I like this site, but it just seems to me most of the stories lately seem to view the sex as more important than the story. I suppose there is a place for that, but I wish there were more stories where the story being told has priority and the sex is just something that happens within the story. Just my opinion.
there are a few authors with that focus, but a vocal minority has been pushing the concept of stories on the site had to have sex, so many new authors include the sex. This is s story site that allows sex stories.
Real life is intruding on a lot of authors right now, but we do keep working on stories when we can, just at a slower rate. I've 30 part written stories I'm working on as I feel up to it despite the real life pressures.
This is s story site that allows sex stories.
Does this allowance also include a literary pardon?
Does this allowance also include a literary pardon?
That will depend on how you define it!
When SoL started story sites were either sex only sites or no-sex only sites, and this was the first site to allow both on the same site. The splash page emphasized it being a story site. However, after over a decade the splash page changed to push the sex stories more. I suspect it was to get more people to visit the site.
But since that change to the splash page a certain element of readers and authors have been pushing the concept of stories requiring sex scenes to be here, and that is not the case. Yet many new authors think it is.
When you view the FAQs and other site instructions you see very little in the way of limitations for stories, especially when you compare them with other sites.
The reason I come here is because the other story sites are even more that way. I have nothing against a story with sex in it; it just shouldn't be the focus, in my opinion. I guess such stories do have their place, but you take a look at the majority of new stories and updates and they're just there for something to beat your meat to. Like it's just the author's fantasy and there's not really a story or any character development. It's these stories that are taking over at the expense of the entries by truly skilled writers.
There are some of those here. Less than there used to be, and that's part of the problem, but RL can be a bitch sometimes, and I understand that, and also that people die. It's a fact of life; it ends.
Any chance you or anyone here knows of some skilled new writers they enjoy, who value the story more than the sex within?
I guess such stories do have their place, but you take a look at the majority of new stories and updates and they're just there for something to beat your meat to. Like it's just the author's fantasy and there's not really a story or any character development.
If you don't want sex in a story you can go to Finestories. A fact is that sex is part of life and logically will be part of many stories, or should be. It often adds an important part to a story that is avoided in good main line stories because of public opinion.
The real problem arises when the majority of stories focuses solely on sex. You can't avoid them without missing out on the many very good stories with only that part of sex in it that supports the story. You can't split SOL in 2 sites, one with "Much/Stroke" and one with "Some/Minimal" because the lines are too gray between them. If often encounter stories where the amount of sex is listed too high just to avoid complaints about not having it listed that way. Everyone has their own opinion about what is "Some" and what is "Much". Initially I missed out on many good stories because they were listed as "Much Sex" and I only went for stories below that. Nowadays I have "fine tuned my nose" for good stories by also looking at high scoring "Much Sex" stories that often turn out to be not that "Much Sex" at all. Also keep in mind that many stories often start with much sex and in later chapters that amount decreases significantly, in some cases to almost nothing. My guess is that a start with more sex attracts a bigger audience and most of that audience is retained when the amount of sex decreases. I think that is the case for a lot of the high scoring "Much Sex" stories. My advise: fine tune your nose :D
many stories often start with much sex and in later chapters that amount decreases significantly
Unfortunately, the reverse is also true. I've lost track of the number of stories that started out focused on the plot and then ended up as a non-stop romp in bed without further advancement of the plot. At least I didn't wait around to wade through all the sex scenes to find more plot.
ETA: I should have said that after a chapter or two of sex with essentially no plot, I bailed.
I should have said that after a chapter or two of sex with essentially no plot, I bailed.
Exactly how I bailed on several stories too. Like JoyR mentioned, I often skip the sex parts. If it's all sex I skip it all ;)
I know there are some authors here who write good stories, but the sex scenes are usually very formula like, so when I read those stories I skip the sex scenes and move to the next part of the story beyond the sex - I rarely miss anything by doing so.
