List of story lists aka The Literotica Index

[Voboy]

I was reading Stacnash lists of authors by the number of stars she would give to each, and it's pretty damned amusing. I'm listed as a "three-star" author, based, I guess, on her reading of one of my stories, and it's one of my more far-fetched, outrageously plotted stories. A clue to the value of Stacnash's rankings lies in the fact that both NoTalentHack and Onehitwanda are in the "Two Star" category, which Stacnash describes as "A list of poor authors who can't be recommended. These writers demonstrated considerable structural problems with dialogue, story, technical errors and were profoundly boring."

Lovecraft is listed in the bottom, one-star category, as is ChloeTzang, and I imagine they're both staying up late at night fretting about that.

To each her own.

Yes. Her list makes no sense. She puts me in the five-star list (yay? I guess?), but backs it up using what might be my least Voboy-like story. It's like saying the Smiths are a great guitar band, then using "How Soon Is Now" as evidence.

 

[Voboy]

I certainly understand the appeal of lists, and our expanded capacity for exploiting them here. I'm a little surprised at the controversy, everyone is free to handle them (or not) however they wish.

Speaking for myself, it's not the lists I find controversial. It's the conclusions some posters (well, okay, mostly just one poster) seem to be drawing from those lists, and from how other posters are choosing to use them. I'm very "live and let live" about these kinds of things; my only real contribution to the topic is to point out how unlikely I am to use the feature at all. But I'd never impugn the motives of those who do.

 

[SimonDoom]

Speaking for myself, it's not the lists I find controversial. It's the conclusions some posters (well, okay, mostly just one poster) seem to be drawing from those lists, and from how other posters are choosing to use them. I'm very "live and let live" about these kinds of things; my only real contribution to the topic is to point out how unlikely I am to use the feature at all. But I'd never impugn the motives of those who do.

My attitude: let things evolve and see what happens. Don't prejudge.

 

[RejectReality]

As best as I can recall, the only story Stacnash has ever commented on of mine is the one in the lists. I suspect I'd be downgraded if they ever read anything else. LOL Not that the story in question is in any way brilliant or great, but the bait and switch twist apparently put a smile on his/her face.

I still say the day is coming where there are going to be members with lists that will be extremely beneficial to authors. The first big one will likely emerge in Incest, and anyone who makes their thumbs-up list is going to see significant increases in activity on the listed stories. Loving Wives will likely see something similar, but it will be used as a bombing directory as much as it is used as a means to locate stories of a certain type that the reader enjoys. It will eventually spread until virtually every category has one or two members with lists that become a go-to for a lot of the category's readers.

Here's to hoping that none of the "stay away" type lists garner much attention outside of LW, where they will likely thrive. They're more or less inevitable, but I don't see them attracting much attention outside of possibly "Unfinished/Never finishes a chaptered story" lists.

 

[AwkwardMD]

I certainly understand the appeal of lists, and our expanded capacity for exploiting them here. I'm a little surprised at the controversy, everyone is free to handle them (or not) however they wish.

In real life, I like hearing from friends who recommend readings. If Laura at work is a fussy reader, and I know her standards, if she says 'read X!', then I have a pretty good idea of what I'm in for. Same here. It's an expanded index to 'good stuff' which is often hard to find amidst the bustle and volume of output.

Lists can be work, extra work, but no reason they can't be useful, and there are multiple ways to handle them.

I have a more or less 'All time favorite' list at Unrivaled
Then a genre one, since there is no 'Bisexual' category. Bi-ways (which doesn't seem to be live yet, maybe takes time to be posted).
A 'hidden gems' list Buried Treasure for the off-beat quirky tales buried in the underbrush.

And my own list of what I regard as my 'best' work. I wouldn't mind seeing this on other authors' pages. For the highly prolific folks, if I haven't read anything they've done, I wouldn't mind having a shortlist of what THEY consider their best output (regardless of scores or other metrics.)

Thus, self-serving but perhaps useful to potential readers: My own Best Efforts

Yours are added. Thank you.

 

[Omenainen]

Added my list of Pink Orchids throughout times

 

[Omenainen]

Bump! Has anyone been making new lists recently?

 

[THBGato]

Yeah, but you've already got a link to mine.
I have been spotting more amongst readers.

 

[AG31]

Yeah, but you've already got a link to mine.
I have been spotting more amongst readers.

