, but ask readers what length of pieces they prefer to read, and they may not give an answer that would make a 2500-word minimum viable.

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It appears you may not be aware of what moderators actually do, and you may have been misled by your own interpretation of the word. Those of us who submit our efforts are hugely grateful to our heroes, the mods, who ensure stories meet guidelines that are vital to avoid pieces that do not meet the site rules appearing.

As a contributor, I know that someone is giving up their time to help me. That's a human element, which will always be more valuable to me than any tech. 'Levels of explicitness' is, of course, subjective to a degree, and I suspect most readers can use tags to help them decide if a story will be for them.

Moderators do far more than tick an imaginary 'pass' or 'fail' box, and it may be worthwhile for you to submit something. That would explain everything in real terms far better than I could in a reply to a post.

I believe I understand just fine what moderators do, I just don't share your appreciation for an element that makes the wait-time take so long. Especially in the name of censorship. I'm just used to a more free-range writing experience. I suppose the platforms I've used in the past are just more lenient with their user-base's creative freedom. They offer conveniences of warning labels that authors can pin to their work that will tip-off the search engines and filter out content people might find unpleasant while the people who do enjoy that kind of content can access it freely. Being an adult website I'm just a little taken aback by the rigorous vetting process that simultaneously takes a really long time. We just value different things from our platforms....sucks for me, though, both the free-range publication sites im referencing are for fanfictions, so, I'm having trouble finding a place I like to post my original erotica. This isn't feeling like home already haha

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I believe I understand just fine what moderators do, I just don't share your appreciation for an element that makes the wait-time take so long. Especially in the name of censorship. I'm just used to a more free-range writing experience. I suppose the platforms I've used in the past are just more lenient with their user-base's creative freedom. They offer conveniences of warning labels that authors can pin to their work that will tip-off the search engines and filter out content people might find unpleasant while the people who do enjoy that kind of content can access it freely. Being an adult website I'm just a little taken aback by the rigorous vetting process that simultaneously takes a really long time. We just value different things from our platforms....sucks for me, though, both the free-range publication sites im referencing are for fanfictions, so, I'm having trouble finding a place I like to post my original erotica. This isn't feeling like home already haha

It may come to feel more like home if you try to assimilate into your new environment, rather than wanting to dictate how it operates. Would you do that in a new country you had settled in? I hope not. 'Lenient' implies you wish to push boundaries, rather than operate within those in place, which is rather disrespectful towards those who are here exactly because of the safeguards in place. The reason things take time is that they are done properly. If that doesn't matter to you, they are your values; just don't expect well-established sites to fall over to accommodate those that don't align with theirs. It's up to you to amend how you do things, not everyone else.

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It may come to feel more like home if you try to assimilate into your new environment, rather than wanting to dictate how it operates. Would you do that in a new country you had settled in? I hope not. 'Lenient' implies you wish to push boundaries, rather than operate within those in place, which is rather disrespectful towards those who are here exactly because of the safeguards in place. The reason things take time is that they are done properly. If that doesn't matter to you, they are your values; just don't expect well-established sites to fall over to accommodate those that don't align with theirs. It's up to you to amend how you do things, not everyone else.

A bit dramatic don’t u think? I wasn’t dictating anything, It was simply a suggestion, expressed under a tread voicing chagrin about the very thing I was suggesting a solution to. And comparing someone suggesting something on a website is very different than disrespecting a culture in a new country..like u can take it down a notch …Again this is a site for erotica and adults, the sites I’ve been talking about are for teenagers 😂 so the strict vetting process here just comes off as erroneous to me. so I’m glad u enjoy all the rules and censorship here but I think they’re gratuitous. And don’t worry I won’t be posting here. I already don’t like the rules and now this interaction has solidified that this is not the place for me. You’ve really opened my eyes to the kind of environment this site offers, and it’s definitely too regimented and unwelcoming 👍

Thanks for resurrecting a thread from nearly ten years ago, though, while working through all that. 😉

Forget it. They’ve deleted their profile

Btw, the elements subjected to 'gratuitous censhorip' were drugging, non-con and death.

So yeah, proudly regimented and unwelcoming of such content.

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Btw, the elements subjected to 'gratuitous censhorip' were drugging, non-con and death.

So yeah, proudly regimented and unwelcoming of such content.

...and be so forever more ❤️

Average time to review stories is 3 weeks

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...and be so forever more ❤️

So you are in favor of standards for publication... How "elitist."

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So you are in favor of standards for publication... How "elitist."

No, I'm in favour of it, I'm English.