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Nate

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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Debating the Inconsequential

    There are nine planets. Or do you think that my very excellent mother just made us nothing? Of course not. My very excellent mother just made us nine pizzas. I ...

    Jan 7, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The 2010 Statistics

    Collectively, we have wasted nearly forty-two years of our lives. That's totally mad. Ireland's holding its own up there I see. Also, for an American-dominated site, it's odd that only ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New Year, New Plans: An Un-Official YWS Road-Map

    Would it be at all possible to receive notifications for debates we've participated in? Same methods as storybooks, I'd assume, for the coding. I sometimes like participating in debates, but ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Quote Button Removed for Literary Works

    I've already seen the effects. At least two users have still quoted... but not even with the code... just quotation marks. Ah well. If you see that and it's pretty ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The 2010 Statistics

    2010 is all done and over with, so here are the stats! 561,730 Visits 8,344,383 Pageviews 120,535 Unique Visitors 15 minutes, 39 seconds average length per visit 8,802,309 total minutes ...

    Jan 6, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Mayan Prediction: 2012 Prophecy

    Hey, if you're not stocked up with at least a week's supply of food and water already, then you probably should. It's not a matter of apocalypse or anything like ...

    Jan 5, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Quote Button Removed for Literary Works

    Over the past year or so, a craze has swept YWS in which one quotes the entire literary work then adds maybe one or two suggestions. We've all seen them, ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New: Recommended For You

    Thanks everyone! As I said, this is a very simple recommendation engine. Basically, all it's doing is recommending the works that your friends' like. So, it's not going to be ...

    Jan 4, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New: Recommended For You

    On a whim, I decided to create a "Recommended For You" block on the front page. This replaces the old information block that was highlighting the newsletter that went out ...

    Jan 3, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New Year, New Plans: An Un-Official YWS Road-Map

    It wouldn't it be a New Year if YWS didn't have big changes in store, right? After all, 2010 was ushered in with huge changes to the site (no more ...

    Jan 1, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Submit to the Young Writers Literary Journal! (closed)

    Wildebard: Aye, scripts can be submitted under the short story category. Emmzzlee: If your poem is accepted, you will of course receive an acceptance letter.

    Dec 30, 2010
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report A Site Bug

    Renn, what you're referring to and what Knightley and Big_Cheesy_Grin are referring to are two completely different things. However, you've already PMmed and I've already responded. Please refer to th

    Dec 29, 2010
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Overheard at the Galactic Governments Convention 2043

    Heh

    Dec 28, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, God Jul!

    Merry Christmas :smt114

    Dec 25, 2010
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS Newsletter December 2010

    You should receive this in your e-mail account, but if not... Young Writers Society Christmas and Holiday Newsletter December 24, 2010 “But I am sure that I have always thought ...

    Dec 24, 2010


One of the things I love about YWS is the quote generator. For example, I'm reading a really serious work, and then I see "Moo. - cow" at the bottom of the page.
— Darlet