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Quote by hughizzy
guys who answer on 'ask the girls' !? Its not complicated....its called ask the GIRLS ! If I wanted male opinion i would ask one of my many honest and open male friends, but "ask the girls" is great for those 'difficult' questions (or would be if guys didn't keep answering!)


Rumour has it that a lot of the gals on here really are guys, so who knows? Maybe all the real gals are actually answering on the Ask the Guys section, but they all think the gals are really guys, when actually, it's just a front to get gay guys and straight women to open up and talk sexy stuff, just like the guys posing as lesbian or bi gals is a way of getting the other lesbian and bi gals to share their most intimate of intimacies during a heartfelt exchange of pussy intricacies. Or something. And really, we're all just very confused. Well, I'm confused, anyway.

Being forced to overthink things. I peeve myself off. I don't even know if peeving oneself off is possible, but I've managed it. There's too much to think about on Lush, most of the time. Sexual matters are like when I first started learning to drive. I'm meant to know how to deal with the gear stick at the same time as checking my mirrors, pumping the pedals, maneuvering (sp?) the entire car whilst not bumping into anything or anyone, plus listening to instructions on top of everything else, and clunkclicking my seatbelt, which should have been first, and signalling, which relies on me knowing where I'm going, and now I'm lost as to where I was going with this...

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Quote by RumpleForeskin
Hope you're feeling better now, Shy-one. ;)

When it comes to comments, many writers seem to feel it is much, much better to receive than to give. That's a shame because learning how to 'read like a writer' and figure out what about a story you like or dislike, is one of the most important steps towards becoming an author...imho.



A rant always helps.

I actually don't read that much, certainly compared to others here. But I learn a huge amount from observations and comments via the blogs and story comments.

I tend to learn more from the forums and from certain authors I generally watch or talk to. When I was modding, it was a clinical exercise, and unless it was something I felt was exceptional, then I would verify and leave. Modding was a job, and I did learn a lot that way, but I don't read erotica for pleasure, bizarrely.

The few times I haven't commented, as far as I'm aware, were because I gave a five score and the comments already given reflected what I felt. If I think something could be better, or something is outstandingly brilliant, then I both score, and give my reasons for that score. Some people like it, some don't, but I always try to do it kindly.

My opinion is only my opinion. Authors should always weigh up what critics say. If they have a valid point, then they can choose to take it on board. If it is purely a matter of preference or some other reason that isn't agreed with by other readers, the author can still learn about certain readers, and write accordingly (or not) in future.

The problem with only scoring is that there is no way to know why[/] a story needs improving or can't be. Therefore, the scoring is sort of redundant, other than as a basic guide for readers, based on some readers who may or may not read and think the same way as them.

I have turned my scoring off before, as it shouldn't bother me. It does sometimes, like today, and usually, it doesn't.


Jayne33, thank you. Don't feel obliged to read, but I would welcome your feelings on it if you do.
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There's nothing wrong with a lower score. But the writer cannot improve if they don't know what they're supposed to improve on. And certain people have a habit of regularly scoring certain people lower just for the hell of it. Normally, I'm all "Whatever" about it, but today, they can feck off.

Even five votes don't tell you what worked and what the reader liked, only that they can't see anything they would change

Ta for the cookie. Nom nom nom.

Edit: Note to self - proofread your own posts.
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The new Timeline feature allows us, depending on privacy settings, to see who scored, and when. That's the part of it that I don't like. Warning, rant ahoy!

I want to PM this message to somebody:

"Have the balls to tell me how to improve it, then, you pillocking wassock! I now have no respect for you, and there was precious little before that previously. Help me be better, or eff off."

Actually, I really want to write, "...or fuck off". And some other naughty things.

But I'm a good girl, so I won't. But I will say, if people don't want us to know we know what they scored and chickened out of leaving a comment (which is very easy to work out on a quiet story!), then adjust your privacy settings. I would rather not know, because if I do, I either get upset if they didn't particularly like it (if I like and/or respect them), or I get angry that they have no metaphorical balls with which to help me be a better writer.