In Finding Home I used sex scenes early to demonstrate a part of the MC's character and how it changes, then I drop them from the story and focus on the rest of the plot. There's a few other stories by many authors that are like that. However, a search on no sex or minimal sex stories will list a lot of good stories - but also some crappy ones as well.
when I read those stories I skip the sex scenes and move to the next part of the story beyond the sex
Excellent point. It can be expanded and applied to very well written stories that contain sexual scenes that are not to the readers taste. Same applies to certain stories which are very well written but include sections that contain political or religious stuff that the reader has no interest in. Just skip forward.
Oh, and to be fair, if the story is correctly coded, then don't let the parts you skip reflect upon the score you award.
I skip the sex scenes and move to the next part of the story beyond the sex - I rarely miss anything by doing so.
If you can skip a scene and not miss something, the scene isn't necessary. But are you sure you're not missing something? But what does "miss something" really mean?
Maybe you miss a character trait. Or a reason a character behaves a certain way. Or something in a relationship. Or a skill. Or even something to get the reader smoothly from Point-A to Point-B.
But are you sure you're not missing something? But what does "miss something" really mean?
With the stories by the authors I do this with I know I'm not missing anything because the scenes I'm skipping are almost all cookie cutter scenes with mostly the same wording. When I skip such scenes and go to the enxt part of the plot development it flows along - it's almost like the author stuck the scenes in where he did because they're expected. In some stories by one author he didn't have the sex scenes and those stories were much better and easier to read, but a small minority bitched about no sex so he started adding them again.
BTW I have no intention of naming any authors so don't bother asking.
and go to the enxt part of the plot development
Unfortunately in many of the stories I've tried to read, the next part of the plot development doesn't exist. There is just a do nothing scene that evolves into the next series of sex scene. Then repeat, repeat, repeat until the storyline becomes meaningless.
Unfortunately in many of the stories I've tried to read, the next part of the plot development doesn't exist.
Which is why it was a mistake to change the definition of "stroke." It used to be something like "sex with no plot." Now it's "mostly sex" which implies there's a plot rather than simply being a stroke story. The new definition changes readers' expectations.
The bottom line, folks, is you all are complaining about poorly written stories. You all are singling out sex scenes, but a badly written scene/story is a badly written story.
For me, it's the sex stories that sets SOL apart. I can pick up any novel in the public library and it will be better than a "no sex" story on SOL. That's going to rub some of you the wrong way, but saying a story with explicit sex scenes is crap rubs me the wrong way.
I can pick up any novel in the public library and it will be better than a "no sex" story on SOL.
Which "no sex" story on SOL did you have in mind? Or are you condemning ALL of them?
For me, it's the sex stories that sets SOL apart. I can pick up any novel in the public library and it will be better than a "no sex" story on SOL.
Sure they do, have you tried reading that weird thing named something Bones where the dead girl is the MC? Hell, I've seen grade school summer holiday writing assignments that are better.
but saying a story with explicit sex scenes is crap rubs me the wrong way.
So far I haven't read any comments in the Forum, past or current threads, that say a story with explicit sex scenes is crap.
What I have read are comments about stories that are presented to the reader as having a 'plot', but turn out to be just a series of sex scenes aren't worth reading. I suppose you could say such stories, which have no real plot or storyline, are crap.
ETA: sex scenes, explicit and those with minimal detail, need to be an integral part of a story's plot, not the story.
I suppose you could say such stories, which have no real plot or storyline, are crap.
They are stroke, but unfortunately the new definition of "stroke" doesn't reflect that.
I guess I may have overreacted when I claimed that people say stories with explicit sex scenes are crap. But what I hear here is that people don't read stories with "much sex" because they don't expect a good story simply because it has a lot of sex. You can have a plot, good characters, and good story AND still have plenty of graphic sex. But the assumption is if it has a lot of sex it's not good which I called "crap."
I have absolutely no problem with stories that include numerous sex scenes. I even read them, if the author makes them interesting.
All to often, what I encounter is repetitive, boring sex scenes that add nothing to the story. I just skip those and hope there is more to the story than just sex scenes.
