Re: Official Posting Rules by Kyle

I decided to post a blog, rather than to leave a lengthy reply to the post by Kyle,

Official Posting Rules at Wealthy Affiliate

Hey Kyle,

I think we're pretty clear about the rules, for the most part.

The main issue is the method used to report these posts/comments/chats/. There does not seem to be any rhyme nor reason on the factors behind the expulsion.

WA has grown way past the automatic 3 strikes and you're out that occurs automatically when a member's writing privileges have been disabled.

A better system need to be in place.

Once our writing privileges are disabled, we have no recourse but to log out, and visit the main WA website. There, we use the contact us form to inquire about the loss of privileges.

That is unacceptable.

As paid members, we deserve the courtesy of being notified that our writing has been 'hit'.

There is no reason why we are not notified of the infraction.

We have no idea which of our writings were targeted. All we know is that our writing took a hit, and we have no idea why.

There are ways that we can be alerted that our writing has 'fouled out'.

WA could send us an email alert. That alert will notify us of the offending piece, and we can correct or delete our post.

WA could flag our profile with a red editors line to inform us of a problem with our writing.

When the red lettered 'writer's privilege has been disabled' alert appears, WA could ADD a direct email address that we can use with our account email (the one we used to sign up at WA).

That way, we can make contact immediately, instead of having to wait THREE WEEKS or longer, before some poor member figures out what happened and things become resolved.

I think it's time for WA to create a procedure that explains the criteria a reported writing follows before the decision to disable privileges is handed down.

Rudy