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5/1/18

Most of the people are respectful and thankfully it's not like some sites like wattpad where you have to have a billion followers before anything happens. It really is about poetry. Lots of diversity. The only thing is that "autorank" feature which is really annoying and detrimental. It'll tell you that your favorite poem you've ever written is a 1/10 just because your verb syntax isn't normal or whatever. However, it's a very good, earnest community with good moderators. I also like that you can turn off the "points" and "levels" thing so that it really is just about poetry.

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Kevin W. – All Poetry Rep Over a year old

Thank you! The automatic ranking definitely isn't for everyone, and is totally optional. It is one of the things we try to give amateur poets a limited sense of how their poems would be judged by a professional journal. There's a tendency in communities to be "only" encouraging, so it's just one of the things, along with small groups and a "detailed" comment exchange, that we use to help people get enough feedback (hopefully in a gentle way) to improve, if that's something they're interested in.