Unauthorised editing

[SmilingLez]

It's like, every time I get tempted to publish something here I find out some new detail that sets me straight again. It's actually hilarious at this point.

Yup, I keep staring at the impending train wreck, unable to look away, warning others, and laughing at the same time

 

[liliput1]

Again my opinion and YMMV

What happened to your story isn’t moderation and it isn’t someone editing your work. It’s a known backend bug where the system corrupts or alters the text during the conversion process after you submit it.

The version you upload is stored correctly, but when the site generates the public page, the formatting sometimes breaks and words can merge, spacing can shift, or lines can disappear.

It’s unpredictable. Nothing you did caused it, and no one is changing your writing. It’s simply the platform’s publishing engine malfunctioning, which is why the live version doesn’t match the file you submitted.

The last post LissyW made was about story truncation. Seems she’s encountered something similar before.

 

[Stanfield2025]

The last post LissyW made was about story truncation. Seems she’s encountered something similar before.

Yeah, I had (wrongful) doubts about OP's complaint but now those doubts are completely gone.

 

[SmilingLez]

The last post LissyW made was about story truncation. Seems she’s encountered something similar before.

Perhaps her account is corrupt (similar to those of us who have had multiple works in pending purgatory). Only way to know for sure is if she continues to see hiccups.

As always my opinion and YMMV

 

[Stanfield2025]

Perhaps her account is corrupt (similar to those of us who have had multiple works in pending purgatory). Only way to know for sure is if she continues to see hiccups.

As always my opinion and YMMV

How in the hell can entire accounts be corrupt? Does OP need to create an entire new account now? Smdh.

 

[BeechLeaf]

I think everything people have said here is about automatic technical changes (formatting of certain effects, right or wrong, and occasional glitches) or top-of-story additions (editor's warnings or tags at the top). No-one's suggested anyone ever edits the language (e.g. changes BrE to AmE spellings, or tweaks the wording to improve it).

Again, we need the OP to provide more precise detail.

 

[TheLobster]

OP coming back to this thread:

 

[Britva415]

In several hours.

She’s in the UK according to her profile, so, all this noise about how she won’t provide any clarifications is a bit screechy.

 

[Voboy]

In several hours.

She’s in the UK according to her profile, so, all this noise about how she won’t provide any clarifications is a bit screechy.

A bit, yes.

But I think this is why I almost never start threads anywhere. I think that if I do, I have an obligation to keep visiting and contributing. Or at least, when I'm asking people for help or information, I should be replying to those who have had the decency to reply to me.

Obviously, opinions vary. Which is fine. But messages posted publicly are going to get public responses. Not all will be laudatory. And when those public responses seek further information, well... there's only one person who can provide that.

 

[BeechLeaf]

Yes, I was going to say she used the spelling '-ised' so she could be in Australia and fast asleep at 5 a.m., but a one-click check shows UK (8 p.m.), so the picture with flames is appropriate.

 

[LissyW]

What kind of editing? How did you pick it up?

Until a story is published (and I don't see yours either in New or on your profile page), the submission date sometimes changes as it goes through the approval process.

Editing of text, words and spellings changed. I picked it up by reading it back.

 

[LissyW]

I call "BS" on any editing being done on a story's content. The author owns the copyright and the site admins are perfectly aware of that fact.

The story is published, and the text has definitely been edited. Eg. "got" changed to "gotten." We don't use "gotten" like that in British English.

 

[StillStunned]

The story is published, and the text has definitely been edited. Eg. "got" changed to "gotten." We don't use "gotten" like that in British English.

That's definitely weird, and worrying.

@Laurel Any idea how this happened?

 

[Voboy]

Editing of text, words and spellings changed. I picked it up by reading it back.

How many edits? Are we talking about a few words here and there, or more significant changes that alter the meaning of the story?

Either way, I don't blame you for being upset, but I'm just asking because we're trying to figure out what's happening here. As you've no doubt read, most of us have never experienced this sort of thing.

 

[LissyW]

@LissyW Could you share some details of the changes that were made? If people here seem incredulous, and maybe even a little dismissive, it's because nobody has seen that kind of thing happen before.

But just because it hasn't happened before doesn't mean it isn't happening now, or that it won't happen again to other writers.

So whatever information you'd like to share could go a long way towards documenting this if it's a new Lit thing.

OK. Thanks for all the helpful responses. Here is some more detail:

The story is published, it is definitely the latest version, and edited means the text has been altered. Two examples: "got" changed to "gotten" (we don't use "gotten" like that in British English) and a quirky spelling, "monthe" - used to emphasise a French accent - corrected to "month." It's not a formatting thing, it's direct changes to text.

 

[BeechLeaf]

Now that's bad. That would be where I'd resubmit the correct text, pointing out some of the bad edits and insisting they should not be repeated.

I've just flicked through some of your earlier writing. Your spelling, punctuation, and the rest seem flawless. There are BrE spellings like 'motorised' and 'humour' and the dialogue is in single quotes, all preserved. That's never changed these days, in my experience. So I have no idea why someone would poke at individual words, even an apparent spelling mistake. Everyone's experience seems to be that it's either accepted or rejected.

 

[LissyW]

The last post LissyW made was about story truncation. Seems she’s encountered something similar before.

The previous story truncation could well have been my own mistake. This is something quite different.

 

[LissyW]

Now that's bad. That would be where I'd resubmit the correct text, pointing out some of the bad edits and insisting they should not be repeated.

I've just flicked through some of your earlier writing. Your spelling, punctuation, and the rest seem flawless. There are BrE spellings like 'motorised' and 'humour' and the dialogue is in single quotes, all preserved. That's never changed these days, in my experience. So I have no idea why someone would poke at individual words, even an apparent spelling mistake. Everyone's experience seems to be that it's either accepted or rejected.

Yes, it baffles me.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Yes, it baffles me.

That is seriously weird. It looks like an autocorrect has got hold of the text. Did you copy and paste into the text box, or upload a file?

 

[Writer61]

Editing of text, words and spellings changed. I picked it up by reading it back.

OK, that's not good.

You say it is published, but I can't find it.

 

[LissyW]

That is seriously weird. It looks like an autocorrect has got hold of the text. Did you copy and paste into the text box, or upload a file?

I pasted text from Word into the text box.

 

[LissyW]

OK, that's not good.

You say it is published, but I can't find it.

It's called Maddy on the Move Pt. 09 and is on my list of published stories. Or it is when I look , anyway.

 

[LissyW]

OK, that's not good.

You say it is published, but I can't find it.

https://www.literotica.com/s/maddy-on-the-move-pt-09

 

[Writer61]

It's called Maddy on the Move Pt. 09 and is on my list of published stories. Or it is when I look , anyway.

Ah, your first post refered to Pt.10.

 

[BeechLeaf]

When I look at your list of stories, the latest appearing is part 08. This is just the usual clunkiness of Lit updates. Going into that and changing the 8 to 9 by hand, I find your part 09.

It includes 'savouring' and 'grey' in early paragraphs, but also 'realized', 'realize', 'realizing': did you choose that or has it been changed?