This Too Shall Pass

[jaF0]

As has been noted and discussed on many threads in different sections, Lit is getting a bit long in the tooth. As with all good things we've come to know and depend on, Lit too shall pass.

Some of you post stories elsewhere, most of us do not. Some do it for a living and depend on the income from those other sites, so you probably wouldn't miss Lit. I don't post enough stories for it to matter to me.

But none of the other sites have a forum that I know of, certainly not one used by so many daily.

Kind of makes you wonder.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Apart from seeing a very few people in real life, most of my social interactions happen here, with people from halfway around the world. You're right, this is kinda special.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Yeah, I originally just posted a story that was rattling around my head, then stayed for the forum.

I'm a member of many others, but this is the one I visit the most.

 

[KeithD]

Yes, I insurance post on multiple sites. I recommend it.

 

[TxRad]

Yes, I insurance post on multiple sites. I recommend it.

Mine are backed up on two hard drives and two thumb drives.

 

[KeithD]

Mine are backed up on two hard drives and two thumb drives.

It's not in my interest to keep that material that close to me.

 

[Sextified]

But none of the other sites have a forum that I know of, certainly not one used by so many daily.

Kind of makes you wonder.

My old website is certainly slowing way down, too. Or better said, grinding to a swift halt. Their forum side was deleted years ago. I feel that the lack of place for the Authors posting there to at least vent and blow off steam, or get real help, really contributed to that slide downward.

I just checked the 'other webite's' new story listings since March 1st.

Straight = 28
Gay = 1
Lesbian = 0
Bisexual = 0

I think that there used to be 200 hundred new stories a week spread out over all the categories, with thousands of posts a month in their old forums.

My current project's final destination is in doubt, although I will probably post at least the first Arc in the Novel section here on Lit.

I wish there was a new place to post material that reached a thoughtful audience. I originally left Lit because I was getting so much more helpful feedback and better constructive comments on the 'other' website. Now even though that apathetic trend is even more prevalent at Lit than ever before, (your mileage may vary), it is an oasis in the desert compared to other places.

 

[RichardWark]

I haven't been here all that long but it seems to be thriving. Of course, I wasn't here 10 -20 years ago; maybe things were a little perkier then but I am happy with it now. Having said that, maybe the physical site itself could be spruced up a little, but even that is certain - I know where everything is here and tend to resist change.

Richard Wark
Wark2002

 

[lovecraft68]

Writing wise, I put all my effort into selling my work, anything I drop here now is something that was for sale first and is kind of past its selling point so I'll enter it a contest and give something to the long time readers here who supported me.

As to the forums, not too many places you can come and openly discuss what we write. I'm a member of the association of RI authors and at the meetings or when we do events together, just the look on their faces when I describe the erotic aspects of my horror novels is priceless, I can't imagine if I said "Hey, so I wrote this mom son piece..."

As much as the way the site runs pisses me off, I'd miss it, but as the OP says this too shall pass, meaning we'd all move on and replace it with something else.

Plus a lot of us here chat through e-mail and we'd keep in touch

Now, if lit ever folded I'll give you two things that could make you feel better.

1-where are all the LW haters going to go? What will they do with all that hate they spew when their fix has been taken away?

2-And even better where are all the self important, not allowed on any legit moderated chat room, losers from the GB going to go? Oh, no I can't post 100 times a day under my fifteen alts anymore

I would take some satisfaction in that if the site were to see its demise.

 

[lovecraft68]

Mine are backed up on two hard drives and two thumb drives.

I do that as well, and Everything I have here has been published in better versions on Smashwords where you can always download your original document if you somehow lost it, so keeping the WIP is most important the other stuff I could get back

I also with my novels, e-mail myself each chapter and put it in a folder I do this on both yahoo and g-mail so I have that as a back up as well.

I had the thought of the looking for a story forum...."I'm looking for this site, used to have all these stories...someone help me...."

 

[jaF0]

I have created a new option for a forum, but there are rules here about promoting other places, so I'm not sure how to tell you .....

 

[soulhouse]

And even better where are all the self important, not allowed on any legit moderated chat room, losers from the GB going to go?

That's a bit harsh on the British Okay, I'll admit, we probably deserve it

 

[jehoram]

I haven't been here all that long but it seems to be thriving. Of course, I wasn't here 10 -20 years ago; maybe things were a little perkier then

Ain't that always the way? You can go to Vail, or Fisherman's Wharf, or Ibiza, or Waikiki, and you'll hear, "Well, you should have been there twenty/fifty/a hundred years ago. It was a lot better then. Now it's crap."

Short of lucking on the next Vail or Fisherman's Wharf or whatever, all we can do is either be happy with what's left or just cut it out of our lives.

 

[TxRad]

Okay. I've been around here for over fifteen years. Is the place better or worse? The answer is both. A lot of people bitch about the little things that don't really matter. They talk of things that are broke or don't work. This place was never supposed to be what it is today. It was a place for Laurel to come, chat with her friends, and read dirty stories.

I was here for the end of that. A bunch of great friendly people and then the political wars and a few trolls made a mess out of the place. It has slowly came back from that. A lot of the people didn't come back but they have been replaced by a new group. We still have a few trolls and Nay Sayers around but that will always be the case anywhere.

