I deliberately pointed out a tiny, easily implementable improvement that can only benefit everyone, authors or readers. On the other hand, it can easily be argued that Red H means something to readers who try to sift through stories. My personal stance about the Red H doesn't even matter. I just wanted an example that can't be shot down on any account.
So you believe in the Democrat idea of vote you idea and vote early and vote often, huh? No need to show an id. But I do agree with you I like the anonymous votes. I think they represent more than 50% of our readership. If I visit most sites, I do not want my name/email registered. I only registered here when I started writing and I'd been reading and commenting for years before that.
Fine. I agree with that, although on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it a 2 in terms of things I care about. But that's a ministerial sort of change. It's not policy. It's not significant like what this thread is about. It would have no impact on the success of the site, probably. I imagine Manu and Laurel look at these requests and weigh the advantages of the change against what they may perceive as the disadvantages of having pages over-crowded with information, and I imagine they're constantly trying to figure out which changes to prioritize and which not to. It seems uncharitable, improbable, and a bit self-absorbed to me to interpret their behavior as "I don't care what the authors think."I'll just give you the tiniest example, the one that can be implemented in a matter of minutes, and the one I have seen supported and liked unanimously. Displaying the word count for series and standalone stories on the Author's page. You can find it in Manu's Beta thread so go and see for yourself. It's a mind-numbingly tiny request that literally requires displaying a number that is already there. As someone who programmed in HTML, I know that it takes five minutes to implement such a thing. It's such a minuscule thing but one that shows the enormity of not caring about our requests. And all that in a thread Manu started, a thread that specifically asked for our feedback
I agree. Word count is a tool I use to decide if I want to even begin a story now or put it off. I means nothing in terms of my scoring. I do look at comments at times especially before beginning to read a long story from an unfamiliar author. And often if an author does not allow rating and/or comments I give his story a pass altogether unless I am bored and come back later in the day.
Let's get real. The best way to get good good scores on Literotica is to write "comfortable" stories with good writing skill--and to pander.
Dude, there is no reason to bring politics into this.
I imagine Manu and Laurel don't read any of these requests at all. But if they did/to the extent they do, I agree they would look at the advantage from the aspect of reader interest, not author interest. There's no problem with supply here. In fact, I'm sure Laurel would be delighted to receive half the daily submissions she does. On changes that would convenience them, though, I opine that dropping the red H system and just going with the already existing rating listing would convenience them--and benefit the reader, because whether or not a story has a red H here doesn't really mean what the reader is encouraged to think it means.
To me, the Red H thing is laughable. I've seen single scene wank scenes (not stories) get a red H. It is a flag though that catches a reader's attention that it might be a story to read.
Sure there is, especially when one party says the commentor/rater should 'register' by entering a user name, no matter how bare bones that may be. It simply attaches a name with an email someplace. Then the next party says he thinks all voting should be open to one and all with no restrictions. It is a basic point of where you think fairness lies. My using the "D" word might upset some.
Stories don't even have to be all that 'comfortable'. They mainly have to be presented in a logical manner and not run in the readers face as 'take that!" But I agree. aAt times, I find myself spending (WASTING) far too much time here than writing. It usually comes after a session editing one of the two or three stories
It's not the fault of the site, of authors, or of readers that some categories have larger readerships than others. Nothing can be done about that. You can't tell people what to read.
BAWAHAHA! Opinions...you know what they say about them right? They're like rectums everyone has one, but some stink more than others.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! ANY change needs to be beneficial to the moneymaking potential of the site. Otherwise, it ain't a gunna' fly.
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That's not what I meant with "comfortable." I meant it being in terms of what the reader is looking for in coming here, and on a site like this, I think it's more often than not something basic like "happy ending of the story" or "coming here to get a one-handed happy ending for yourself" rather than "that was a literary take on the Iliad, wasn't it?" It's something different for different readers, but on a porn story site, I think it's far more likely to be low brow than literary. I agree that it rarely is looking for a "take that!" story approach, "take that" is often the makings of a great story (in literary terms).
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I've got to cry "tilt" on this one. This is a humongous site on breadth of reading interest. There isn't a "same mix of readers" here. There is a collection of separate categories of reader interest, with some overlapping. I can pretty much guarantee that my reader base in GM isn't tooling around in the Loving Wives "mix" much here.
Actually many of the better stories here are not hardcore porn. Of course the edgier part of the sex is a draw. But many of the stories are really good reads even if you don't have your cock in your hand or a finger up your hole.
How do you know that? You haven't read all of the stories here, have you? There are too many stories in the Literotica file for anyone to make a bald claim like this.
This ↑ There are a lot of good suggestions in this thread. that said none of them improve the cash flow end of it. And that my friends is what it's all about M-O-N-E-Y! It is a business. As such the owners will do what they need to maximize profits. As it should be. I'd do the same if it was my site.
How do you know that? You haven't read all of the stories here said:
