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... But it's fair to be concerned about the long-term prospects for this site if it is unable to keep up with the competition. This site is the only one I use to publish stories, and I'd like to see it continue to succeed.
Yes. I’d hate to see Literotica go the way of Asstr. There’s a good reader base here, as well as authors, and a great collection of stories. Whatever the business model is it seems to work for Laurel. It does need a huge UI remake tho. I keep pointing to Wattpad - they’ve accepted every story I’ve put there so far altho the views are nothing like here. But that’s there readership and the way they’re set up.
Twenty year's of cultural shift, what was taboo back then isn't now, that kind of thing. There's vague demographic data, too, in people's profiles - setting aside those who deliberately obscure age and gender - my gut feel is, on the 80/20 rule of human behaviour, a sufficient number of profiles are accurate enough to draw some conclusions.
A better UI, better search capabilities, user-customized home pages, faster turnaround, and author blogs -- those are the features I think would really boost this site. It's great for a free site, in my opinion, but there's an opportunity to do more with it. It's one of the most heavily trafficked web sites in the world, according to rankings I've seen, so you would think there's a business opportunity there that could be exploited. I obviously don't know the specifics of the site's economic model, but it seems that way to me. I realize people have been saying these kinds of things for years and change comes slowly, but it's not unreasonable to hope for change because it's probably necessary to maintain the long term viability of the site. I've been surprised at how lame the competition has been, frankly, but I think it's only a matter of time before somebody sees the opportunity and exploits it.
Finding this forum helped propel me into authorship just so I could participate. But yeah, the vast majority of LIT contributors ain't here on AH; they're busy writing-fucking-living-etc. If I vanish from AH I'm writing or dead or obsessed with mandolins.And never forgetting that authors active on the AH are a tiny minority of everyone who writes on Literotica. I was writing here for 6 months before I even realized this forum existed.
My old brain (what's left of it) is comfortable reading classic SF of the 1940's-80's. Some remains classic. Much is funny re: forecast technology. Still landline phones and room-size computers. And future folks smoke. Tobacco. Yikes. Not to mention rampant sexism, racism, nationalism, etc. Some old Hugo winners likely wouldn't make the cut now. But they're what SF writers built on.
And old LIT stories are what the current crop are built on. I suspect more than a few of y'all had similar reactions as when I first read here, thinking, "I can write better than THAT!" or "Hey, that gives me an idea," or "That's how I want to write when I grow up." We've some great drama here, even in LW. Dig it up.
Or, for some of us, "when I was still alive!"What's scary is that people will in 15-20 years be referring to 2019 as 'the good old days'.
Yes. I’d hate to see Literotica go the way of Asstr. There’s a good reader base here, as well as authors, and a great collection of stories. Whatever the business model is it seems to work for Laurel. It does need a huge UI remake tho. I keep pointing to Wattpad - they’ve accepted every story I’ve put there so far altho the views are nothing like here. But that’s there readership and the way they’re set up.
I never heard of Asstr.org before but it seems to still exist. Has it gone downhill perhaps?
I took a brief look at the Wattpad site. Do they have any standards/restrictions regarding language or content?
Thanks!
Asstr apparently runs on a shoestring and has had a few technical issues.
Wattpad has venture capital funding, has a huge and growing reader base thats80% teenagers and any explicit sex means the story has to be rated as mature, substantially reducing views.
Maybe I've missed something, but are there any issues about republishing something from Lit onto another site? I do have a "home" here but I'm also curious about other venues.
You own the copyright of all you post on LIT, to whom you grant the non-exclusive right to display your rants. You may publish stories wherever you wish, noting other sites' rules. If you publish on some paid sites, they may want you to kill your free stories. At least one LIT author posts stories on paid sites till they stop selling, then moves them to LIT. Whatever site you deal with, make sure they don't claim possession of your work.Maybe I've missed something, but are there any issues about republishing something from Lit onto another site? I do have a "home" here but I'm also curious about other venues.
Take your LIT stories wherever you want. Don't expect as many readers. LIT is the web's premier pr0n site. Here come the pervos!
Thank you. I guess I'm starting to feel proud by being associated with LIT.
I am curious to see the reaction to a story when a different set of pervos reads it.
Increasingly easy to publish, incredibly hard to profit. Don't let all those Amazon stars fool you - most of them aren't real.It has become increasingly easier to publish for profit over that time(With Amazon being of the big ones), and I have seen a number of authors openly switch from posting here for free to publishing on Amazon for profit. As is the nature of free content, some people's content was plagarised and published to Amazon, thus causing the original authors to quit.
Still, I think a lot of people just decided that they want to monetise their content, while 15 years ago that wasn't as easy as digital books were in their infancy and you usually had to get a physical publication.
It has become increasingly easier to publish for profit over that time(With Amazon being of the big ones), and I have seen a number of authors openly switch from posting here for free to publishing on Amazon for profit. As is the nature of free content, some people's content was plagarised and published to Amazon, thus causing the original authors to quit.
Still, I think a lot of people just decided that they want to monetise their content, while 15 years ago that wasn't as easy as digital books were in their infancy and you usually had to get a physical publication.
Zombis, or revenants? Keeping track of the undead gets tiresome.Is September Zombie Thread Month?