Never mind

[lovecraft68]

Not sure why the OP deleted the post, it was a legit topic.

I think for me the biggest thing, and I don't have to wait until I'm gone for this, is knowing that over the years several people have reached out to me to say something I wrote encouraged them to begin to write. At some point, if it hasn't already, one of their stories will encourage someone to try their hand at story telling and so on...

The writing version of the 'coaching tree' that often gets discussed in sports

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Surely this wasn't always called "Never Mind???" You must have changed it. How come? A great thread.

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Once you're no longer with us here, whether it's because you've stopped coming around by choice or by circumstances beyond your control, what story or series of yours would you want to be remembered for as your legacy with the site?

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But to know you, to know your writing, what's the one you'd be happy knowing you'd be remembered for when the time comes, and why?

I look forward to your answers.

There are a lot of posts and threads that wouldn’t surprise me to find them removed. But this one is surprising, really. I’m glad someone quoted the OP in the thread. @Areala-chan, this is a great thread topic and I hope you can see good in the conversation taking place.

 

[StillStunned]

Not to speak for @Areala-chan, but quite possibly they intended this thread as a sort of repository of stories we'd like to be remembered for. One poster, one link, a convenient place to refer to when someone leaves us.

That would be a totally cool thing to have, if we could all stick to the premise.

 

[TheLobster]

stick to the premise.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

if we could all stick to the premise.

Yeah, what the AH is best known for is sticking it to those who stick to the premise.

 

[AG31]

Not to speak for @Areala-chan, but quite possibly they intended this thread as a sort of repository of stories we'd like to be remembered for. One poster, one link, a convenient place to refer to when someone leaves us.

That would be a totally cool thing to have, if we could all stick to the premise.

I do believe that your first response here was to cite WIWW and Writing Excercises. Do you think you might have strayed a bit from the premise as you define it???

 

[StillStunned]

I do believe that your first response here was to cite WIWW and Writing Excercises. Do you think you might have strayed a bit from the premise as you define it???

Of course I did. We all did. As a couple of posters above already noted, it's what we do in the AH.

What we probably need is a "just your legacy story" thread and a parallel "commentary on your legacy" thread.

 

[lovecraft68]

Interesting....now define legacy story? One that's your most read? Sits highest on fav and top lists? The one we personally think is our best?

 

[StillStunned]

Interesting....now define legacy story? One that's your most read? Sits highest on fav and top lists? The one we personally think is our best?

The OP said the one we personally would like to be remembered for. I think that's a good criterion.

 

[Omenainen]

Bah, I came here to look for a juicy drama which would make OP edit the op, but there is nothing? Weird.

 

[lovecraft68]

Bah, I came here to look for a juicy drama which would make OP edit the op, but there is nothing? Weird.

 

[SimonDoom]

A healthy and useful attitude to have in this place is that when you start a thread, you don't own it. You have no control over what happens to it, and you should give up any thought or hope of controlling it. Let it go where the denizens of the AH want it to go. It's more interesting and more fun, and less frustrating, that way. Sometimes, of course, threads go completely sideways, but that's not the case here. Almost every contributor has given their own good faith response to the OP's request. That's nothing to be frustrated about.

 

[Duleigh]

I want people to read my stories and fall in love with the lands I describe and the characters I craft. I want them to know that love is possible and that sex with a committed, loving partner is exquisite. I want them to see my books and say, Hey, it's that dog I follow on Literotica.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Not sure why the OP deleted the post, it was a legit topic.

Agreed.
I'd love for Literotica to continue for decades to come, and my body of work to continue to titillate and entertain. That's all the legacy I'd need.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I'd like people to remember some stories I wrote, as being a bit different from your typical one, and some of the people in them.

I actually wrote one story partly to be a legacy of someone else. In my story Wheelchair Bound, Prof Mike Snow was a real person, exactly as described. It's not his real name, though anyone who knew him would spot it instantly. But he died in his 90s around 1999, just before records of everyone's existence ended up on the internet. So even with his real name and knowing where he was a professor and his field, you can't find a thing on him online - let alone about his contribution to gay, bi and kink communities over several decades.

Hence the memorial, inspired by one quote: "I have one word of advice for you. That word... is velcro..."

 

[gunhilltrain]

Agreed.
I'd love for Literotica to continue for decades to come, and my body of work to continue to titillate and entertain. That's all the legacy I'd need.

I brought up this question before. The Internet is relatively new, entirely digital instead of the older print world. So what is the average life-span of a site? There are already a lot of dead links out there. Lit only has two people running it, apparently for twenty-six years or so. Do they have a succession plan if they pass or decide to pack it in? What happens when and if the servers are turned off?

