Turns out that most writers who post their work in public are horribly scared of it being stolen. There's also a myth about something called 'first publishing

Turns out that most writers who post their work in public are horribly scared of it being stolen. There's also a myth about something called 'first publishing rights' that persists despite my best efforts to eradicate. Long story short, the site is completely hidden from the general public because the writers who use it prefer their work to be visible only to other members. FWIW, it used to be visible to the public for a long time, and I would constantly get complaints from my members.