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Jason_NYC
Over 90 days ago
Straight Male, 156
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Your score is: 60
Never could tell my friends to clean their rooms... especially when mine was usually worse...
Question: would you purposely exposure yourself... no, not that way... but to the Swine Flu in order to get sick now, while the virus appears to relatively mild, and establish an immunity. Or would you prefer to take your chances next winter, when SW may return in a far more virulent form?
Never could tell my friends to clean their rooms... especially when mine was usually worse...
Question: would you purposely exposure yourself... no, not that way... but to the Swine Flu in order to get sick now, while the virus appears to relatively mild, and establish an immunity. Or would you prefer to take your chances next winter, when SW may return in a far more virulent form?
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Quote by O0ziiomara0O
I get it, we’re on an adult site...
Mara:
Perhaps you answered your own the question right there... although even it weren't a adult site, things probably wouldn't be that much different.
I know one LS female writer who keeps her blocker set to "friends only." She initiates conversations--and whenever she finds people who can converse thoughtfully and respectfully, she adds them.
Maybe the genders are just wired differently. One observation I've made from chatting on LS:
guys masturbate while reading, women do it while writing!
Doesn't that just explain everything?
P.S.:
roccotool wrote:
Just so you know, Mara: It isn't just "guys" being rude. I've had "girls" do the same thing.[
Ditto: but it happens so rarely that I wouldn't call it rude, just novel.
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Quote by Durrasch
Yeah. I'm fucking terrified of what is going to happen to the world in 50 years when the people who grow up in today's education system and culture are in charge of things.
What frightens me is the "free-markets-will-solve-all-problems" mentality of those who WERE in charge for the past eight years. Give them another eight years, and there won't be enough of the world remaining in 50 years to worry about.
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There was a point in my life, when sex was still a mystery, and all porn was educational.
As for "edu-porn." I've never seen any. Will have do something about that right away!
I have noticed a positive trend in "Adult Entertainment" over the past 10 or 15 years--and that's the emergence of successful female directors. IMO, their work is generally more interesting, more arousing and has better production values than the work of most male directors.
As for "edu-porn." I've never seen any. Will have do something about that right away!
I have noticed a positive trend in "Adult Entertainment" over the past 10 or 15 years--and that's the emergence of successful female directors. IMO, their work is generally more interesting, more arousing and has better production values than the work of most male directors.
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Quote by gav
jason, you've raised some interesting points. the original intent was to show what your friends had been doing on lush, including voting on stories. this was more of a recommendation, for good stories to followers of that member.
i think this would be an issue if we kept the votes public, permanently, but we dont. what you see on the recent activity is a fraction of actually whats going on. there is no way to view historically the activity of a member.
if there are still concerns im happy to make this configurable, so an individual can hide their story votes. this should please catnip the control freak!
Gav:
I think that solves it. Maybe you can give Catnip her own joystick control.
--jason
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Gav:
Thanks for clearing that up!
Dur:
I had a more "global" issue in mind.
I participate in a photography site where--after years of hurt feelings, mud-slinging, account hacking, members being banned, etc.--the administrators decided that the only way to maintain civility was to implement anonymous ratings.
The problems with pubic ratings were:
1. rating inflation... in the hope of receiving high ratings, many members only gave out top ratings (i.e. reciprocal rating);
2. cliques... when administrators tried various methods to counteract "rating inflation," members merely formed cliques or affinity groups, doling out high ratings to friends, low ratings to "outsiders;"
3. hostility... the tenor of the site became downright nasty as members sniped at each other for what they perceived to be slights and insults due to ratings disagreements.
I was wondering if these potential outcomes have been considered?
That said, there are important differences:
1. at the photo site, a summary was attached to each uploaded photo displaying all rating and ranking info. Here a writer would have to dig around in Profiles to learn that same information;
2. competition was more central to the site function--many members posted photos for critique on a daily basis. Thousands of photos were posted and rated each day;
3. it's vastly easier to rate images--and the differences between an excellent photo and a poor one is far more subjective than with writing.
In my brief time at LS, members and administrators have been extraordinarily welcoming, thoughtful, funny and, above all, respectful. My question: could a public rating system undermine these qualities over time?
--jason
Thanks for clearing that up!
Dur:
I had a more "global" issue in mind.
I participate in a photography site where--after years of hurt feelings, mud-slinging, account hacking, members being banned, etc.--the administrators decided that the only way to maintain civility was to implement anonymous ratings.
The problems with pubic ratings were:
1. rating inflation... in the hope of receiving high ratings, many members only gave out top ratings (i.e. reciprocal rating);
2. cliques... when administrators tried various methods to counteract "rating inflation," members merely formed cliques or affinity groups, doling out high ratings to friends, low ratings to "outsiders;"
3. hostility... the tenor of the site became downright nasty as members sniped at each other for what they perceived to be slights and insults due to ratings disagreements.
I was wondering if these potential outcomes have been considered?