I prefer to let people choose what they want to do, although the forcing comments idea has never been far away from my finger. Usually, I can have a cookie and be fine. Today, I want to get confrontational, so I'm just pointing out, for your safety, that if we know you scored us a "could be better" score, with no way to make it better, it makes us lose any respect we might have had for you.

If you leave no comment with a lower score, you're either a complete wimp with a nasty streak, or you don't care about reading a better story from me. If it's the latter, then fuck off. Don't read my stuff, cheesy knobface bitchknickers.

There's no law on my stuff that says you have to leave a comment, but there's a score that says I need to write better than I do, and I have no idea how to. Weak, is what you are! I'm not that up myself that I don't welcome advice on how to write erotica. I know nothing about it, unlike all the other experts on here. I want to be a better erotica author. I might get upset with myself for being crap if you tell me what didn't work for you, or how you think it would have been better, but I won't unleash the beast upon you for being kind and constructive.

I'd have put this in the Rage Cage, but the rules dictate it can't be to do with the site. So here it is.

I wish you would change your settings if you don't want people to know you're incapable of backing up your score with comments that show WHY it's worth that score. You can PM the author too, you know. Now bog off and stop reading my stuff. It's not the first time you've done it, and your card's got a big fat poo mark on it.

Rant over (for now).
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Quote by Poppet


That's not what you told me last night when we were having a sexy hook-up on ..



Though seriously, I only with a few people, and hardly voice with people.

As the rest said, happy hunting...


That's my alter ego, Dazy Shyless. She and I don't really communicate with each other.

I think that people who are that open and confident about camming with strangers probably just send a message straight away, rather than wasting time posting in here.

I do wish I could have that level of confidence, though, so respect to those of you who enjoy it!

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Quote by lickmydick
well messenger is fun much safer than and cam is real fun it turns u on


Perhaps it turns you on, but not me. I won't even go on web cam with my closest friends for non-sexy things!

I shall be watching this thread with interest, too.
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Quote by Saga
You fucking pissed of the wrong person.... You think I would not notice? Trust me I noticed.....


That's two of us, then. I was all, there must be some mistake.

There fucking isn't.
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In case you were wondering, YES, I FUCKING KNOW. THE WHOLE FUCKING UNIVERSE KNOWS IT.

Now shut the fuck up and get out of my fucking face, you fucking shitbitch fucking saggy twatface bastardy fucking cheesy fucking bell-end.
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Quote by Magical_felix
Get some of that prey to help you, fool.


Meow.

I wouldn't call myself prey, as there were no gingerbread men on offer, but I do have the matter in hand. Not in the naughty way.
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Quote by Heel
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Sorry, Heel. You need at least twenty posts before you can post images and links. This is to stop spammers. Try posting in the Games forum to get your post count up.
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People blaming moderators for their own lack of skill, grasp of grammar, punctuation, formatting, and general up-their-own-bottomsness. Moderators aren't perfect, but then, neither are 99% of submissions.

What does amuse me, however, is when people let fly about it, and then look like a complete pillock when the truth comes out. Everything could have been swept under the carpet and skills improved upon, if they had just asked for the help offered and read the links provided.
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Quote by AbigailThornton


I don't remember reading that anywhere. I thought all the submitted stories went into the pot and the judges get to chose their favorite story. In the case of disagreements the judges get locked in a room where they fight until all the other judges surrender - like they do when they're choosing a new Pope.


There is actually a separate page of general competition rules, which I can't currently find! It's possible that it's under revision, but the under-ten-votes rule has been around for at least two competitions.

I will keep trying to find it, but it may be that it needs re-posting. Usually, I find the extra link on the competition announcements page, so I can onky presume this will be sorted after the announcements of the winners of the current competition.
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Quote by EDWolfe
Either a fake security camera or a notice that says there is a hidden camera. Something like this:



If the threat of posting video of your drunk vandals on YouTube doesn't deter them, nothing will.