Have you invited them to publish here?

 

[AwkwardMD]

Have you invited them to publish here?

I think the THB is saying that when a reader favorites one of their stories, they in turn check out that reader's other favorited stories, discovering authors and content that was new to THB.

In my head, I used to call this "abyss staring"

 

[yowser]

In the academy, it's known as 'footnote chasing.' Engrossing and often instructive.

 

[alohadave]

In the academy, it's known as 'footnote chasing.' Engrossing and often instructive.

Trope-hole. When you click on a link to TVTropes, and two hours later you've browsed through 27 different tropes.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Trope-hole. When you click on a link to TVTropes, and two hours later you've browsed through 27 different tropes.

Used to be the Black Hole of Wikipedia Links.

-Rocco

 

[THBGato]

Have you invited them to publish here?

No, actually. Good point, I should.

 

[AG31]

I've just made a list public. It's called "Male Surrender with Self Acceptance."
Description: A strong man surrenders with dignity. It doesn't much matter to whom or what he surrenders.

 

[alohadave]

Used to be the Black Hole of Wikipedia Links.

-Rocco

https://xkcd.com/214/

 

[Omenainen]

I've just made a list public. It's called "Male Surrender with Self Acceptance."
Description: A strong man surrenders with dignity. It doesn't much matter to whom or what he surrenders.

I’ll add yours to the original post.

 

[AG31]

Good people of Smutland! Now that it's possible to publish curated lists of stories, it would be interesting to gather some kind of meta list, catalogue of sorts, of curated lists. I assume the site will eventually add some functionality to this effect, but until then, how about we make our own?

If you host a curated list or lists and want to be added to this list, post on the thread. I'll add them to this original post for easy browsing. I thought it might be best to link to the author profile instead of individual lists, so include some kind of description of what kind of lists you host. (@THBGato , I took the liberty of including you, I hope you don't mind.)

AG31 - dignified male subs
AlinaX - aspec, futa
AwkwardApple415 - non-fetishizing representation of trans characters
AwkwardlySet - long femdom stories
Lifestyle66 - assorted Loving Wives stories
Omenainen - Pink Orchids
THBGato - various lists of lesbian stories
yowser - recommended reads lists, bi-list

"dignified male subs" Please! This is NOT how I described it. I described it as "Male surrender with self acceptance." The stories in my list do not depend on a man being "a sub." And to call them dignifified gives all the wrong slant.

 

[AG31]

I've made another list public: Stories that exhibit authenticity.
The description of the list is: Authenticity has a particular meaning as it is used in this list. It seems as if the author write from the viscera. See this post: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/authenticity-revisited.1601329/

I was sorry to see that @madelinemasoch's stories have been removed from Lit. I would have added some to this list.

 

[AwkwardMD]

"dignified male subs" Please! This is NOT how I described it. I described it as "Male surrender with self acceptance." The stories in my list do not depend on a man being "a sub." And to call them dignifified gives all the wrong slant.

 

[AG31]

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I don't understand this. Is it your way of saying you're not going to change the description?

 

[AwkwardMD]

Oh I don't control anything. This is Omen's list of lists. Being the very nice person she is, I suspect she will copy your words exactly out of politeness.

 

[AG31]

Oh I don't control anything. This is Omen's list of lists. Being the very nice person she is, I suspect she will copy your words exactly out of politeness.

Too bad. I'd composed a really trenchant, articulate alert while I was on my walk. We'll see if I get to post it.
Could you explain the graphic in your earlier reply?

 

[AwkwardMD]

Too bad. I'd composed a really trenchant, articulate alert while I was on my walk. We'll see if I get to post it.
Could you explain the graphic in your earlier reply?

 

[AG31]

OK. I researched this, and it still makes

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Well, I researched this and it still makes little sense to me. One of the things I got was:

It's from a scene from Monty Python's The Life Of Brian, and it's depicting an internecine squabble about which, of many groups (in this context, Jewish people against their Roman rulers) is the real/pre-eminent group of 'revolutionaries', and the joke is that nobody really knows who's part of which group, they change their names frequently, fight amongst each other so nothing productive actually gets done. You kinda have to have seen the movie for it to have meaning, and would only have value as a meme in a very specific context/discussion.

So it's, maybe suggesting that my wish to use my own verbiage to label my list is somehow engaging in a group squabble????? Stretching a bit aren't we?