In Case You Didn't Read

[Hans.Trondheim]

After the Great ScribbleHub Purge of 2026, forum got lots of people complaining about their 404'd translations, and the fact that they were never NOTIFIED after it was taken down for violating the site rules of:

This can be found in this link: https://www.scribblehub.com/content-guidelines/

There are some things you needed to be reminded of when you registered as a ScribbleHub user. First is, you agreed to their Terms of Service, and in case you skipped that one and just 'agreed,' here's what is stated in their 'Termination' clause:

So it is clear that the site is not obliged to inform you they are taking your work down. Yeah, I know it's quite unfair, but this is their site, and we're just coming here because we need their service to publish our works. We need them, so it's us who should adapt to their rules. Burden of proof falls upon us to prove it's our story as we're the ones initiating the contest to the 404'd work. If you have complaints with this, this place has a 'Feature Request' thread where you can suggest (and this is not a guarantee) website improvements. Which is my second point.

Third is that as a user, you are supposed to have read all the site rules, terms and conditions, and content guidelines when you agreed to create an account and upload your work. Proof? Check it on the accounts/book creation page, these things were linked there. You should've read it before agreeing to use ScribbleHub service.

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"Hans, you mfker, you're just gatekeeping ScribbleHub!"

Well, I'm not obliged to defend my actions, though I'd state that I'm fascinated by the anger after the Great Purge when most of the questions should've been solved by reading all the T&Cs, rules, and policies first. Also, I haven't fucked anyone; I'm single.

"I'm not a native English speaker! I can't understand all of those rules!"

Why are you here, then? I'm also not an English speaker; I'm a Filipino, and I speak more Filipino than English. I only learned by interacting with peeps here. If you're having difficulty in understanding words or phrases in English, dictionaries are your friends, or you can even use Google Translate.

"I translated my own work! Why is it taken down?"

I don't know myself. Best I can offer you is to contact the admins via this: Contact Us. Give them stuff that proves you're the one who wrote that work that got 404.

Some more clarifications:

1. I'm just a fellow author, not an admin. My stay here has been long to get familiar with how things are run here, though.
2. I never reported anything, mainly because I'm focused on my own work.
3. I also made mistakes in publishing here before, so I got some violations.

Lesson?

READ BEFORE YOU CLICK. You're a goddamn writer, ffs. And if you're a reader, then all the more you should read.

 

[NotaNuffian]

So 50.1% of the whole story being porn without a plot is no-no?

Damn.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

So 50.1% of the whole story being porn without a plot is no-no?

Damn.

I dunno. I don't write gooner stuff.

 

[RepresentingSilence]

Gatekeeping is a good thing keep the filth out

 

[tiaf]

I'm fascinated by the anger after the Great Purge when most of the questions should've been solved by reading all the T&Cs, rules, and policies first.

^^This

Some understand, but there are a handful of people who keep on complaining in hijacked threads moreover. It gets super confusing to get notifications of threads that are supposed to be solved and a closed case. But no, we explain how the site is sustained by one guy and some go full feral for whatever reason.

@Corty you may want to include this into the SH tutorial.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

Reading? In a READING WEBSITE!!! This man is clearly insane!

 

[foxes]

The funny thing about this story is that everyone has already studied and done everything. But you keep flood these rules.
Okay, you can continue to flood in my separate thread. No?
And it would be fine if it were a dispute with the administration. But you constantly have to prove you're not a camel to these fake well-wishers.
Because of which, by the way, more than four topics with this essentially unresolved problem were closed.

 

[Alski]

But hans, writers cant read its in the name.

 

[NotaNuffian]

AO3 is a thing, for those who wishes to post porno.

Though my question is if they are lax with AI slops and stolen MTLs as well.

 

[Corty]

@Hans.Trondheim I’ll copy-paste the first half into the tutorial with credits and links ofc.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

@Hans.Trondheim I’ll copy-paste the first half into the tutorial with credits and links ofc.

Sure, no probs.

The funny thing about this story is that everyone has already studied and done everything. But you keep flood these rules.
Okay, you can continue to flood in my separate thread. No?
And it would be fine if it were a dispute with the administration. But you constantly have to prove you're not a camel to these fake well-wishers.
Because of which, by the way, more than four topics with this essentially unresolved problem were closed.

Geh talon ka na lang; dami mo issue sa buhay eh. Suportahan na lang kita, baka ikamatay mo pa yan.

 

[Daitengu]

This event was a surprise to me. I'd given up years ago on translations being banned. I'm more curious on why now, and not all along?

I mean, the translation posters often had the balls to stop 90 to 100 chps in and say, "come to patreon/webnovel to read the rest." Basically using this site as an advertising platform.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

This event was a surprise to me. I'd given up years ago on translations being banned. I'm more curious on why now, and not all along?