Too much sex in a story can be tiresome after a while, but as long as the story itself is good I don't count it as a major gripe. I can skip through the 63rd sex scene if the story keeps me entertained. And some of the "much sex" stories are actually good stories with a real plot and real characters. That's fine.
What I don't care for is when the sex IS the story. I do call it "crap", because to me, not only is there very little story, but it takes away from the sex as well. We have nothing invested in those characters. It's just two people fucking. If you can't be bothered to make anyone care about them, why should I read that story when I can read any other on SOL?
What I don't care for is when the sex IS the story. I do call it "crap"
That's stroke by the original (better) definition. No plot. Just sex.
That has nothing to do with sex scenes. I can say the same for fight scenes in a badly written ninja story. Or a superhero story where all he does is beat up the bad guys one after another without a plot or character development.
Why pick on sex stories? There are a ton of stories with no sex or minimal sex on SOL that don't get me invested in the character. Where I don't care what happens.
because the "nothing but sex" stories are far more numerous here.
But yes, your other examples hold true, for the same reason.
But since that change to the splash page a certain element of readers and authors have been pushing the concept of stories requiring sex scenes to be here, and that is not the case. Yet many new authors think it is.
The existence of FineStories probably helps add to the confusion on that matter. :)
The existence of FineStories probably helps add to the confusion on that matter. :)
It does and it doesn't. It's main audience is those who want to be able to access stories without having to worry about people looking over their shoulder and have ones they can tell their kids to read.
I've two stories where they each have one extremely short and very bland sex scene which isn't much more than saying they kissed, but they're seen as not suitable for Fine Stories, so they have to be on SoL.
Where I can I posted stories on both SoL and Fine Stories as they have two different audiences, and the same goes for SciFi Stories. Thus I have some stories on all three sites.
The existence of FineStories probably helps add to the confusion on that matter.
I don't know about that. I have gotten into the habit of recommending both sites. I make a point of mentioning that while SOL is adult oriented, Finestories is suitable to all ages.
Sorry to not be able to agree with your 'vocal majority' I had ten Pens and when I saw a 9 rating go to 6.0 and 8.5 the responses I got were 'Your stories did not have any erotic sex in them so 'I' put them back as to 6's. So far 120 stories rate no more than in the 7's even though the votes were mostly 8-10.
So far 120 stories rate no more than in the 7's even though the votes were mostly 8-10.
Whilst I to have received complaints about the lack of sex scenes in some stories, I don't think that is the sole reason for your scores dropping, the scoring system does that to every story.
And no, I'm not going to explain the subtitles as the subject of scoring has been done to death, buried, exhumed, ad nauseam.
ETA
As you have turned off scoring for all but one of the 50 stories posted under 'Lapi' it seems you have already found a solution to the issue.
but I wish there were more stories where the story being told has priority and the sex is just something that happens within the story.
Exactly what I prefer in a story! Story first, sex only if it adds to the story.
Mea culpa! My recent offering was definitely not the sort of story the site wants too many of if it's going to appeal to a broad audience. Despite its shortness, it was too slow to be fap-worthy so I guess that makes it fluff :(
AJ
I actually don't enjoy writing sex scenes. I may or may not include it in a given story. My goal in most of my work is to express emotional and relational dynamics through sex. I admit to feeling a little pressure to having some sex but if the story doesn't need it its not happening.
As a reader, what I have liked most about SOL is the fact there is something for everyone's taste in reading materials. I will admit there are stories I don't even look at, but that is due to my own bias.
To put your complaint into perspective...
You are complaining about the stories posted by authors who receive no compensation, to a site that allows for free access to read (most) of those stories...
Whilst I agree that there are stories posted that would be better placed low down in a septic tank, nobody is forcing you to read them, nor does their presence preclude authors from posting the types of story you prefer.
Either way, complaining about a freebie is lower on the scale than the stories you dislike.
Just my opinion.
