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At one time, I used to regularly keep an eye on other online writing communities. I liked seeing how their community interacted, what their mods did, and what features they ...

Haha @Arkhaion, I like that. I thought Y, W, and S would be so generic as to deter people from choosing names based on them, but alas...

I neglected to mention this earlier, but if you joined prior to March 11 of this year, then you already have a YWS Wordpress blog. Just go to: For me, ...

Great article on Mashable: 15 words you should eliminate from your vocabulary to sound smarter Technically, the article is referring to your everyday speech, but I think it works even ...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts so far! Nothing will happen for at least a couple weeks, so if anyone has any concerns, please feel free to share them. One concern ...

I would love to know if I can manage my YWS blog by also logging in to my WordPress account? I'm not entirely certain, but it should be possible to ...

For some time now, I've been considering switching the platform used for YWS Blogs to Wordpress. For those who don't know what Wordpress is, it's a popular blogging platform that ...

I think reviewing poetry is really difficult. I remember being presented with some poem about a frog in AP English back in my senior year of high-school and thinking, "How ...

@ScarlettFire ->> The theme for 2010 would've been pretty much the same as the one you see listed for January 16, 2011. Back then, themes changed around quite a bit ...

@Snoink, I do! In fact, I can do you one better. First, here's the screenshot: chimped_out.png Second, here's the link: You should be able to log in fine with your ...

An old issue of Squills from when YWS turned 2.5! That's 8 years ago. In this issue, Incandescence talks about cliches, Claudette (@Emerson) says how you can become a JM ...

Thanks everyone for weighing in so far! Here are my thoughts on what's been said up this point: - Individual point prizes: I'm not sure this will actually increase reviews, ...

YouTube is 10 years old (YWS is older!). What's your favorite youtube video?

Just a quick note to say that I'm really liking the discussion so far. Lots of great points.

It used to be that Review Days regularly hit in the 600s, and often in the 700s. However, I feel like the last several Review Days have been rather mundane, ...