“Sally’s Game” by Arie @ brawna.org

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  • October 8, 2012 at 2:01 am #110475
    cwmoss
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    I just wanted to say what a great storie Arie has posted at brawna. I felt that I needed to post here because it is utterly impossible for me to get through the Captcha at brawna to let Arie know that I enjoyed his story.

    I wonder how many others are having the same problem and if the authors feel that their efforts aren’t appreciated?

    Sally’s Game

    October 8, 2012 at 2:49 am #110476
    TC2
    Participant

    I understand your frustration, but if Lingster were to turn off the captcha, the bots would overrun that site in minutes. It is a necessary evil.

    May 23, 2013 at 1:22 am #114045
    iowabeefpackers
    Participant

    CW – Although Brawna has a lot of excellent stories, it seems the posting and commenting system is pretty bunk. Authors end up posting stories 4 or 5 times because they’re can’t be sure it’s gone through, and DAT CAPTCHA. I have tried to post feedback on several occasions and simply given up due to the captcha. I do find that it helps if you don’t capitalize any of the letters.

    Re:Arie’s story. yeah… one of the best in a long time. Classic stuff.

    May 23, 2013 at 8:33 am #114054
    Lingster
    Keymaster

    Because the traffic at Brawna is substantial — 20,000 pageviews per day on average — sometimes the site times out when someone posts a new story.

    And then sometimes the author reposts without checking to see if it went through the first time.

    And then sometimes the author doesn’t unpublish his duplicate stories.

    I just disabled the captcha for people who have already registered. I did that before and the spambots killed dozens of comment threads, but we’ll see what happens this time.

    I also changed it so authors can delete their own stories. Previously they could “unpublish” them but almost none ever did when a duplicate was posted, but we’ll see what happens now.

    May 24, 2013 at 5:58 am #114084
    iowabeefpackers
    Participant

    Wow major changes. Thank you Lingster. It seems like the spambots were already getting through to some extent so I guess the key will be to see how much worse it gets.

    May 24, 2013 at 8:57 am #114088
    Lingster
    Keymaster

    I really should just shut it down. It’s expensive to run and more trouble than it’s worth.

    May 25, 2013 at 4:39 am #114118
    Cowprobe
    Participant

    Thank you for the efforts so far in keeping Brawna running then Lingster.

    Perhaps something like the mg-sg story archive as a less labor intensive drain on interia?

    mg-sg.pbworks.com/w/page/5824848/FrontPage

    May 25, 2013 at 1:39 pm #114119
    iowabeefpackers
    Participant

    I really should just shut it down. It’s expensive to run and more trouble than it’s worth.

    Ech. Well I am goddamn glad you haven’t done so yet. There is so much quality content on there and it would be tragic to see it lost to the ages.

    May 25, 2013 at 2:03 pm #114121
    TC2
    Participant

    I know this is going to be a SUPER unpopular suggestion.

    But if people like Brawna so much, maybe it’s time to set up a subscription service to have the website break even and pay for itself?

    I know, I know, “WHAT SUBSCRIPTIONS!?” But really, if it’s getting to the point that Lingster is having a headache keeping it running, well… the consumers of the website should contribute -something- to keep it going.

    May 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm #114122
    FlakBait
    Keymaster

    I know this is going to be a SUPER unpopular suggestion.

    But if people like Brawna so much, maybe it’s time to set up a subscription service to have the website break even and pay for itself?

    I know, I know, “WHAT SUBSCRIPTIONS!?” But really, if it’s getting to the point that Lingster is having a headache keeping it running, well… the consumers of the website should contribute -something- to keep it going.

    or at the very least disable adblock for the site.

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