Quote by Mit
The stories were supposed to be listed in chronological order

Uhh, sort of.

I think (not entirely sure) that the list actually shows Platinum authors first and then everyone else after (don't ask why: I argued against it!). Each set is in reverse chronological order. But because mods are "implied platinum" they don't get listed in the first set.

So the order is:

• Platinum members: newest first.

• Mods, gold, silver, free: newest first.

Is that perhaps what you're seeing?

If I had to stick to writing what I know, I'd have probably submitted one story here, not 150. Thank goodness for an active imagination.

Quote by AngelWorthy
I have IF hidden on my profile. IF stories enter my reading queue from authors I follow who publish IF stories, however they remain 'hidden' from my view until I unhide the category

Do you feel this is a bug and that you shouldn't get a notification+reading queue entry for IF stories from authors you follow if you've hidden that category? Or is this just an informational post?

If you think it's a bug, can you raise a support ticket please, so it can be passed to the dev team.

That's very odd. I knos I get notifications from some authors (likes and stuff) that raise a bell notification but don't appear on any timeline. So once I acknowledge or clear the bell, I can't see the activity.

Perhaps this is some strange related bug where certain (types of) stories aren't added to the queue? Maybe mods are exempt for some reason (all three accounts you listed have that in common)? Or maybe mods with certain privacy settings are exempt?

Crikey, and I thought my reading queue was out of control! 🤣

Maybe you're hitting some internal limit in the number of follows or reading queue entries, as you suggest. I doubt it, but who knows.

One way to prove that would be to prune some and then see if new ones come into the queue from whoever is left on your follows list.

And to round off this set, seven seconds of heaven:

https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rukjt7yBbP1zfbx9m.mp4

Quote by Mit
These might be good to pass on to the developers

Most of those have been passed to developers a long while ago and are, presumably, on the list.

Unfortunately, we don't know if they'll be approved as feature requests, nor do we have timescales for implementation.

Quote by Liz
Only one of my albums has those three dots and it's not the one I was looking to delete -

Yeah, some of them are "system" albums that you can't alter, so you have to either ignore them or empty their images if you don't want to use them.

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Quote by AvidlyCurious

The albums you have been invited to should be visible from your profile. Click on Media and the first row should be Received Invites.

Yeah I have those, I just couldn't see how to share mine with anyone. See above post.

Ahhh, I don't have any private albums with content in them, which is why I didn't see the option to share them with anyone. Nice, thanks for clearing that up ❤️

Media management here is shonky at best.

The three-dots menu on each regular album in the swipe list should house a Delete option, and you can Make Private, which should remove everyone,. (Uhh, "should")

But I've no idea whether there's per-user controls for viewership or if you just share the link to the album and that automatically grants viewership. People have "invited" me to view albums before but I can't see the button or link to do that anywhere in my profile. Baffling.

Hopefully someone else (like AvidlyCurious who is knowledgeable in this arena) will be able to answer the sharing aspect of your question.

Quote by Chet_Morton
Do you not give a rat's ass whether it's truth or fiction as long as the story pulls you in?

This ^^

I'm quietly convinced that the vast majority of "true" stories on here aren't.

A supposed true story that's poorly written is less appealing than a fictional tale that's well written, imo. So, no, true stories aren't universally more exciting. It depends on who wrote it and if they can transport me into the narrative and keep me there.

"Everybody lies."

-- Gregory House

Quote by joe71
If you use it to generate a dirty pic for a story cover... that is not plagiarism

But it does potentially put real models with 12 fingers and random extra limbs sprouting from their bodies out of work.

A vampire piece with the amazing KimmiBeGood.

Quote by RossCaliban
told by the mods that it's automatically considered an "Investment fantasy"

Who told you that? PM me if you wish. As far as I recall, if there's no physical interaction or "phwoar I wish I was doing it with her instead" kind of lust going on, there's no automatic trigger for the IF category. It can go wherever makes most sense.

Quote by Mandapanda2025

to be clear, that's only for the story in the pipeline, not any drafts that are waiting, right?

If you're submitting a full story, we moderate the cover at the same time. Katherine was highlighting how to help us if you are adding or changing a cover to an already published piece.

Unless they're all bonking as a foursome, it doesn't seem Groupish to me. I'd go with College Sex as the category and tag it with "fffm" plus other acts that occur, like "strip poker".

I echo this sentiment. Kimmi embodies the soul of what makes this site so great. Smart, kind, generous and talented. I've worked with her on many stories and continue to do so. Each one is a joy.

Thank you for being you and demonstrating that kindness is a precious virtue towards which we should all strive.

And yes, that 300th story is a belter.

As KimmiBeGood celebrates her 300th story (and it is a cracker: go read it) I have jumped on the bandwagon with the release of my 150th story... which is a collab with KimmiBeGood! Well, it's actually her story that she graciously let me add sex to, which ticks off the Gay Male category in my quest towards the Omnium badge.

It's short, around 1.5k words, received an RR, and even if gay male isn't your thing, it's not a huge part of the story. The depth of the characters and setting that Kimmi has put together of 1960s America is astounding.

Quote by Taco4x4
go with the one that sounds best to me.

Quote by darkroot50
go with what sounds the way I think it should be.

And this is exactly how writers develop a voice. After you've done that a few times, and it beds in, you can get to the point where you don't need the grammar checker.

It's an oddly liberating experience to uninstall it and be secure in your own words.

Really? rubs eyes Out of that field? Wowsers.

Granted I've only fully read a fraction of the ones I intended to read, and skimmed many more with a plan to read them properly when life calmed a bit. I'll try and get to more. But of the ones I read, I was amazed at the quality.

Congratulations to everyone who entered - podium, top 15-ers and the full field. It does take a lot of courage to submit work for scrutiny by the judging panel (thank you for taking the time) so if you penned a story, pat yourself on the back.

As always, I'm indebted to the shortlister, judges, the moderators who worked hard over Christmas on the story backlog, Jen, and the team behind Lush. Thank you all. ❤️

Some perspective for consideration.

There's an option to Hide your online status in Settings. That sets the "last seen" to "Over 90 days" so as not to leak info about their activity.