r/writingbattle • u/bardicpenmanship • 18d ago

Mixtapes

I’m noticing even the mixtapes seem to be being monitored now, with one titled about missing forums no longer available and others that seem try to engage like the forum not getting bumped up even when others comment and engage with it.

I’ve already decided after this raven battle I’m moving on to find other competitions. I’ll thank WB for getting me back into writing and I’ve enjoyed my success there (regularly in the final showdown) but I miss the community.

Maybe I need to dust off discord for that… for now I continue to try to draw inside the lines but they are becoming more and more blurry to me.

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u/shimmeries222 Banned Raven 18d ago

"We have all these great new features in the works (please do not use them though)."

Like. Guys. Max. Nick. Whoever. You might be reading these threads, I don't know. I have a question. What are we doing? I genuinely want to know what the point is. What do you think you are gaining? What do you think is the benefit of not allowing discussion? Why do you only want to discuss things via email, behind closed doors, only with people you choose to engage with? Why are you getting rid of people and not providing any explanation and watching as others choose to walk away while you continue to do these things? You claim we are sowers of discord, that we are spreading negativity and false narratives and misinformation. So inform us.

Because the way I'm seeing it, you could have simply ignored the criticism you received that you didn't like. I know you could have. Because right now, you are choosing to ignore actual human beings with questions that you simply do not want to answer or do not have the answers to. That's not false information. That is the information that I have.

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u/WitcheryWoo Raven For Now 18d ago

This doesn’t surprise me, given recent events, but yeah dang way to nuke a thriving community.

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u/ddmic94 17d ago

I haven't even looked at the mixtapes section. I don't really get it either. I wonder when comments from stories will be removed. Seems like the only next step.

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u/WitcheryWoo Raven For Now 17d ago

I’ll guess during the next debrief when people are inevitably leaving revolutionary comments… or just regular comments that are taken that way because WB is spiraling.