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Nate

Creator and Owner of a Paper Airplane

  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Media violence

    There was a good article about this last year in the New York Times: In short, there is increasing evidence that there is a positive relationship between consumption of media ...

    Jun 3, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Where did YWSers come from in May 2014?

    Of course @Auxiira! By region, it seems to be mostly Midi-Pyrenees (295 visits) and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (213 visits). The only other one with more than 10 visits is Ile-de-France (46 visits).

    Jun 2, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Where did YWSers come from in May 2014?

    A couple of surprises! France for the first time ever is in the top 10, and it's usually not even in the top 20. I'm pretty sure we have @Auxiira ...

    Jun 1, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS Screencaps

    Ya know, I'm really tired of being accused of running a website that's really just a front for a massive international gun trafficking operation. It seems like every single day ...

    Jun 1, 2014
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: The Gattaca argument

    One thing that worries me about genetic manipulation is that in the beginning, it may only be within reach of the wealthy due to the cost. And even if the ...

    May 30, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS Screencaps

    Wow, that's pretty neat! When you tagged me in your post, I got a notification about it on my phone. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

    May 30, 2014
  • Official Polls Re: Yay or nay?

    In the 2000 United States presidential elections (oh my goodness... some of you weren't even born then!) Wait, are there active members now who were born in the 21st century? ...

    May 23, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Post your desktop

    My latest desktop on Ubuntu 14.04: The background is of Senja, Norway, which you can download here . If you have Ubuntu/Debian, I'm using Conky Metro Clock and Conky Google ...

    May 19, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: I'm curious...

    One thing the screenshots @lostthought awesomely linked to don't show is the set-up of the site has changed dramatically over time. Up until about 2008 or 2009, the entire site ...

    May 15, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: April 2014 Statistics

    Question: Are you gonna put up a LEAST-FREQUENTED list of coountries? Haha, nope. It wouldn't be particularly useful seeing as how there are dozens of countries with no visits to ...

    May 5, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: New GMs!

    I am proud to announce that YWS is bringing on three new members to the global moderator team: Audy, Iggy, and AriaAdams! All three are extraordinarily friendly and helpful members ...

    Apr 15, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS makes Writer's Digest's top 101 Writing Websites List!

    Here it is: As Spotswood noted, YWS was listed in the Online Writing Communities section. It did make number ten, but that's because the websites are listed in alphabetical order. ...

    Apr 11, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: What happened to TeenageWriters.com?

    A few years ago, the creator of TeenageWriters sold it to a guy named Lorenzo who owns a company called Dataware . I'm not sure how much it sold for, ...

    Apr 6, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: YWS is now YDS: the Young Dragons Society!

    Long-time members may recall that several years ago, YWS held a series of polls to determine the official mascot. After two rounds, the top three candidates were a monkey, a ...

    Apr 2, 2014
  • Lounge, The Re: Wanted: Reward 1,000,000 points

    Apr 1, 2014


Way, way back in the 1988 Presidential election, then Vice President George H W Bush had a phrase he liked to use: "A Thousand Points of Light." It refers to the idea that a community is made up of people who contribute in a thousand, different small ways, but with each helping to illuminate their community. It's a phrase I think about a lot when it comes to YWS. Looking forward, the site will continue to change and grow, but it will always remain a community dedicated to promoting creative writing as a favorite pastime.
— Nate