Nothing will deter them in reality. So many people just don't care now. The binge-drinking culture is immense here. There is a security camera for the street, but it's either pointing the other way, or it's useless, as the shops across the road found out when one got the window smashed in, and the other got held up at cashing-up time.

The coppers aren't bothered by drunken spewers doing their ablutions. The doorway is hidden from the road if you turn your back. We do have cameras in the shop, but not in the doorway.

I like the kick in the nuts one, but maybe that O.A.P. bitch-slap for the girls will help, since the poo had loads of pink feathers stuck to it. We reckon it was a hen party. These lasses get all dolled up in tiny outfits, slap on the make-up and totter about in tiny heels. By the time they've spent all their money on alcohol and trying to pull lads, they are reduced to walking around in bare feet, trying to keep their tiny boob-tubes on (or off, in some cases), and pooing in shop doorways. Mmmm, classy.

And don't get me started on when the football's been on!

Maybe we should bring back the stocks...


I'll just clarify, I'm looking for silly/impossible ideas that will make me laugh.

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Some good ideas, people. But I neeeed some out-of-the-box ideas that will make me snigger to myself.

I'm not looking for stuff I could actually do, since we don't have the money, really. I just need something that will make me smile whilst I'm cleaning up puke.

Like, a massive cage slides down around the person and blares out, "This person is a twat!" until the coppers get there. Or, they fall into a tank with baby bass (stabby little fish) and are left there forever getting nommed by them.

You are not restricted by money or reality for these ideas.
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The shop where I work is five paces away from a pub, and about twenty paces away from another pub. Rather than smoke, vomit, pee and poo in the pubs' own handy doorways, people choose to do that in our doorway.

I have nothing against people smoking if that's what they want to do. But flicking and grinding their ciggie butts into the floor proper pees me right off. The pee down the wall also pees me off, as does the amount of vomit plastered down it and splattered over the floor. And last week, somebody (for the second time) took a great big steaming dump in the corner. By the time we found it, it had spread, congealed, and started crusting over.

Most Mondays, and often mid-week, we have to bleach and scrub the tiles clean of encrusted human liquids.

Delightful.

It is not possible to section off and barricade the doorway, as the cost is prohibitive. However, this is Lush, and there are some creative people here. Therefore, what would you suggest, if money and reality were no issue, to either prevent, or punish such nasty little knobheads?

Remember, no blood spillage is allowed, because I will have to clean that up, too. I thought about electrifying the tiles so that when liquid makes contact with them, they act like a tazer. But we're not allowed to give heart attacks or seriously injure people. I sort of like the idea of a vat of mouldy custard being dumped on them, but again, there's the clean-up. Then I thought of some kind of spray that coats the person in gluey feathers.

But most of the ideas I had were illegal, fatal, and/or involved me cleaning up more bodily fluids. So what ideas that are safer and more legal can you think of to make me giggle whenever I have to clean the doorway?

Please help me.

Love Daisy.
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I think the size of my clit is about the only thing on my body that I'm not upset about. If I was a bloke, I don't think I'd be very good at finding it, but it's amazing how such a tiny little thing can render me half-unconcious (in a good way) in just a few seconds!

I don't think the size of a clit makes any difference to how satisfying the owner finds its stimulation. I think that's down to how the stimulation is done.

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Quote by DikDango
Have any you girls ever been with a man who has had a form of hypospadias?

If so how did it look/feel?


For those who don't know, hypospadias means that the uretha entrance is somewhere else other than the usual opening in the end of a penis.

More information and a picture is in this link: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypospadias

I don't have any experience to share, sorry.
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Just to clarify, as overmykneenow has said, the posts by "Guest" are from previous members who have either left or been banned from the site. Their posts automatically fall into the Guest bin upon account closure.

The posts remain for continuity, amusement, memorials, and for the befuddlement of those who wonder how Guest has so much time on his/her hands to be posting so much.