When I was in third grade, he assistant principal would come in to talk to us in the assembly period about the weekly news. One day, it was about the shutdown of production at this company. A lot more than two people were running it. It was a long-standing car manufacturer with roots going back to the 19th Century when it built wagons. But few people under seventy or so remember it.

Studebaker magazine ad

 

[Kelliezgirl]

A healthy and useful attitude to have in this place is that when you start a thread, you don't own it. You have no control over what happens to it, and you should give up any thought or hope of controlling it. Let it go where the denizens of the AH want it to go. It's more interesting and more fun, and less frustrating, that way. Sometimes, of course, threads go completely sideways, but that's not the case here. Almost every contributor has given their own good faith response to the OP's request. That's nothing to be frustrated about.

I'd say it's surprisingly on point by AH standards. The act of deleting the original post created more of a diversion than the usual AH shenanigans.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I brought up this question before. The Internet is relatively new, entirely digital instead of the older print world. So what is the average life-span of a site? There are already a lot of dead links out there. Lit only has two people running it, apparently for twenty-six years or so. Do they have a succession plan if they pass or decide to pack it in? What happens when and if the servers are turned off?

When I was in third grade, he assistant principal would come in to talk to us in the assembly period about the weekly news. One day, it was about the shutdown of production at this company. A lot more than two people were running it. It was a long-standing car manufacturer with roots going back to the 19th Century when it built wagons. But few people under seventy or so remember it.

Studebaker magazine ad

Most likely the site will be sold. One could hope.

I'm one of those folks under seventy. Some people grow up in a Ford/Chevy/Dodge household. Me? Studebaker.
Mom drove around a Canadian built, '65 Wagonaire. Dad had a Champ pickup. I have pictures of my Grandfathers Champion and my uncle's Silver Hawk. Great stuff.

 

[TheLobster]

I'd say it's surprisingly on point by AH standards. The act of deleting the original post created more of a diversion than the usual AH shenanigans.

Maybe that was the idea? The thread was too on point; it evidently needed a shake-up!

 

[NoTalentHack]

I hope that the stories I leave continue to help people deal with painful times they're going through or have gone through. Those are always my favorite comments. One of my proudest moments was hearing from a guy that had made the decision to try to reconcile with his wife after reading one of my stories.

 

[Bamagan]

A healthy and useful attitude to have in this place is that when you start a thread, you don't own it. You have no control over what happens to it, and you should give up any thought or hope of controlling it. Let it go where the denizens of the AH want it to go. It's more interesting and more fun, and less frustrating, that way. Sometimes, of course, threads go completely sideways, but that's not the case here. Almost every contributor has given their own good faith response to the OP's request. That's nothing to be frustrated about.

Based on the timing of when the OP wiped the original post, I'm guessing it was in response to the post about there already being a similar thread.

 

[Bamagan]

I brought up this question before. The Internet is relatively new, entirely digital instead of the older print world. So what is the average life-span of a site? There are already a lot of dead links out there. Lit only has two people running it, apparently for twenty-six years or so. Do they have a succession plan if they pass or decide to pack it in? What happens when and if the servers are turned off?

When I was in third grade, he assistant principal would come in to talk to us in the assembly period about the weekly news. One day, it was about the shutdown of production at this company. A lot more than two people were running it. It was a long-standing car manufacturer with roots going back to the 19th Century when it built wagons. But few people under seventy or so remember it.

Studebaker magazine ad

According to Forbes, the average life span of a website is 2 years, 7 months. Make of that what you will.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Most likely the site will be sold. One could hope.

I'm one of those folks under seventy. Some people grow up in a Ford/Chevy/Dodge household. Me? Studebaker.
Mom drove around a Canadian built, '65 Wagonaire. Dad had a Champ pickup. I have pictures of my Grandfathers Champion and my uncle's Silver Hawk. Great stuff.

It's possible it could be sold. I don't know much about the economics of the Internet. Someday this place will change, and we have no clue about what will happen.

I think most of my family (those who owned cars, anyway) had General Motors vehicles. In New York not all of them needed to drive much. By 1965 or so, most of the American independent companies were gone. Just in time for a forty year struggle of the Big Three against foreign competition, which they ultimately lost.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Interesting....now define legacy story? One that's your most read? Sits highest on fav and top lists? The one we personally think is our best?

Worth noting: it's difficult to get people to read beyond the first ten days that a story is out. There are about 500 K stories here. I don't know how one can define a legacy in that huge mass. But I accept that it's unlikely that many people will be reading my stuff in the future. Chekhov has a legacy not just because he was better than I am but also because he had a tiny fraction of the competition that we face.

 

[Duleigh]

Worth noting: it's difficult to get people to read beyond the first ten days that a story is out.

Guaranteed fact! However many of my stories are linked to each other in some form. Usually a series, or shared characters. Once you get a reader hooked, they'll start reading everything you have.