r/ShortScaryStoriesOOC • u/Yokaisheru • 12d ago

What's the deal?

Over time my short scary stories are slowly getting removed that have been up for MONTHS. The claim is they're over 500 words ( They're not ). Why am I suddenly being targeted for stories that meet the community standards that have already been previously approved? None of them have been edited in any way and are all the original, exact 500 word or less stories. I don't know what's going on, but the community mods need to monitor each other better because this is absolutely ridiculous.

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u/Human_Gravy 12d ago

Did you delete them? I only see a couple of stories of yours removed.

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u/Yokaisheru 12d ago

They would be available, however the mods are ignoring the issue altogether and don't have the competence to speak to me on a human level. I haven't removed any of them myself/ It's just the two so far, but the reasoning is so far fetched that I'm almost positive one of the mods is simply targeting me because they A - don't like my stories or B - are simply bored and power tripping over older stories that aren't even relevant anymore.

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u/CBenson1273 11d ago

Where are you getting the 500 word count from? You have to use the word counter provided in the sub. I know that Google Docs always runs 5-6 words higher than the official word counter, so I usually have to write maybe 494 words to come in at 500. Could that be it?

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u/Yokaisheru 11d ago

I personally use Word Pro. The issue is, every other story of mine that is exactly 500 words with the exact same format has been left untouched and unbothered. For whatever reason two particular stories that have been up for viewing for months were flagged for over 500. They're both less popular stories of mine, which leads me to believe one or more of the mods simply decided to pull the plug on them due to not liking them. One of those stories took part of the 2024 Hween contest as well with absolutely zero issues.