This is a small operation and things happen slowly. I worry more about something happening to Laurel than anything else. She is the heartbeat of the place. The driving force and the one who runs things. Without her, this place will fold up like a wet paper plate.

Enjoy what you can and let the rest take care of itself.

My two cents and your mileage may vary.

 

[lovecraft68]

Okay. I've been around here for over fifteen years. Is the place better or worse? The answer is both. A lot of people bitch about the little things that don't really matter. They talk of things that are broke or don't work. This place was never supposed to be what it is today. It was a place for Laurel to come, chat with her friends, and read dirty stories.

I was here for the end of that. A bunch of great friendly people and then the political wars and a few trolls made a mess out of the place. It has slowly came back from that. A lot of the people didn't come back but they have been replaced by a new group. We still have a few trolls and Nay Sayers around but that will always be the case anywhere.

This is a small operation and things happen slowly. I worry more about something happening to Laurel than anything else. She is the heartbeat of the place. The driving force and the one who runs things. Without her, this place will fold up like a wet paper plate.

Enjoy what you can and let the rest take care of itself.

My two cents and your mileage may vary.

Do you think she'd ever sell it if it got to be too much or she got tired of it, or just let it shut down rather than see it continue under someone else.

 

[lovecraft68]

I have created a new option for a forum, but there are rules here about promoting other places, so I'm not sure how to tell you .....

I tried that a couple years ago, I set up a forum on proboards that was supposed to be a place for authors from the publisher I use for some of my work to talk shop, look for feedback, kind of what this forum is, but after a little initial traffic, people just wandered off.

This place is long established with a group of long time regular posters who are constants. Starting something new is a lot of work and you have to have the drive to push to try and get it off the ground.

 

[TxRad]

Do you think she'd ever sell it if it got to be too much or she got tired of it, or just let it shut down rather than see it continue under someone else.

I have no idea.

 

[jaF0]

I tried that a couple years ago, I set up a forum on proboards that was supposed to be a place for authors from the publisher I use for some of my work to talk shop, look for feedback, kind of what this forum is, but after a little initial traffic, people just wandered off.

This place is long established with a group of long time regular posters who are constants. Starting something new is a lot of work and you have to have the drive to push to try and get it off the ground.

I won't drive to push or maintain it. I don't intend for it to replace this or take traffic from here. Just an alternate.

If anybody wants to know where it is, say so.

 

[SimonDoom]

Do you think she'd ever sell it if it got to be too much or she got tired of it, or just let it shut down rather than see it continue under someone else.

I would hope that she'd sell it. It would be a shame to let such a huge collection of erotica just disappear. There's nothing else quite like it, that I can see.

 

[jaF0]

The only other place I even know of is AS ... and we all know what that turned into. I think that one's fully on auto pilot.

 

[jaF0]

There are some complaints about how things are done here and what is, or isn't allowed, but we all know things would change drastically if the owners did.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I would hope that she'd sell it. It would be a shame to let such a huge collection of erotica just disappear. There's nothing else quite like it, that I can see.

It's a cultural record of historical significance in terms of the internet. It should go to the Library of Congress.

 

[lovecraft68]

It's a cultural record of historical significance in terms of the internet. It should go to the Library of Congress.

Or the wayback machine where 90% of it probably already is

 

[Haulover]

I own a music appreciation forum that's been going for 20 years. The site has gone through 3 generations of software, and is currently on vBulletin - so it looks a bit like this forum.

We've had about 3 million posts (over 1 million on the current software platform), there are currently over 800 active members, and the average member duration is over 10 years.

We've had births, deaths, people met via the site and married, had kids, and sometimes divorced. I've met about 150 of the members face-to-face.

We've had numerous famous musicians as members - in fact one of our members recently met a well respected musician via the site, she went to the UK to meet him, and they've been married for 2 years.

We've had people down on their luck and made collections to help them.

An annual 3-day rock festival was born on that site in 2007, and has been running ever since.

One member recently passed away and bequeathed a significant part of his estate to the site.



It's a community in the truest sense of the word!

Forums like this one can be extremely valuable, and long lasting. My colleagues on that site also thought "this too shall pass", and predicted our own demise ... about 12 years ago. But we're still as strong as ever.

 

[8letters]

As has been noted and discussed on many threads in different sections, Lit is getting a bit long in the tooth. As with all good things we've come to know and depend on, Lit too shall pass.

Some of you post stories elsewhere, most of us do not. Some do it for a living and depend on the income from those other sites, so you probably wouldn't miss Lit. I don't post enough stories for it to matter to me.

But none of the other sites have a forum that I know of, certainly not one used by so many daily.

Kind of makes you wonder.

Literotica is going away just like eBay and Facebook are going away. Literotica has the same advantages that they do - its the biggest site in its niche. Readers come here because it offers the biggest collection of stories and the most new stories. Writers publish here because it offers the highest readership. And because it's the biggest, it can cover its costs more easily than competing sites. It's updated its story-reading front end to support mobile devices, which is now the majority of viewing devices. I rarely go looking at other porn story sites, but a few quick visits don't reveal any that appear to have a mobile-friendly front end. And one of Literotica's big competitors asstr.org has folded.