Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-2240864-20141021100032/@comment-24101790-20141130181237

VHarvest wrote: lol, you can say I'm greedy, but the fact is, the first 40,000 words of my first novel is available for people to read for free on my blog. Also, eight of the thirteen short stories in my compilation are also available for free in the same spot.

I know some people can't afford three dollars to read 300 pages of short stories, which is why 70% of them are open access to the public.

You weren't around when creepypasta first launched, so you're probably not aware that Taylor, Sarah, myself, Vaughn, and many other admins/mods had a huge problem with people stealing work or not giving proper credit where it was due.

When monetary profit results from words, monetary profit is due to the person who arranged those words.... not to the person who copied them and pasted them one after the other.

I still think it's wrong. That's just me. Maybe I'm the only one, or maybe you all have a fear of not pissing off the moderator of this wiki.

I was the head mod for creepypasta for two years and I personally wasn't very fond of asskissers, but maybe Cleric is. Only time will tell.

No, I wasn't around when creepypastas first started up. (How elitist of you to mention that...)

As for your spiel on monetary profit, those people gave permission for their stories to be used, knowing full-well they wouldn't be receiving money in exchange, as they found more reward in having the stories read than in make "30 $" as you said.

Side note: I am an Admin on this wiki so why would I fear some sort of reprisal or try to be a sycophant? (Another thing to chalk up to a lack of research on your part.)

Finally, it's pretty clear you're in the wrong here and are now just back-peddling through the shit-storm you created. So would you kindly contribute something of value to the wiki or go your separate way? Either way works for me. (I'm sure there's a lot of other issues you can find on the internet to bumble into without having a clear understanding of the situation.)