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[Annaya]

GUYS! I received a message from Proboards.

Here's the content of the message.


ProBoards does not permit the posting of adult material. Your forum appears to be in violation of this policy. We ask that you please remove all offending content from your forum within 48 hours.

Examples of offending content includes but may not be limited to:

illumin8edattic.proboards.com/ind....hread=37&page=2 (Mine)
illumin8edattic.proboards.com/ind....thread=5&page=2 (Dina)
illumin8edattic.proboards.com/ind....thread=4&page=6 (Mine)
illumin8edattic.proboards.com/ind....read=31&page=19 (Tally)
Remove this and all other mature fanfiction.

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I sent them an email and this is their reply. (My message is below.)

ProBoards does not permit the posting of mature fanfiction anywhere on our forums. This includes password protected boards, personal messages, etc. Please have all mature content removed in the time provided.

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On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Annie Cruz <[e-mail]> wrote:
To whom it may concern:


First of, I would like to apologize if I and the other members of the board have violated your policy. I would, however, like to know what policy we have violated. In the message you sent me, it states that the examples you gave were offensive. I believe that, it being a fan-fiction, means that it is not real and is not meant to defame, or in any way libelous because they are fiction. Me and my friends started this board so that we can read and discuss each other's fanfiction works, and nothing more.

Regarding the contents being "mature", I think they were done in a tasteful manner. I do not think it's pornographic at all, if you would compare it to erotic literature sites. But if you so deem it obscene, is that not what the restricted words list are for? To censor the words, yet still be able to read the whole thing?

I would like to know though, if there is something else that we can do other than deleting the threads you have specified. Perhaps we can just limit the access to members? We are a small group and there are only 21 members currently.

If however, we cannot reach a compromise, I would just like to request to have more time so that we are able to find another site to host our contents.

Hoping for a more favorable consideration.


Annie Cruz
Admin, Illuminated Attic

[Annaya]

Here's the solution I came up with.

I think we should all have a back up page for all of what we've put on here, especially if the fic/s is going to eventually take a "mature" turn.

Livejournal is good, but you can use other blogs.

You can still post, probably half of the chapter if there's going to be mature content on it, no matter how tasteful. Because they didn't really specify how mature is mature, and I don't think anyone has crossed the line to being pornographic or lewd. Then just put the link at the bottom.

For example:

Due to Proboard restrictions, please click on the link to continue reading this chapter: wherever.com

Hopefully they'd consider that as appropriate enough action. Crossing my fingers.

I understand those parts are essential to the story sometimes, so that's what I think we should do to continue using the site, as well as keep the facebook and twitter pages in promoting the stories.


So tell me if we all agree on this.

[Annaya]

To the readers of Marat Safin Fanfic "In Search of Hope". I would like to apologize, but due to Proboards restriction, I'm going to have to delete the fanfic. It is a sacrifice, but one that's needed to be done for the sake of the other fanfics. Some of its contents were deemed "mature" and I cannot for the life of me edit them out because those were essential to the plot. I have decided to delete because as of now, I do not have the time to edit it, and as you may already know, I am having difficulty in continuing it as well.


I also edited out "Bad Romance", all but three posts remain, the plot, chapter one and a link to my LJ.