Where this rumor came from, I do not know, but I can assure you that it's not true. As per the news articles on Wattpad's merger, the company will remain headquartered in Canada. Wattpad will most likely be a subsidiary of Naver. Does this have anything to do with South Korean law? However, this is merely a rumor and until Wattpad says something, we will not know for certain. Is this related to the acquisition by Naver? So, to sum up: they are only removing books that are violating the guidelines.Įdit: Ask yourself this: Does my story exist only to sexually arouse other users? Does my story extend beyond sex? If your story revolves purely around sex, then it will most likely be removed.Įdit 2: I've misinterpreted someone's explaination, but thanks to Obsidian_Productions for clearing up the definition of erotica! I'll get some clarification from an ambassador, but in the meantime, I'll return to the original statement that erotica is banned. There is a difference between being a book with smut in it and being a smut book. Smut is allowed in Wattpad novels, but it has to be legal and cannot be glorifying sexual violence. While many of the books that Wattpad has removed include smut, they also contain guideline breaking content as well. Rest assured, there are still millions of stories on our platform for you to enjoy. Are they removing all books that have smut in it? It has nothing to do with the story’s rating.
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Content is only removed after it has been investigated and when it is in violation of our Content Guidelines, Code of Conduct, and/or Terms of Service. We’re here to tell you that our process has not changed, nor has it been impacted by WEBTOON or our recent acquisition by Naver. Thank you to u/authorMayLynn for bringing Wattpad’s statement to my attention!Įdit: Wattpad has made another statement. You can find Wattpad's statement on this here. Do keep in mind, marking your story as "Mature" does not exempt you from following the Guidelines. It's mentioned in both the Terms of Service and the Guidelines that they reserve the right to remove prohibited content without warning. They are well within their rights to do so. Is this them enforcing those guidelines? Absolutely. I'll fuck off now.In short, yes, Wattpad has been taking down books that are in violation of their Content Guidelines. Because that's a big responsibility.Īlright, thanks for listening. My only hope is that the author of these stories leaves a nice, long trigger warning section before the story starts, giving the reader a hint of what's to come. So what if some dude gets betted to take some girl out and thenįalls in love. There's a WHOLE wide world of stories out there. I love that shit and so do a lot of people. Eh.Īnd my hope would be, that you look at these stories and think "huh, that's abusive, I don't want an actual partner like that." And move on.
Some people want to write that bad boy, tossing the nerd against the wall to tongue her till her soul falls out and then regret it, be mean. But some people don't want to write unicorns and cupcakes as a story. So authors need to take trigger warnings seriously, and children need to listen.
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But guess what?Īnd I get it, wattpad is full of impressionable young minds. Unfortunately, you're going to run into stories like this.