joe B.

Sure, Booksie has it's issues like crybabies that don't like being told that their writing suck and drama queens in a position of power. It seems that hullubaloo22 is an admin on the site. Looking back through the old forum posts I found numerous cases where those who are admins or moderators of the site are involved in drama-filled topics. More often then not the person these people in power are attacking are regular members who in the end are thrown off. I have seen the postings that have led to the removal of at least five good writers simply because they disagreed with those BooksieGuy has given authority to.

The only one that even admits to having such a position is B. Douglas Slack who seems to rarely show his face anymore on the site. BooksieGuy made it clear that arguing in the forums wouldn't be tolerated but only takes action when one of his pets are being put in their place. A couple of those in positions of power do try to do the right thing, but they are greatly outnumbered by those that abuse their power from behind the scenes like some secret government.

Booksie does have a few things that set it apart from other sites in the fact that it allows you to post anything for free where some limit the number of items you can post or the type of item if you aren't a paid member. The forums would be a benefit also if they were better monitored and controlled by responsible individuals. Booksie also works hard to remove spammers which is a plague on other writings sites. It also doesn't show favoritism to published authors over non-published authors as I have seen on several other sites.

All in all, I would have to say that as long as you can avoid the shadow forces that truly control Booksie you won't find a better site on the internet to post your writing. If you do run afoul of some of those that BooksieGuy gave power to then you should just leave or make a new account and try to start over.