Obviously there are no limitations on how much sex, if any, a story posted to SOL contains. But a quick look at the story categories will show that very very few pertain to content other than sex. So it is hardly surprising that people believe that SOL is predominantly a sex story site.
Especially as a quick search of 'no sex' versus 'some, much, stroke' shows that the percentage of non sex stories is less than 10% of the current almost 44 thousand available.
If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck....
Especially as a quick search of 'no sex' versus 'some, much, stroke' shows that the percentage of non sex stories is less than 10% of the current almost 44 thousand available.
But I bet that the percentage No Sex/Minimal Sex has risen since the start of SOL and is still slowly rising. I'm almost sure the percentage Stroke is way down compared to ten years ago.
But I bet that the percentage No Sex/Minimal Sex has risen since the start of SOL and is still slowly rising. I'm almost sure the percentage Stroke is way down compared to ten years ago.
That will be difficult for anyone but our webmaster to determine. The category search doesn't allow date range filtering.
Category search sorted by date and look for number at date cut off.
Number of stories on SoL - 43,850
Number of No Sex stories on SoL - 4,450
Number of No Sex stories on Sol since 1 May 2009 - 2,850
Number of No Sex stories on SoL before that - 1,600
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Number of Minimal Sex Stories on SoL - 2,586
Number of Minimal Sex Stories on SoL since 1 May 2009 - 2,209
Number of Minimal Sex Stories on SoL before that - 377
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Number of stories on SoL 50 kb or less - 28,109
Number of stories on SoL 50 kb or less since 1 May 2009 - 12,195
Number of stories on SoL 50 kb or less before that - 15,914
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Number of Stroke stories on SoL - 2,861
Number of Stroke stories on SoL since 1 May 2009 - 2,011
Number of Stroke stories on SoL before that - 850
edit to add: due to category search rules needed a category so I ran search twice - once with no 2nd POV stories and once with only 2nd POV stories and added the numbers together.
that is where the reader has to help out. When errors are found let the writer know about them. As readers we are both editors and proof-readers. If they are so minor as to be insignificant its a tossup as to whether to report them or not. But above all as a reader remember that the writer does not have to share their stories with us. i admit that I tend not to report minor errors since they don't interfere with the story.
I only have one story here so far. I do have sex in there and there probably will be more as the character ages and the other main character settles in his own skin. But I make use of the divider lines and usually set up a scene that if you want to read the sex scene go ahead, however, if you'd like to skip it, then just look for the divider. I will always make sure the story is readable for both preferences since it is also my preference.
That's my two cents.
I only have one story here so far. I do have sex in there and there probably will be more as the character ages and the other main character settles in his own skin. But I make use of the divider lines and usually set up a scene that if you want to read the sex scene go ahead, however, if you'd like to skip it, then just look for the divider.
I'm sure a lot of readers appreciate the way you make it easy to skip sex scenes, I know I do. But I wonder, why add those scenes in the first place since they apparently add nothing to the story and when not read take away nothing from the story? Wouldn't it make an even better story with only those sex scenes left in that actually are important to the story?
I will always make sure the story is readable for both preferences since it is also my preference.
If you set up your stories like that, may I suggest you post a version without the sex scenes on Finestories?
It's not even that a sex scene in a well-written story doesn't add anything to the story. Sometimes it does. It's that the sex scenes are not, in themselves, a story. If the only purpose of your story is to get to the sex, you're probably wasting your time writing it.
If the only purpose of your story is to get to the sex, you're probably wasting your time writing it.
Absolutely not..!!
Whilst I agree that not every story here is worth the paper it isn't printed on, I most vehemently disagree with writing being a waste of time, how exactly does a new writer go from learning the alphabet to first place on the best sellers list without writing anything you or anyone else might consider 'a waste of time', practise makes perfect, discouragement does not.
Perhaps the author set out to simply describe their dream sex scene?
Maybe the author struggles and is practising writing sex scenes?
Could be the author just enjoys writing stroke stories?
Regardless, how dare you pass off a sex only story as a "waste of time" ?