That said, there are important differences:
1. at the photo site, a summary was attached to each uploaded photo displaying all rating and ranking info. Here a writer would have to dig around in Profiles to learn that same information;
2. competition was more central to the site function--many members posted photos for critique on a daily basis. Thousands of photos were posted and rated each day;
3. it's vastly easier to rate images--and the differences between an excellent photo and a poor one is far more subjective than with writing.
In my brief time at LS, members and administrators have been extraordinarily welcoming, thoughtful, funny and, above all, respectful. My question: could a public rating system undermine these qualities over time?
--jason
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The profile format looks great--very clean and visual--but there's a data base glitch that's reading the wrong info into the "recent activity" fields. In my case, the recent activities are those of "friends," not me... still, it's interesting to see that they're up to, in a voyeuristic sort of way...
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Hi Nik:
Thanks. Those numbers make sense. "Most bookmarked" would confirm that this is a genre with many committed devotees.
BF:
For what it's worth, my fav online "long engaging story"--it runs well over 1,000 pages--is the final version of "Selena and Joe" by Pettybox over at asstr. IMO, "Selena and Joe" is in the same league with "The Pearl," "A Man and a Maid," "My Secret Life," Henry Miller, Anais Nin, etc.
--pleasant reading
Thanks. Those numbers make sense. "Most bookmarked" would confirm that this is a genre with many committed devotees.
BF:
For what it's worth, my fav online "long engaging story"--it runs well over 1,000 pages--is the final version of "Selena and Joe" by Pettybox over at asstr. IMO, "Selena and Joe" is in the same league with "The Pearl," "A Man and a Maid," "My Secret Life," Henry Miller, Anais Nin, etc.
--pleasant reading
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Nicola:
Do you know what percent of page views go to stories?
I ask because after reading this thread yesterday, I tried an experiment. I took a story that I was going to write as a straight-sex encounter and turned it into a Bro-Sis relationship. It's been up less than a day and it's received more than 3,000 views and 40 ratings -- more than my previous three straight-stories combined.
Just a thought...
BTW, I'm agnostic when it comes to , not particularly interested by it, but not particularly disgusted either. But if I devote six or seven hours to writing a story, I'd like it to get read by as many people as possible.
In a PM conversation earlier today, however, an LS writer, who is repelled by , accused me of "selling out for ratings." So it does seem to be something of an emotional issue with some folks.
::thanks Sis::
P.S. Glad to see I've relocated to Montreal. Now THERE's a place with great night life!
Do you know what percent of page views go to stories?
I ask because after reading this thread yesterday, I tried an experiment. I took a story that I was going to write as a straight-sex encounter and turned it into a Bro-Sis relationship. It's been up less than a day and it's received more than 3,000 views and 40 ratings -- more than my previous three straight-stories combined.
Just a thought...
BTW, I'm agnostic when it comes to , not particularly interested by it, but not particularly disgusted either. But if I devote six or seven hours to writing a story, I'd like it to get read by as many people as possible.
In a PM conversation earlier today, however, an LS writer, who is repelled by , accused me of "selling out for ratings." So it does seem to be something of an emotional issue with some folks.
::thanks Sis::
P.S. Glad to see I've relocated to Montreal. Now THERE's a place with great night life!
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In a word: Titles
...As in better story titles. Many of the tiles I see seem to be tacked on as an afterthought.
I'm most intrigued by stories with good titles--which usually means the title is original and suggestive. Erotically suggestive, for sure. But also clever enough to convey a sense that the story is well considered and intelligently written, and hence, worth reading.
Also, I found that in the Authors menu, you can click on Ratings and getting a global listing ranked from highest to lowest. I've been reading the highest rated authors, looking for techniques that might improve my own stories.
This assumes, of course, that better written stories actually attract more readers.
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...As in better story titles. Many of the tiles I see seem to be tacked on as an afterthought.
I'm most intrigued by stories with good titles--which usually means the title is original and suggestive. Erotically suggestive, for sure. But also clever enough to convey a sense that the story is well considered and intelligently written, and hence, worth reading.
Also, I found that in the Authors menu, you can click on Ratings and getting a global listing ranked from highest to lowest. I've been reading the highest rated authors, looking for techniques that might improve my own stories.
This assumes, of course, that better written stories actually attract more readers.
:
asses soapbox:: 
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IMO, if it doesn't have good character development, plot--or some kind of backstory--it isn't worth reading.
Perhaps the one exception is the first-person confessional where writers often reveal a bit more about themselves that they realize, which helps compensate for the absence of character development. But even a confession can use a modicum of plot development to hold reader interest.
Hey, porn is like what Justice Potter Stewart once said: it's hard to define, "But I know it when I see it." Come think of it, porn is what he WAS defining.
Perhaps the one exception is the first-person confessional where writers often reveal a bit more about themselves that they realize, which helps compensate for the absence of character development. But even a confession can use a modicum of plot development to hold reader interest.
Hey, porn is like what Justice Potter Stewart once said: it's hard to define, "But I know it when I see it." Come think of it, porn is what he WAS defining.
