I think this is a really well intentioned and thoughtful reply.
However, hiding publication on an internet forum seems technically dubious (archiving and forum scraping seems common).
Also, this wasn’t the intention, but it does seem to be the same as, well, fraud. My guess is that authors are required to state their story isn’t published (and removing it after the fact doesn’t alter this state).
I think there is some solution here that should be explored.
I think this is a really well intentioned and thoughtful reply.
However, hiding publication on an internet forum seems technically dubious (archiving and forum scraping seems common).
Also, this wasn’t the intention, but it does seem to be the same as, well, fraud. My guess is that authors are required to state their story isn’t published (and removing it after the fact doesn’t alter this state).
I think there is some solution here that should be explored.