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Why is Writer's Lounge closed?

Discussion in 'Site News' started by atry, 23 Mar 2017.

  1. atry

    atry Member

    I just saw that this was closed and access was on request "due to spam". What gives?
     
  2. Bookangel

    Bookangel Administrator Staff Member

    You don't need to DM me as well.

    The Writer's board is for discussing indie books from the professional side: self published, small press, industry news for the UK etc. We had a problem with some new posters doing things like posting things that were not appropriate for publishing, writing, etc, and certainly weren't relevant to the board, shilling for a Big Six author, and indicating clearly they knew nothing about writing or publishing. When queried one said that he would "research indie publishing". That says outright that poster shouldn't be posting on that board section.

    We're looking for a way to initially give access and then pull it if we have to delete posts, probably through a usergroup, so it becomes a soft restriction.
     
  3. tirial

    tirial Member

    Found and done. If you can reopen the boards, please do. New users now have a post restriction so they need to get used to the readers boards before they can post on writers.

    I've also put new threads on moderation for the moment, until we can check if this works.
     
  4. Bookangel

    Bookangel Administrator Staff Member

    Boards are re-opened, and the restriction appears to be working. Thank you!
     
  5. Kindler

    Kindler Active Member

    ...and discussing Nanowrimo and our my failed attempts to write something for it.
     

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