MEMO #1: Author replies and upping fics Per our FAQ, “upping” is defined as: FAQ posted:Upping: Posting in a thread for the sole purpose of putting it on page 1. Incessant upping is considered spamming and will earn you a ban. When it comes to upping your story or replying to your readers, please exercise common sense and courtesy to your fellow writers. We have not had a hard and fast rule about how often author replies can/should be posted, but we’ve received several complaints over the past few months and we feel that a community guideline is warranted: Please do not post author replies in your own story thread more than once a day. If you need more than one post to respond to your readers (if, for example, you run out of smilies or want to use the quote function more times than one post will allow), please try to post your responses as close together as possible. Due to OPPM (one post per minute) we realize that you cannot post several response posts at the same time, but use your judgment and post them consecutively, not spread out over a period of hours. Also, do not use a sock (alternate screen name) to up your story. If you share a computer/IP address with another user who is responding in your story thread, just drop us a PM and let us know so that an IP check doesn't look like you're using a sock to respond to yourself in your story. MEMO #2: PM lists Some of the newer folks might not know this, but due to the board software, users can only have a certain number of unread PMs out there before the PM system will not let users send any more PMs. Readers - if you’ve requested PM updates for a story, please open the PMs so that the author can continue to send them. Authors – if you have sent several PMs to the same user and they remain unopened, you might consider pruning your PM list or not sending to that particular user until they’ve opened the previous PMs. Another option for authors is to create a sock for the sole purpose of sending PMs. That way, your regular screen name will not get bogged down with unopened PMs. Thanks for your cooperation and please post here or PM one of the mods if you have any questions. (Don’t PM this “Fan_Fic_Mods” screen name because, hopefully, we won’t have to use it very often.) --Vadey, Trace, Kelia and DWH
FAQ posted:Upping: Posting in a thread for the sole purpose of putting it on page 1. Incessant upping is considered spamming and will earn you a ban. When it comes to upping your story or replying to your readers, please exercise common sense and courtesy to your fellow writers.
