JJammer D.

This site is one of the BEST sites for people who are students to go to because of what it CAN offer.

But what it does offer is why the rating is so low. Student.com has great looking forums, easy to post, personal owner, great profile look and it's all easy to set up. There are great things like the daily questions and the daily cards as well as the point system. Fun things go on on this site. If I had kids I so wouldn't mind if they posted there.

AGAIN there's a but... there are certain people, mainly mods, who have ruined that site. The owner allows them to ruin it and then questions why the numbers of users has dropped so drastically. The members shouldn't have so much say over who gets to leave the site. Why? Because they are vindictive and that is not a way to run a site.

I have tried to help the owner fix it up so that people will come to it again. I offered my help. He refused. He didn't think it was too bad to take my idea about the daily cards, though. I was not given credit for that and I do not appreciate it. I also do not appreciate being called a pedophile by him and certain people on that site. I decided to return after that because there were a lot of people I like that go there and that was the best way to stay in contact, but he allowed people to be harassing with a lie.

This site has such potential it's disgusting that he would toss it all away to please the cynical few who have nothing but contempt for where it could go.

If you have ever been to a ghost town then you will feel right at home by visiting the forums on this site. Also beware of how cliched the relationship forum, sex forum and the GLB form will be. Do not go into the religion forum you have never met intolerance of ideas until you see what they say in there. The debate forum is childish prattling and discussion couldn't be further from what they ever would want to do. Stay away from the BS forum because it might seem that they are into silly fun things but they are elitist and will mock you for not being like them. Plus a problem mod still moderates that forum and his screen name starts with a "W". He flirts with girls that are nowhere near his age and it's creepy.

Again this site could ROCK, but they don't care for it to. Great looking front page. Great banners and colors that change due to season or holiday. It's looking better than it use to, but the attitude stinks and until that's fixed it'll never be as great as it certainly could be.

Amanda Macrotte writes articles for AlterNet and if you look at the link below...

http://www.alternet.org/authors/amanda-marcotte... you'll feel the hate seeth from the page, and with that you'll understand the tone of the website.

Also check out this great set of comments:

http://www.alternet.org/comments/belief/why-are-so-many-christians-so-un-christian#disqus_thread

And notice the deleted ones. Those are mine. You may ask why would they be deleted? I don't know. They didn't give any warning or gave me any indication that I did anything wrong. If you happen to waste time reading the responses to what I posted you'll see how angry are and that their posts still are there despite their intolerance and hatred. Which is weird considering that's what the hit piece article was about.

A website that only wants those that agree with them to post is a website that fosters hatred for those that don't think like them and that... that's a problem. When you create a us vs them mentality even on a website you're the reason why there are groups of people who attack others for the way they think.

Each website has a right to dictate how they'll moderate their website. One would think the moderation rules would be for everyone not for a specific group while another group gets to do and say whatever they want.

This website reminds me of Current.com and we all know what happened to Current. It failed. This one is headed down the same road.

It is a writer site. Authonomy supposedly prides itself on being good for writers. If you avoid the forums you'll be fine. If you go to the forums, then you need to beware of a few posters and their friends. I have a list of who to avoid and you'll be fine. There are a group of people that call themselves the Period Collective (and no they are not made up of women) who go around claiming there's no rules in writing, while telling people how they need to write.

The owners of the site suck worse than any site I've ever been on. If they wanted to allow the site to be ruled by a mob, then they should be honest about it instead of deceiving those who decide to post. They allow those who hate being disagreed with to decide who should be kicked off the site. And that was proven when a Scott Summers posted on that site for several weeks without being banned and he posted terrible things.

The Period Collective stated that they would ignore Scott, but apparently Scott got under their skin and proved they didn't know what ignore meant. Scott didn't offer any help to anyone on their writing. All he did was post obnoxious things. They allowed it in hopes it would die down. The point is that they ignored him (to a pathetic point). But they couldn't do the same with me (J_Jammer). They needed me to agree and when I didn't, they had to get rid of me. I commented no people's writing. Offered help. Gave comments that were far more helpful than anything they've ever offered anyone on that entire site.

The site owners defaulted to the flag idea and thought that those who flag would do so out of need instead out of want. The site owners and mods are morons and probably cannot write. Normally those who mod suck at the forum's topic they're modding. Don't bother with this site. Ever.

What could be a great site turns into one sucky site due to how they handle arguments. They side with people that are published. It doesn't matter if the published writer treats anyone like trash, they are never wrong. And that is always wrong.

Where are the sites that care about writers? I don't think it exists.

I'm a writer. I know, that's so hard to visualize. I go to two writing groups every week. I discuss my writing and other people's writing and we help each other improve.

Therefore I believed that joining forums that have mainly writers would be a great idea. I've written a review of another writer forum before and just like that one WritingForums.org is not a terrible place if you're looking for advice or help on writing. It is a terrible place if you're looking for personalities or acceptance for you different point of view.

Reminds me of this: Amis's Advice - Go ahead and be different--if you think you can stand the beating you'll get.

I can stand the beating. The problem is that other people cannot stand the beating, even if they're in the majority. This is why I rated the website low. Writers should have thick skin. They should be able to take beatings for what they believe, especially when the beatings are words. It's like someone who is in marital arts whining about being touched. If you can't formulate words to defend your ideas, then what kind of writer are you... really?

WritingForums.org is only good for writing advice. It is not good if you think any differently than them. The mods cannot handle it. The owner does not stand for it. They also will blame you for other people's reactions. Apparently writers are not in charge of their own emotions.

Pathetic.

Where do bullies, complainers and gossip queens go after high school? www.votefortheworst.com that's where. Want to feel like crap? Read that website. They couldn't say a positive thing if they had the greatest sex the night before. How do people live to be so disgustingly nasty about others when they don't have the balls to say it to these people's faces? They have to say it behind a screen name. I don't understand how you can fake hating a show that you need in order to exist.

The good thing is that their votes can't help who they want to win. Though they do share how to power vote during American Idol and I'm sure those that love the show have been smart enough to use those things against VFTW. And that makes me laugh on the inside like a revenge seeker with just enough time on my hands. :D

Their banning policy is archaic. They'll listen to anyone who has a complaint and when they can't stand it any more they'll pick a comment and say that is why someone was removed from the site. It doesn't matter if the comment is 15 days old, either. They don't give warnings as they state they do... well not as frequently as they state. They also lie. They are pruning that site to be liberal more than it is right now.

When there is a thread that is complaining about how someone was ban ( http://current.com/items/*******_rantings-of-a-crazy-$#*!/75.htm) and people think that it was wrong you are not running the site wisely.

I have seen other forums. They find things that people say that are wrong the day it happens. If they need more staff maybe they shouldn't have fired so many a while ago. Can't run it right, you might as well not run it at all.

The below review is not wrong. He is right. It is a great place... well it was a great place. They are ruining it by the changes they are making and they are not listening to the people that made it popular and yes I am one of those people. They'll use you and then toss you. Worse than a ex.

They do not think that they are at all wrong when they decide to do something and they don't discuss any comment with anyone. They dictate like a dictator what is and isn't ok.

Current use to be a great place but they now let those who hate, instead of those that love that site, dictate what should and shouldn't be done.

This site is going to die if it is to continue being ran as it is. It already has less membership than a website you pay to use. If they were up to listening to others it would thrive.

I am sad that that Current has gotten rid of their user content and have turned into any other 24 hour news station. It's no longer cool or innovative. And you'll get more unbias news from YahooNews than this site.