You have a point. From my point of view, it's a waste of your time. From your point of view, maybe it isn't, because I don't know what your motivations are. But if you've got 50 of them on here, and they're all nothing but sex, quality is probably not your first concern.
Using the forum to post your opinions is fine, until you use it to condemn authors for posting theirs.
As I stated earlier, complaining about a freebie is lower on the scale than the stories you dislike.
ps
Not (yet) fifty, none are just sex, quality is always a concern.
YOU might think it a waste of YOUR time.
But to insult everyone and anyone that disagrees with rigid stance is disgusting.
How can any of us improve if we dont practice writing whatever comes to mind or imagination.
if that happens to be sex scenes then we should write about sex. if it is laundry, then write about laundry.
But write.
Dont limit what others want to share.
Shaddoth.
It is boring to watch the lawn dry.
Depends on how it's written up. A very good writer could probably make it read good at least.
A very good writer could probably make it read good at least.
How about a mediocre writer?
Face down on the lounger, Suki concentrated on the lawn drying in front of her. Her attention was caught by a blade of grass, a raindrop poised on its tip, weighing the blade down almost to ground level.
At first it had seemed like a good thing to have sex with her brother: it made her feel grown-up and desirable. But now he fucked her whenever he felt like it. She had planned to hang out with her friends at the mall, but when she got home to change out of her school uniform, her brother was there.
As her brother pounded heartlessly away in her aching cunt, Suki concentrated on the raindrop. Suddenly it dropped to the ground, and the blade of grass recoiled joyfully towards the sun.
That's when Suki decided her brother had to die.
AJ
If the only purpose of your story is to get to the sex, you're probably wasting your time writing it.
I write stroke stories. I like writing stroke stories. My stories are nothing more than about sex. I don't consider it a waste of time.
How about you show us what you do to not waste time? Written anything recently? Nothing? then don't discourage others.
It's not even that a sex scene in a well-written story doesn't add anything to the story. Sometimes it does. It's that the sex scenes are not, in themselves, a story. If the only purpose of your story is to get to the sex, you're probably wasting your time writing it.
There is no such animal as wasted time for writing. It doesn't matter if the story or thought is worthless to all but the writer, just getting it out is step one to better writing.
Yes, if the quality improves over time.
If one is satisfied with mediocrity, then the 53rd masturbation fantasy won't be any better written than the first.
You seem fixated on the sexual element. My comment was general in nature. However, we can focus on that one aspect as well.
To reiterate;
It doesn't matter if the story or thought is worthless to all but the writer...
There is no requirement to post or otherwise leave for comment anything written. If it is posted, ninety nine out of one hundred people could consider worthless trash or they could consider it brilliant.
Speaking from personal experience, I've kept a log/diary since I was five years old. Decades later, I still have those documents. Every major life experience, impression of note, sites/sights seen, tales told to me, many random thoughts, etc from over fifty eight countries and all states are written down in those documents. The progression of quality becomes apparent as I aged. I do not mean that in a technical sense either, I mean it in a clear expression sense though the technical quality came along for the ride by rote.
My expressions of sexual thoughts morphed over the decades along with what I considered a sexual thought. With sufficient time, I can't imagine anyone who can honestly state it was different for them over decades of time.
Damn near anything we do will improve over sufficient repetition of it. Especially when there are asshats out there who'll criticize the least little nit picking thing.
But I make use of the divider lines and usually set up a scene that if you want to read the sex scene go ahead,
Then the scene isn't needed.
In my current work-in-progress novel, the head of a drug cartel forces a woman to transport drugs across the border. Part of her duties is to "accommodate" the border guard. There's a sex scene where the guard sexually uses her. There's also a crooked cop who sexually uses her.
Why are those scenes there? One, to show her anguish and her sacrifice to protect her family. Two, to put a strain on her marriage. Three, to show how despicable the bad guys are so the good guy can murder them vigilante style. There's another reason too, but it would be a plot spoiler.