People may read most of the forums here, but only account holders can post.

Edit: I see we have some desiring to join Guest's ranks, perhaps...
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I wear a bra because my boobies are really rather big.

I only take my bra off if I'm alone, at home. I wear it whenever anybody is around because otherwise, my boobs are wobbling all around, and they get enough attention (unwanted) as it is. Without a bra, they not only sit lower (thankfully not at my waist yet), so my clothes don't fit right, but they seem to take on a life of their own. They get in the way (even with a bra), can make my back ache, and they're just a nuisance. My nipples are less likely to show under my bra, too. I have enough stares as it is without them visually asking for more! If I run, I still have to hold them up with my hands, even with the bra. They effing hurt otherwise!

I feel more comfortable around other people if I'm wearing my scaffolding, but it does make my back ache more after a long day. Taking my bra off is a joy, but I do it alone.

I neeeeeeeed my bras, and that's why I wear them.
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Quote by Nikki703
Many of the women here, including me, do not like to chat with anyone (man or woman) who randomly sends them a message out of the blue.

I think your best bet are chat rooms first. Once you get known by some of the women, they will be more willing to chat privately with you. And as long as you are respectful of them and don't come on to strong, I think you will be fine. Good Luck and Happy Lushing!


That's good advice. You can also try posting in the games area of the site, or just generally in the forums. Once people see your name and the kind of person you are, they will be able to make a more balanced decision on whether they will chat with you.

Take your time, get to know people through chat rooms and the forums, and enjoy the process of making new friends.
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Quote by RumpleForeskin
Yeah, I know, that last one was a repeat post. But once-a-month story pimping is allowed, right?



Only if you put the link in as well, you naughty boy.
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On the end of a pier on the Cornish coast. I thought I'd maimed him. I wrote one of my first ever Lush stories about it in my Excerpts series, "My First Kiss (Added Bonus - Spunky Fingers).
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Quote by Michael
Many thanks to OWA for her topic subject and her most valid points.
Additional kudos to Mazza for her comments, especially about reading it aloud.

If I might add the single most important thing I have learned at Lush is to allow sufficient time after writing a story before attempting to edit it... This prevents the mind from auto-correcting the grammar errors and allows you to read it fresh; I have found this to be as valuable as having a friend read it. Although it is difficult to wait, I feel this has helped me to reduce my own rejections.

I am left with one question regarding OWA's #3) Proofread the entire story before resubmitting. Verifiers can see exactly what has been changed when you re-send a story, granted that you've done it properly and edited the existing file instead of making a new one. You should proofread the entire story and not just the first couple paragraphs.
Could you clarify this a little? I usually edit my original Word document 'off-line' and then copy/paste into the box. Does this create a entire new document to the verifier who must then re-verify the complete story?


I make my edits in the Lush document, and then copy/paste the verified version into my Word original, even though that's where I began writing it. That way, both documents have the purest version (if "pure" is the right word to use around here...).
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Quote by slipperywhenwet2012


Dominant is an adjective. When people say they're a dom, it means they're the dominant one in the relationship, or they're the dominant type. Dominate is a verb. Someone can dominate you, but they can never dominant you...that's just silly. So in actuality, calling yourself a dom is grammatically incorrect because you can't be an adjective or a verb in the literal sense, you can only be a noun.


Well put.

Crazy, you are correct. To call somebody a "dominate/Dominate" is incorrect. In the form people have come to use the term, they are a "dominant/Dominant".
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Quote by BamaFan78
Do you find forum lurkers good for the community or bad? Please explain your response.


Could you please clarify what you mean by "lurker"? Do you mean somebody who just likes to read and not respond? I often do that. I think it's good for the forum, because some people like or need an audience, and here we are! The views show that. Some of us like to be quiet sometimes, and don't always need the attention or response. We just *are*.

Just because a person doesn't always respond publicly, it doesn't mean they're not taking an active part in the site. You just can't see what they're doing, where, or with whom they are doing it.

