“The petition… claims detention center employees have failed and refused to provide medical care or transport Harrell to scheduled medical appointments. She hasn’t seen an obstetrician-gynecologist since October”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/22/pregnant-woman-fetus-jail-roe/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/22/pregnant-woman-fetus-jail-roe/
04:11 AM - Feb 22, 2023
Literally a response to someone who reviews books in the New York Times. That’s where we are with this policy.
It would be nice to be able to post links to a New York Times book review of a romance novel.
It would be nice to be able to post links to a New York Times book review of a romance novel.
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Nana of the Shire @Sunshines_HeartI’m sorry you feel this is a place to discuss issues related to your “work” that some of us who prefer to keep our phones and devices family friendly find unsafe. I’m a first waver who voted against porn on this site. My grandchildren often play with my phone. Nothing personal to you or anyone.03:36 PM - Feb 19, 2023
03:59 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Peace out, y'all. I'm not on this platform anymore.
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyNo, but @courtneymilan is more than welcome to start a social media platform and write the terms of service and policies however she likes. But the policy isn't changing, nor is it being rewritten. Spoutible will not please everyone, but thankfully there are other options for those who aren't happy.05:49 PM - Feb 19, 2023
06:23 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Only followers of this user (FruitFacedFruitKace) can see their posts
In response to Paul Schneeman.
I agree the current court is pretty illegitimate due to Federalist meddling, but it does indicate a knowledge of the law at a minimum, something potentially useful when developing TOS
01:16 PM - Feb 20, 2023
In response to Paul Schneeman.
Might want to learn a bit more about her before making such an uninformed statement
10:52 AM - Feb 20, 2023
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
If this is your response to reasonable criticism right out of the gate, buddy, then you can absolutely get fucked
02:15 PM - Feb 20, 2023
In response to Vivek’s Eyebrow Pencil.
She’s a best selling author, lawyer, and former clerk to the US Supreme Court. She is very well respected and if she’s taking the time to point something like this out, it’s worth listening to.
04:49 PM - Feb 20, 2023
As a Canadian I can vouch for the veracity of this post. As stated - make this go viral - ECHO ECHO ECHO
08:44 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This was the official response to someone qualified pointing out that the Terms of Service lack clarity in ways that could potentially affect a lot of writers and artists, and offering to help make them clear. This is ridiculous.
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyNo, but @courtneymilan is more than welcome to start a social media platform and write the terms of service and policies however she likes. But the policy isn't changing, nor is it being rewritten. Spoutible will not please everyone, but thankfully there are other options for those who aren't happy.05:49 PM - Feb 19, 2023
10:01 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
03:24 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Y’all please don’t tell people who are wondering whether this site is going to pull a Tumblr and make it impossible to talk about the thing they do for a living that they’re “just getting mad” because we “want to make controversy.”
No. We’re trying to figure out if we want to invest time here.
No. We’re trying to figure out if we want to invest time here.
11:48 AM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Perchance to Read.
I was thinking the exact opposite: you have a group of people who've been navigating this specific issue for years saying the TOS leaves room for interpretation and abuse, and requesting a more specific boundary, getting blown off by the team who decided to build a website last year.
01:46 AM - Feb 20, 2023
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This post is reactive and short sighted. I cannot imagine staying. Genre fiction is my career. I cannot afford to spend time on a site that doesnt recognize the importance of Romance and other genre writers and readers. Check out the Amazon top 20, or the NYT best seller paperbacks.
06:34 PM - Feb 19, 2023
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
You may not be able to please everyone, but you can and should take reasonable feedback without getting your hackles up. The TOS is unclear and poorly written. It needs a good edit before you end up in legal trouble.
02:17 AM - Feb 20, 2023
I'm a bi woman who writes romance novels about queer people finding family, acceptance, & love after being rejected by their bio family like I was.
After seeing the ugliness directed at queer writers today, I've deleted all my spouts.
I'm skyekilaen on Twitter, Insta, Tumblr, & wandering.shop
After seeing the ugliness directed at queer writers today, I've deleted all my spouts.
I'm skyekilaen on Twitter, Insta, Tumblr, & wandering.shop
10:44 PM - Feb 19, 2023
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
07:05 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
08:14 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
08:31 PM - Feb 19, 2023
His "it's my way or the highway" attitude that puts me off more than anything. I'm not putting more energy into another social media site if I can be just thrown off by another man-boy tyrant (and a weirdly puritanical one at that)
This spout was deleted.
09:39 PM - Feb 19, 2023
All I’m asking people to understand is that you can prohibit adult content with clear language where the answer to someone’s question of “can I post this?” is not “just post it and see if you end up getting banned!”
12:45 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Melmo Macdaffy.
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
07:20 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This is an extremely disheartening response. Updates to policies to provide better context are not a bad thing. #Romancelandia is an extremely popular corner of social media and you’re declaring outright that they cannot use Spoutible because you’re not willing to update a policy.
07:51 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Joon Bugg.
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
08:03 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Utar Dolt.
Yeah, shutting yourself off from reasonable criticism because it involves your new fave is definitely healthy and a good sign for the development this platform. /s
07:44 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
07:12 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
07:46 PM - Feb 19, 2023
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
06:01 PM - Feb 19, 2023