Something just happened that made the husband realize why his wife was doing what she was doing and I'm about to write a very loving sex scene between the two of them (he had been shunning her since their troubles began). It's important for the development of their relationship.
So if the reader skipped those sex scenes they would have no idea what the plot was about. They wouldn't understand the characters. They wouldn't feel for the characters. They wouldn't hate certain characters. They wouldn't accept the hero being a vigilante.
I like this site, but it just seems to me most of the stories lately seem to view the sex as more important than the story. I suppose there is a place for that, but I wish there were more stories where the story being told has priority and the sex is just something that happens within the story. Just my opinion.
Dude, you just might want to look at something like the category tags here. 10 of the 14 are sex related. Several of the non-direct sex related categories are simply sexual modifiers.
Just what the hell do you expect?
BTW, if you don't like the sexual content might I suggest that you DON'T FREAK'IN READ IT!
Christ, is it too much to ask for a story to be a story instead of just some random fuckfest?
It's not the sexual content itself that bothers me; it's when there is no other content to the story.
Christ, is it too much to ask for a story to be a story instead of just some random fuckfest?
Actually, yes.
Realize where you are. This site allows anyone to post, as long as they comply with the posting rules. That means you will encounter everyone from neophytes, who are just starting, through doyens, who write professionally.
If you want to exclude anyone from writing here, except the ones you "approve of", then I'd cordially invite you to go pound sand. If you want to demand perfection either buy a Premium Account and use the enhanced filter capabilities or BUY a writer's e-book. THEN, as a PAYING customer, you can vote with your money.
For myself, and I'm speaking as one of the writers/reviewers here, I particularly enjoy watching a writer grow in his/her skills. If that means some of their stories/scenes need some work, I'm WAAAAY okay with that because I'm sure they've learned a bit just from writing it.
BTW, I'm not saying that you have to like everything your read. I certainly don't. I have my squicks and hot buttons, but I use the great tools that Laz has provided to exclude them. Easy-peasy.
I wish there were more stories where the story being told has priority
Then the best thing you can do is stay with the No Sex and Minimal Sex stories, and be sure to read the codes.
ETA: An author who typically includes 100 sex scenes in a story would probably consider a same-length story with 15 sex scenes to be a Minimal Sex story. It's all relative to what the author is accustomed to seeing and writing.
If you have 100 sex scenes in a story, I hope it's a long story. If your story is nothing but a series of orgies, I'm likely to think it's trash. If your characters have no depth, I'll be more interested in someone else's sex scene where their story has made an attempt to make me care about the characters involved in the act.
If your story has 100 sex scenes, but you've given an effort to actually give the characters some depth and substance, then even if most of the sex scenes don't need to be there, the story might still be worth reading.
The sex isn't the problem; it's when there's nothing else. That's my beef.
WTF?!!!!
You dont mention how long you've been reading this site but I would like to point out this IS a sex story site and always has been.
There was a very popular site called alt.sex.stories and the better alt.sex.stories.moderated which many of the early writers on here contributed to. When the writing on the wall became clear that 'newsgroups' were going to go away several people started web sites to take up the traffic. This was one of them and I think the best of...
If you dont believe that look at some of the oldest postings on here. What we used to call 'Fuck Books' that you found in the back of book and news mag stores.
If I were you I'd be more concerned about recent influx of Torture/Snuff postings. That has me really concerned.
You dont mention how long you've been reading this site but I would like to point out this IS a sex story site and always has been.
Wrong. SoL has always been a story site that allowed sex stories as well as no sex stories. When it started that was a very unusual things because all the other sites were either no sex at all or only sex while SoL had both. It's only in the last several years or so the splash page has made a point of emphasis the sex stories on the site. Even after the change of the splash page to emphasize the sex story aspect it says:
Stories are our focus, including sex stories and erotica. Storiesonline is the home of thousands of authors showcasing their erotic writing talents. Tens of thousands of erotic and non-erotic short stories, novels, and serials and ebooks are available through a comprehensive search engine, author homepages and blogs, and daily updates on new stories and features. With absolutely no advertising and FREE membership, this is the site for online fiction you've been looking for.
note the section I've bolded above from the splash page as it is now.
