Nate

Hey! No knocking Catholics! I could put up a good defense, but suffice it to say: don't knock Catholics; instead, try something harder... like puppies :P (to clarify, I'm just ...

If I recall correctly, I got here via an ad at writing.com. Though you say you were advertising there in 2005, and I got here in 2006. So maybe my ...

*irrelevant* You're Nate again? You trying to confuze me? Please don't go off-topic.

Haha and lol are both perfectly acceptable. Just use common-sense :)

Creating a successful Web site is tough. There are literally hundreds of millions of Web sites out there and distinguishing yourself from the crowd is no easy task. Over the ...

Eventually, every new member wants to move up the staff ladder. At YWS, we have six different general positions: Greeter, Instructor, Junior Moderator, Moderator, Junior Admin, and me. As you ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Mine went very well this year. Went to my brother's house, where it was our immediately family and his wife's immediate family. It ended up being around ...

If you provide an example, it'd be nice. Mods do fall under the same dogma, but obviously there are instances where people are clearly joking around. One would expect the ...

I've seen mods use leet-speak, what then? If you're going to ask "what then" then you have to provide an example. Reyu, your question and the intent behind it is ...

Part of the failure of our media these days is their failure to accurately portray the tax system. What you propose, penguin, is actually even more onerous on the poor ...

Icaruss ->> You're right; language is what you make of it, and what's great about the Internet are all the choices one has. YWS is a distinctive community, and to ...

Even if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, and even if you already celebrated it on October 13, have a good Thanksgiving! If you're celebrating, let us know how you celebrate Thanksgiving.

The no chat-speak rule has always been a rule, and you have to violate it pretty egregiously in order for a moderator to warn you. Common slip-ups aren't chat-speak, and ...

Aye, we can't make a rule about grammar and punctuation if only because it's often open to interpretation. However, a failure to use apostrophes in contractions is considered chat-speak.

Rule #7 of YWS: This is a writers forum, and thus "netspeak" or "1337" is simply not allowed. The Young Writers Society is a writing site, and chat speak is ...