I mean, the translation posters often had the balls to stop 90 to 100 chps in and say, "come to patreon/webnovel to read the rest." Basically using this site as an advertising platform.

I think it's because there's a unified movement (since 2025) that convinced Tony to act on it, compared to, let's say, the previous years.

 

[Arkus86]

Part of the complaints are that along with the unauthorized translations, some innocents got caught in the crossfire. People who are translating their own works, or whose work was illegally translated and posted outside SH. In at least one case this happened after it was previously cleared up with Tony.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

Part of the complaints are that along with the unauthorized translations, some innocents got caught in the crossfire. People who are translating their own works, or whose work was illegally translated and posted outside SH. In at least one case this happened after it was previously cleared up with Tony.

Yep, I'm aware. Hence, I'm directing them to the 'Contact Us' of admins. Mainly, because this is all I can do to help them with their situation.

I'm not going to give a damn to peeps who can't read and understand what I posted. Been too busy with life coz I got a graduating class, and a yearbook to design.

 

[PancakesWitch]

So 50.1% of the whole story being porn without a plot is no-no?

Damn.

You can go to Webnovel, most stories there are 90% porn and 10% story!

 

[Wanderrae]

This is clearly some kind of Overton window. People on this forum have been complaining about certain stuff for years. I guess they got what they wanted. But the window keeps moving. First it targetted translations.Now fanfiction, which caused major contention here last year. If it's purely for legal reasons, the site should've done this years ago. Applying it while many users, who have commited time and effort into the platform, were unprepared and unaware, is bordering on unfair treatment. I feel like people who have built readerships should be informed before termination.

It also seems like smut rules are slowly being enforced now too. Some authors I read have already been affected by this shift. Nobody should be surprised the forum is flooded with annoyed readers and angry authors, to be completely frank. If there's a wider shift in how the site is going to operate from now on, clearing the air would be nice. Like maybe a sitewide announcement on the main, or an automated message to every single user. Makes the transitoin easier.

So what's the next target? Smut? If so, what is the intended direction of the site?

 

[foxes]

Geh talon ka na lang; dami mo issue sa buhay eh. Suportahan na lang kita, baka ikamatay mo pa yan.

Ang nakakatawa ay sa sandaling tumigil ang mga tao sa pagsasalita nang pangkalahatan at sumubok magbanggit ng kahit isang totoong problema, sila mismo ay nagsisimulang magmukhang tanga.
Kung kasing-tanga mo ang lipunan, hindi ibig sabihin noon ay matalino ka na.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

This is clearly some kind of Overton window. People on this forum have been complaining about certain stuff for years. I guess they got what they wanted. But the window keeps moving. First it targetted translations.Now fanfiction, which caused major contention here last year. If it's purely for legal reasons, the site should've done this years ago. Applying it while many users, who have commited time and effort into the platform, were unprepared and unaware, is bordering on unfair treatment. I feel like people who have built readerships should be informed before termination.

It also seems like smut rules are slowly being enforced now too. Some authors I read have already been affected by this shift. Nobody should be surprised the forum is flooded with annoyed readers and angry authors, to be completely frank. If there's a wider shift in how the site is going to operate from now on, clearing the air would be nice. Like maybe a sitewide announcement on the main, or an automated message to every single user. Makes the transitoin easier.

So what's the next target? Smut? If so, what is the intended direction of the site?

Try putting that up to the 'Feature Requests,' though again, it's not a guarantee it will be implemented. Or you can personally contact the owner, @Tony to get your suggestions across.

 

[Corty]

This is clearly some kind of Overton window. People on this forum have been complaining about certain stuff for years. I guess they got what they wanted. But the window keeps moving. First it targetted translations.Now fanfiction, which caused major contention here last year. If it's purely for legal reasons, the site should've done this years ago. Applying it while many users, who have commited time and effort into the platform, were unprepared and unaware, is bordering on unfair treatment. I feel like people who have built readerships should be informed before termination.

It also seems like smut rules are slowly being enforced now too. Some authors I read have already been affected by this shift. Nobody should be surprised the forum is flooded with annoyed readers and angry authors, to be completely frank. If there's a wider shift in how the site is going to operate from now on, clearing the air would be nice. Like maybe a sitewide announcement on the main, or an automated message to every single user. Makes the transitoin easier.

So what's the next target? Smut? If so, what is the intended direction of the site?

You talk about it as if fanfics were banned. It simply no longer shows the tip button under fanfics. Don't be this overdramatic, and if you think it's because Tony listens to what is happening in the forums, I can point you to hundreds of suggestions and requests that never even got a look at.

It is happening because of sheer scale and the issues they present, issues that Sailus had pointed out years ago. Do we even know how many DMCA emails Tony received? No, but to make changes like this, I can be fairly certain that some legit ones began landing in that Yahoo inbox.