AwkwardlySet
On-Duty Critic
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Hey, I am just trying to wrap my head around the concept of Laurel actually replying to anythingBack around 2014 or so we had what I'll refer to as the "Cabin Debacle" few here are left who remember it. Long story short there was a cabal formed here and they were gaming contests, bombing stories of people they didn't like and making concerted efforts to upvote each others.
I exposed it and the shit hit the fan. There were a dozen or so of them that would openly attack me-there was no mod then-and deny everything, then eventually just admitted it, but kept going. Most people stayed out of it. Only two people here had my back, one was KeithD (hard to believe as we don't really get along, especially back then, but he saw bullshit and called it) and TX Rad who just passed.
The site not only pretended they didn't know, but threatened the three of us with punishment if we didn't stop. I recall one thread where one of the main asshats came out and said, yes, we're a group, yes we...and two posts later Laurel says "There is no group, keep going and there will be action"
Just fits your post to a T.
FWIW, only one member of that group is still around and they were never part of the problem, and ultimately was kicked out by not kowtowing to the morons in charge. All the "literary masters" who were going to take over lit, and the publishing market. All gone.
But myself, Keith and TX Rad all remained.