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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 7 years ago

who's the guy that's constantly pimping out alaknas?

Okay, some spambot or virtual sweatshop, but what the hell does he have to /gain/ from it? I've been to the site, I made an acount with a disposable email, and I honestly have no idea what I'm supposed to be scammed into here. It's not commercial, it's basically just a hosting site for classic literature. Anyone have a horror story about how they lost their job because of a horrible virus they got from alaknas or w/e?

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  • 7 years ago
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    I am THE guy. In fact it is not website for classic literature but everyday a classic book is uploaded to the website. It is not commercial as you said and no viruses. I've discovered the alaknas a month ago and due to it's simplicity, it is the best website to read online. I haven't published anything on alaknas and the main problem of the web site is this. Users don't publish anything like I don't, they just read an leave. That's why it's content is not rich like fanfinction's or wattpad's content but I think it's better this way. At the beginning wattpad was OK but now it is full of short similar stories. I can hardly find books having more than 5 pages on wattpad. So they are getting boring day by day.

    If you ask me why I share alaknas links that much, I want to make other readers who get bored of three paged teen stories to notice the alaknas. Maybe somebody post something good (I mean a real book) for us to read.

  • 7 years ago

    I am not the guy that's constantly pimping out alaknas but I have an account there. My account is 2 months old and I haven't got any viruses. It is just a simple non-commercial online reading website.(They didn't demand anything from me like credit card number or something else until this time) It also allow you to publish your works like wattpad. It's editing preferences are more varied than wattpad but I haven't published there yet, just reading and taking notes!

    They have a book ( http://www.alaknas.com/read.php?bid=3e48082345f510... ), explaining all website features but I am just using the reading feature of it now.

    AS far as I know it's a BETA, so it has not much registered users but everyday someone is uplading a classic novel.

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