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AliceMoonvale

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I hope you don't mind,
Tormack Wrote:I'm not asking for any reviews — I just need someone to help me proofread my story, Tormack the Purifier. Suggestions really help me take it to the next level.
I think the use of emdash here is imprecise and gives me the impression you're relying too heavily on AI. A simple period or even a semicolon would, I think, be more accurate, but as I just said, clarity is king, and this sentence is abundantly clear, so there's nothing to "correct." I think semicolons are infrequently used because most people don't understand them. Emdashes are nice and vague while giving a sense of stop/continuing. But I feel they have an amateur-ish vibe when used often. That's just my 2cents.

I decided to check on a random thread that's active, and people seem pretty based sometimes. :blobrofl:
 

CountVanBadger

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Something else I've noticed is that getting people to +rep your forum posts over there is really hard. Like, I've tried to engage with them. If I make a thread, I +rep anyone who actually contributes to the discussion. But they never do the same for me. I can post multiple times there a day, and still go weeks without getting one point of rep.
 
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