Everybody who is here, whether a signed-up member or not, is part of the community. Some give, some get, some do both. Just like real life. But with more cookies and sex. Lurkers are as valid as non-lurkers. They're just publicly quieter.
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Quote by overmykneenow
For me it marks an interesting paradigm shift from writing community towards social network. Great if you have a good-sized network of people who are regularly involving themselves in the site, maybe not so great if you're just someone who talks in the chatrooms and read a few stories.

The showing of forum replies is a very helpful addition, does it extends to all mentions on the forum or just quotes?

A couple of things I've spotted:

1. A very minor point, it's not really "what you've missed" - it keeps stuff up from the last time you checked
2. If you delete something someone posted on your profile, it still turns up in your timeline



People who find the feature redundant can choose to have their landing page as their profile or the stories home page. So I can't see what's not so great about it, if we can all choose our preference.

The site is growing at a fast pace, so I think it's a good idea to meet the growing needs by providing features like this. I love how I can see when I have a new story/poem comment without having to look through the list and remember how many I had last time. And I like seeing if I've been responded to. I don't like chatting or being sociable very much, but I do like this idea.

I'm glad it keeps stuff I missed. This is partly because I'm very forgetful, and partly because I often get called away before I had chance to read. In that case, I would miss what I'd missed if it was missing when I got back.

I don't know how possible it is, but would you prefer a "delete from timeline" option? Or, you could get lots of people to quote you and stuff, and then you wouldn't see that they'd posted on your wall after you'd deleted it, because it would get pushed down. Maybe?


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Quote by Peter_Pan
I would like to express my appreciation to all who reprimanded me for not caring for this feature. It is good to know that expressing one's honest opinion will be jumped on and attacked. It is a good lesson to learn. Thank you. I won't bother to express my opinion again. It is certainly not greeted with the honesty of agreeing to disagree. No I do not receive email notifications of everything you list Pixie, but I do get them on my profile page, which I go to anyway every time I log on. But again, sorry to rain on everyone's parade by having a differing opinion. It definitely won't happen again.


If I may be so bold as to answer... Here I go.

I do not want anybody to feel I am bashing them, so don't take this personally, please.

I think people may have been more upset about the statement saying that the programming was a waste of time, regardless of the stater being clear it was only their opinion. Certain other words also had clearly negative implications.

Gav does work extremely hard on trying to keep the site not only running, but rolling out what people nag him for.

In my opinion, this feature is not my favourite (Invisible is), but I did know that many people would like it. I would prefer to have the option of the "landing page" being the Lush home page after logging in, even though I usually don't do more than scan it.

However, my next step is my profile, and I glance at the activity feed. I have no idea what time others did what they did. The new feed allows me to see options I could only get through email. But I keep my email for a select few purposes, and don't like using it. This new feature lets me keep track of things I want to know about, and when they happened, without that clogged in-box. I presume our privacy settings for scoring and commenting still work.

I did suggest an option for where we land after logging in, but unlike certain other parties elsewhere on the site regarding different matters, I am prepared to wait and see if it is acceptable, possible, and likely.

With all the problems recently, I think it's great that there are so many positive comments. Gingas know Gav's been getting enough complaints recently about errors beyond his control!

It's okay not to like something. It's okay to express it. What is not okay is peope jumping onto those who express a minority opinion. But we should always take care to think about how others might receive our comments, whether offered first, or in reply. Our true characters often show when we least expect it, whether the first to speak, or last.

As for me, I asked myself how I would feel if this feature was offered before I joined, and I would have happily accepted it with no questions. Now I have been here a year, I see the benefit for others, even if not myself, and I will re-adjust my trained brain cell to get used to it.

We all have preferred methods of things, and it's okay not to like this feature. Thank you, Peter_Pan for expressing your thoughts. Might I suggest you do the same as myself, and re-think the way you are informed of scores/votes? This way, you might not need the emails. If you want the emails, but not the timeline option, maybe, in a little while, we might find the choice of adjusting our landing page.
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