Wrong. SoL has always been a story site that allowed sex stories as well as no sex stories.
I disagree.
I don't remember the beginnings of SOL, but my guess is it started out as a sex story site that allowed no sex stories. I base that on:
1. the story codes and categories.
2. the first no sex story was the 715th and it was only 15kb so it must have been an exception. I don't know when the 2nd one was.
3. most of the first 714 stories were much sex.
4. Lazeez populated the site early on with the porn pocket-books.
ETA:
btw,
1. the 1st no sex story (8/14/99) was petting.
2. the 2nd (9/4/99) was incest, first, oral sex
3. the 3rd (9/14/99) was masturbation, exhibitionism, voyeurism
4. the 4th (9/14/99) was masturbation, exhibitionism, voyeurism
I disagree.
Which you're entitled to do. I base my position on what the site actually said when you logged on back then. The computer the gestapo have actually has a copy of the first splash page on it as I saved a copy back then, but I'm still fighting to get that back and may not get anything back at all.
Lazeez posted a lot of stuff he got free to build up the site, and he had to go with what he could get then. However, the site copyright is from 1997 - so I have to wonder what happened to the stories from then.
Also, in one post way back Lazeez said he started the site to be able to post all of his stories as he couldn't do that on any of the other sites that existed back then. That's why he says stories are the focus.
I don't remember the beginnings of SOL, but my guess is it started out as a sex story site that allowed no sex stories. I base that on:
Not really. The start is a bit complicated.
My goal for storiesonline was stories. Period. Sex stories simply attracted the largest number of users and authors too; they still do.
I started on my own computer in 1997 with a static IP and for a couple of years I was using the IP address as the site's address (I couldn't afford the domain registration at the time).
I experimented with various formats for stories and I even posted jokes and picture sets to attract visitors. Once I had a decent amount of visitors I started removing non-story contents.
I started the site with a static system as in HTML files created with an HTML editor done by hand. Story by story.
I posted non-sex stories from the start, but the people who sent their stories sent mostly sex stories because I was a regular contributor to alt.sex.stories and alt.sex.stories.moderated.
When the site became too big and unmanageable manually, I had to move to a CMS. So it took a while to build the CMS and then I had to manually enter the stories into the database and it just happened that the first no-sex story entered into the database was the 700+. It even took longer to create the current system where the stories aren't static html files. The final static HTML story file moved to the database in 2004!
As for codes, I used the ASSM codes because there were no codes to start from for non-sex stories. When I started finestories, I had to start with codes from scratch.
Not really. The start is a bit complicated.
Thanks for the history. It's interesting.
Not really. The start is a bit complicated.
My goal for storiesonline was stories.
Thanks for clearing up the history for us all. Special thanks for creating the site for us all to enjoy it and the stories here.
I agree with Ernest. Thank you Lazeez for creating SOL. I spend a great deal of my internet time here. I basically consider it my internet home.
Ditto with the thanks. I've only been on a few years but think Lazeer you are heads above other sites. Hate the biased score adjusting but everything else is first rate, even the prices.(Joke)
::Patiently waits for someone to tell that "Lazeez" guy that he clearly doesn't know what he is talking about and explain how SOL was really started by perverted nuns with a foot and non-erotic literature fetish::
LOL
Nah. It started when Lazeez revised the Dick and Jane reading primers. That is why Canada added an age limit. :)
Nah. It started when Lazeez revised the Dick and Jane reading primers. That is why Canada added an age limit. :)
Yes, both Dick and Jane were both underage Canadians, but they were also nuns with a foot and non-erotic literature fetish. Everyone who has ever read the internet knows that to be a fact (especially if the use Wiki as a source).
Trying to complicate things by bringing up the reading of ammunition parts is just crazy... but thankfully not as crazy as that Lazeez guy who thinks he is master of all of the spider's webs.