To be fair, you didn't actually ask a question. Just made a statement which seems to indicate you think that ability to have sex should be related to body shape?
Why don't you worry less what other people are up to and start pinpointing what it is that you want out of life.
Just to be clear, it's fine to post an excerpt/link on your blog/status update on your profile. We wouldn't go through the story moderation process to publish an excerpt from a previously published story for it to show in your stories list.
As others have mentioned, if you're a co-author, it will show on your page anyway.
If cursing bothered me I wouldn't be here. The IT team is small, and lush isn't their only site. They don't monitor the forums. We pass things on when appropriate and they will triage things and make improvements if they deem it needed. Demanding they get the finger out and also report back to you what their plan is will get you nowhere.
They may decide to try another method to combat scammers rather than change anything to do with group messages. Either way, no point in getting pissed off with them because people are intent on finding ways around the site's defenses to make spam accounts. It's irritating for everyone.
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Ok so again another group created by madmonsterxt, a user supposedly from Heemskerk, and a member for 1 day - 1 BLOODY DAY! and his new fake account has the permissions enough to create a group and add us all again. Every time the site advertised is slytease.
COME ON DEVS! Get your fingers out and sort this shit out, at least come in here and post what you're planning to do about it? You've had plenty of ideas and suggestions. It's doing my fucking head in.
Kindly keep it civil.
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Before i finish my next story, i was wondering what the rules are concerning fantasy. I don’t want to over step or create any issues.
Hiya. Everyone must be over 16. No grooming or insinuation of attraction pre this age. No true stories are allowed in the IF category. Thanks.
75 words is about all I can manage these days, lol.
Waterfall
Water cascaded over toned, glistening skin. His fingers brushed his nipple, hands sliding up his body to rake through sodden hair.
The dreamy expression on his face was perfect. The camera clicked, repeatedly.
“Gorgeous, Nigel. Look left now.”
They didn’t hear the car pull up, or the uniformed man climb wearily out.
The warden cast his eyes to the heavens as he picked up his megaphone. Goddam fucking influencers.
“Get out of the fountain, please.”
I presume you mean a mail group and not a group?
It's designed to work the same way as messaging services on your phone, where anyone can be added to a mail group.
Please continue to report scammers and we will take care of them as best we can. We are looking into who has the authority to set up a mail group, which should help mitigate.
Thanks
A little later than planned. Someone got drunk last night and had sex in the server room. I think that's what happened.
Anyway, let's get elemental, my dear Lushees. I do like having a theme where it's open to different interpretations, and this one didn't disappoint. Lots and lots of variation, sizzling shenanigans and twisty tales. The shortlister was so impressed, they gave me a top 13 and I just went with it. If it's good enough for Taylor...
Without further ado, your winners.
In first place, it's a movie theme classic for a reason. Dronette56 takes the crown with her stormy tale, A Calm In Need Of A Storm.
Second place goes to the talented RowanThorn, with his witchy tale, Ritual.
And rounding out the top three is Mr WordyMcWordyson himself, WannabeWordsmith with his crackling eastern BDSM story, Playing With Fire.
Very well done to all the podium peeps. Before I list the full top squad, let me just say a heartfelt thanks to the shortlister and judges this time around. I know how busy people are, so taking time out to help with this means a lot.
Thank you also to those who enter the comps, or read and comment and vote. I love seeing the camaraderie in the discussions here and it's nice knowing that a lot of folk go out of their way to read as many entries as they can. I speak from experience when I say that writers are comment-hungry monsters. We can never get enough 
Anyway, enough from me. Here is the full top 13, and well done again to everyone. I'll be in touch with the winners over the next day or two. A new comp will be announced shortly.
1. A Calm In Need Of A Storm by dronette56
2. Ritual by RowanThorn
3. Playing With Fire by WannabeWordsmith
4. Meet Me In The Woods... By TheShyThespian
5. Resonance by DarkSide
6. Fluid by KimmiBeGood
7. The Great Sea by GreyMatter
8. Sacred Soil by KittyLynd
9. The Choice by Shyexhibitionist
10. The Beauty Within by WXT55UK
11. River Spirit by Longing
12. Seduction: It’s Elemental, My Dear Watson. By CuriousAnnie
13. A Voyage To LushLand by MC1982
Please note we may publish stories that are subsequently removed for AI usage on review. Please don't take us publishing a story as confirmation that we believe there is no AI usage.
Also, when we say AI usage, we include using it for enhancing work you may have come up with the concept of. AI will suggest changes to words, to sentence construction and add in more descriptive language. Bottom line, if you didn't write it, don't submit it.
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I'm very impressed with the 'Elements' competition badge. It is my second-favourite of the ones I have gained so far.
Did you design it, Jen?
Or was it one of the hundreds (possibly thousands) of people you have working for you? 😜😈
Ah, you've not been to HQ, have you?
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I think this whole “using AI to create covers” is really offensive to those of us who spend hours to set up the perfect lighting for that one picture. It takes away so much to just insert a prompt and click one button when others have to find real models or be their own model for their covers. Learning how to pose, how to play with the lens is something worth putting your time and energy at and will create something a soulless AI will never achieve.
Yeah, this shot must have been a nightmare to get right. The sea, the angles of the sun... the sand in their crotches.
We're a writing site. We get a bit more miffed when people use AI to generate their stories than their pictures. Go be fake outraged on a photography site.
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I used AI to help me in this way: I give it an outline for each chapter, spelling out what I want to see happen. AI sends back a narrative, which I find creative but poorly written - lots of clichés long rambling sentences and far too much exposition.I go through it line by line, trimming and word editing. Is this acceptable?
It's almost like you'd be better writing it yourself
https://www.lushstories.com/forum/writing-resources/before-you-submit-a-story
Here you go. This covers most things
https://www.lushstories.com/profile/happytimes/stories?draft=1
Click into your story and you can publish/submit from there.
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4. New Stories only should be entered, not stories you've previously submitted. Only standalone stories should be submitted, not those which are part of a series.
Is a competition entry stated (Author's notes and profile wall) as a prequel of an existing series considered as a standalone story or a part of the series?
Using existing characters is fine, so if the story works as a standalone, it will probably be okay. we just don't want a chapter of an ongoing series to be submitted.
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I think it would be better to put that info out more often in a proactive fashion rather than referencing helpful posts after the fact.
I mean, they're pinned in the 'welcome to lush' section of the forum. Not sure how much more proactive we could be. There are tools available for people to manage their experience here, but sadly, it being the internet, there will always be people trying to take advantage.
If you receive messages from accounts that sound scammy, please report them and we can investigate.
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