I have a couple of suggestions.
The first, put in the vault. A genre that rabidly popular and written with Lush’s usual quality would surly help sell memberships. (Other unsavory genres could be placed there too, but enough of that)
Second. PLEASE don’t allow stories to take up space but the top ten stories of the last month. I don’t think many of us want to see How I Screwed My Daddy as the top five stories all the time.
Right. Peace out.
All of Lushstories major competitors, the large erotic story sites, have as one of their categories and it is hugely popular. It was very popular here for many years. was a Lushstories category a lot longer than it wasn't one. Whether we, you, myself, or anyone else likes it or not, fantasy generates massive views which a site like this translates into ad revenue in order to stay online and financially viable.
There are compromises in every phase of your lives. If anyone says not, then they are lying. So we'd like to keep this great site going and successful.
Before I discovered Lushstories I wrote on another site. That site did not allow and all characters had to be 18 years of age rather than 16. Unfortunately, that site eventually failed financially from poor sponsorship which resulted from a much lower view count. So all the stories I had posted there went away with the site into the abyss of nothingness.
The internet is not run as a communistic or socialistic experiment. Our competitor sites are not going to share their revenue with us to keep us going. It's fucking competition just like real life and the history of the planet. The strongest survive.
Plus, we've gone to great lengths to make this site even more user-friendly and set up for your personal use. YOU CAN BLOCK ANY STORY CATEGORY YOU DON'T LIKE! No one is forced to read any story or category they don't want to. We now have quite a wide range of story category selections. Read the ones you like.
I had a story posted that had an tag but not in the category that I hid when the whole thing went down, I just tried to unhide it and it just sent me to an error page. It was in the anal category and not . It's just an old story according to the system. I actually hid it so my votes and comments wouldn't be deleted after a mod was like, I'm gonna delete it, all gung ho n shit. So like should I resubmit it as new or what?
I have read the arguments regarding the category with interest, whilst trying to make up my own mind.
However before I offer my two-penny worth, I would like to ask about revenues to the site. As I understand it the proportion of revenue from member subscriptions is probably small compared to what is earned by advertising, but it would be interesting to know the actual percentages. If this is the case the increase in the cost of a subscription would have to increase by an unacceptable amount.
is not only illegal in all civilised countries, and is also deeply unsavoury, but it is an abuse of power in exactly the same way as child abuse, grooming, sex trafficking and . I accept that many people have fantasies and wish to read stories that indulge their sexual fetish. Whether this should be a category that one can block — as has been possible for a long time — or a category that one would specifically choose to view — a facility that does not exist and would need the addition of extra programming — is a question that deserves some debate.
I would have to add that there have been, and will always be, stories in other categories that can be equally repugnant. It is the reader who chooses what they wish to read, although it might be better if stories were not eligible for any awards or special mention.
* There is a very fine line between reluctance and ;
* Stories about people who have sex for money because they wish to does not reflect the nature of prostitution in real life which almost entirely about exploited and vulnerable people (I write as someone whose professional life was in the field of sexually transmitted infections and who worked closely with many genitourinary and sexual health clinics. I also served on several important committees in my home city during the early years of the HIV pandemic and was responsible for the epidemiological surveillance and reporting of HIV, syphilis and chlamydia data for a major region of the UK, as well as other potentially sexually transmissible diseases such as hepatis B and C);
* Cuckold stories are often about humiliation and degradation of the cuckolded person, up to the point of financial exploitation and even deliberate destruction of their personality;
* Stories about cheating generally fail to mention the mental anguish of the wronged party, which often includes mental breakdown and depression, as well as reflecting the consequences for any children who in the real life situation of broken homes are often financially penalised;
* The question of sexually transmitted infections is almost totally ignored, whereas in real life promiscuous people, regardless of social class or wealth, have much higher levels of infections such as HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia and genital herpes (not a complete list), and anal sex followed by vaginal penetration will often result in unpleasant urinary tract infections and candidiasis. While a diagnosis of HIV is no longer a death sentence, untreated chlamydia leads to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility, and there are strains of gonorrhoea that are resistant to all antibiotics. It should also be noted that many sexually transmitted infections may be asymptomatic which does not mean that they are non-transmissible.
In conclusion, it will be sad to see friends disappear, especially if Lush is the only point of contact. I would hope that any of my close friends who felt that they could no longer remain members would at least let me know their email address or Facebook name.
i for one am happy and excited about the eleven new categories. i helps to bring something new to the site and sets me a new challenge.
i am quite surprised about the category being put back up, but it doesn't really bother me either way.
My thoughts about the category:
I assume that the same rules as everywhere else apply with regards to age and consent. So even in stories we're talking about sex between two or more consenting people of at least sixteen years old. I think that sex between truly consenting partners, even if they are closely related, should not always be condemned, and tthat stories about it are acceptable.
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Hey... pssst.... that's an l (as in luscious) at the end of my name, not an i Question: Since Category Blocking is being suggested as a solution for those who don't want to see the category in question, does that stop stories from that category from appearing on the front page and other such places for you or just hides it from the categories list? Because if just hides the category, not the stories, it's kind of pointless to suggest it as a solution. To solve the problem, it needs to completely hide all evidence of "the category". I have blocked the category already just to see what happens.
Personally, I'm cool with it existing in this form as long as it is easily avoidable. My first published story was actually in that category (but was subsequently rewritten to remove the relationship that put it in that category).
as i said, it's an imperfect world and i'm not attempting to position myself on high moral ground - i'm simply pointing out the fact that if lush weren't here, and people wanted to publish stories, the other choices are far worse, imo. honestly, i'd be fine with never needing to resurrect the category, but the key word there is "need". sometime you gotta make the tough, and unpopular, choices.
