Most social networks are desperate to get your mobile number on their records - it helps them sell your information for $$$. Every time they ask you to verify who you are they get more and more marketable info about you
Would you like one of my tin foil hats?
I've scored a grand total of three stories in the past two years - all fives - purely, as seeker4 mentioned, as a "like". The scoring system here is broken but as Trinket says, some people love it despite its obvious flaws.
When you put something up for public consumption you have to put up with the fact that people are often clueless. You will get people giving a low score to a Flash Erotica story because it's "too short". There's also a lot of baffling popular stuff here. Weak, terrible stuff that people can't seem to get enough of. There really is no accounting for taste; scores, views and comments offer no true reflection of writing quality. Poems are even tougher to score with any degree of honesty. How are you meant to vote on someone's anguish? 3/5 could sob harder? No wonder they just rack up the 5s.
Being able to work out who has voted on your story has just made things worse.
My lowest scored stories are the ones I've done for competitions. At first I was deluded and conceited enough to imagine that this was because petty types had voted me down to improve their own story's position in the competition. Now however I'm of the opinion that these stories are the most honestly reviewed stories I've done. That month or so where even your best friends can give you a completely anonymous score allows a much needed variety to scoring - maybe that's the way ahead.
I'm firm believer in the adage that funerals are for the living.
If you're afraid of expressing your true feelings, then maybe you're not ready to; these aren't things that happily fall within deadlines. Even if you're not 100% reconciled to events, honesty to yourself will go a long way to ease the process for yourself and others.
You shouldn't feel pressured into doing this though. You can write a letter to her any time you wish and no one ever need see it, if that's how you want to do it. On the other hand, if you feel that you risk missing a chance to have some kind of closure then you should do it.
No one listening will have any expectations of you. The main thing is that you come away from the experience positively.
The list of mods is available by clicking the ? in the top bar and selecting "Lush Contacts"
The forum signature is on your settings - click the cog (left of the ? in the top bar) edit forum signature is the third link in the fourth column.
The big sights are just the backdrop of London - there are loads of museums and art galleries.
Yes, London can be very expensive but you don't have to break the bank on a trip. Get a travelcard - it's valid on the underground, the buses and the trains (up to about 12 miles out from the centre) - good value on its own but even better as it can get two for one entry on a huge list of attractions. The travelcard can also get you a reduced fare on the riverbus which is a great way of seeing London.
Of course the best way to see London is on foot but if you want a cheap tour, hop on the number 23 bus at Liverpool street. On its way to Marble Arch it goes past the Bank of England, St Paul's, Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Selfridges - you can even stay on it to go to Portobello Road Market
Very minor change but would certainly improve my lush experience.
When using any of the forms on here could we have it so that the URL input field doesn't helpfully start us off with "http://" - it just creates more work!
Copying a link always includes the protocol so I end spending more time deleting the auto entered bit.
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