New category idea(s)

[Svenskaflicka]

Lit takes up almnost every category in its Story Index - but I've got one more! How about "Illustrated" - stories with pictures! Or even "Cartoons"!

Any comments, guys and gals?

 

[Coolville]

They already have one, svenskaflicka.
www.literotica.com/storyxs/p_stor.shtml

 

[peterpan]

Categories are a nuisance. Often a tale fits into lots of categories.

I would prefer classifications (like ff for lesbian, nc for nonconsent. Then you could do more complicated searches).

 

[Svenskaflicka]

The best way to hide something from me is to put it right in front of my eyes. Thanks for pointing that out, Coolville.

I'd like even more pictures, though. Professional pictures. Or, like I said, a category for cartoons. I bet we have some good drawers on Lit. (Place your favorite underwear joke here.)

Peterpan, that actually is a good idea. I can sometimes be confused where to post a story if it fits as well into more than just one category.

 

[the_bragis]

Yes...

Categories are a nuisance. Often a tale fits into lots of categories.

Yes, this is so true isn't it? I find the 'key word search' is often a more effective tool when I am looking for a particular type of story, more so than the category search.

Have a good day,

Alex (fem)

 

[SuperSonic]

I agree, such a search system would definitely improve the ability to find certain stories. However, it would have to be at the discretion of the webmasters to decide how a story is classified. Otherwise, authors would say their stories fit into all categories as a way of getting the maximum number of views.

Along the topic of new categories, I have found there is an incredible number of stories in the "Erotic Couplings" section. Perhaps that could be streamlined down in some way. Just a suggestion!

 

[Monazwx]

Earlier, someone (Jon, I think) was pushing for a historial section.
I think it was for historial romance or something, however a general historical section (pre-twentieth century) would streamline a few catagories on Lit.

Also, how about a separate fantasy/seduction section?

 

[peterpan]

However, it would have to be at the discretion of the webmasters to decide how a story is classified. Otherwise, authors would say their stories fit into all categories as a way of getting the maximum number of views.

Puting your story into all categories would not necessarliy help. I want to exclude by categories.

 

[tenyari]

Categories are a nuisance. Often a tale fits into lots of categories.

I would prefer classifications (like ff for lesbian, nc for nonconsent. Then you could do more complicated searches).

I agree. I too much prefer the story code systems seen on alt.sex.stories.moderated, asstr.org, storiesonline, and other places.

This place does not have anywhere near the best story storage and retrieval system, but it seems to have the ideal discussion community.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Having one category called non-human and one called sci-fi & fantasy confuses me. Where do I put a story about an elf having sex with a human? Where do I put a story about a human and an alien having sex? They are, after all, both non-human..?

 

[Weird Harold]

Having one category called non-human and one called sci-fi & fantasy confuses me. Where do I put a story about an elf having sex with a human? Where do I put a story about a human and an alien having sex? They are, after all, both non-human..?

It depends on the emphasis your story puts on which element.

If your encounter with an elf or alien is set in a contemporary shopping mall and emphasizes the non-human aspect then it's a non-human story.

If your alien and elf encounter happens on a magic powered starship and emphasizes the non-earth setting, then it's Science Fiction and Fantasy.

In practice, non-human seems to attract "Gothic" stories about vampires, demons, and devils, while the SF/F category gets the elves and aliens.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Harold, you're always a fountain of wisdom!

 

[Monazwx]

Also . . .

I was also wondering if the 'Group Sex' category was split into

Group Sex/Orgy and
Gang Bang

sections, if things would be any easier?

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Re: Also . . .

I was also wondering if the 'Group Sex' category was split into

Group Sex/Orgy and
Gang Bang

sections, if things would be any easier?

You mean like group sex/orgy for men and women/swinging couples, and gang bang for MMMMF's?

 

[Rainbow Skin]

Re: Yes...

I find the 'key word search' is often a more effective tool when I am looking for a particular type of story, more so than the category search.

Do people consider the key words important? I never know what to put. I usually leave it blank.

If my category is lesbian it's hard to think what I can add to that. Gee, the sex bit of the story is two ladies getting their kit off and going at each other's wet bits...

"naked breast pussy tongue"?

This seems redundant, in that any lesbian story without most of those is going to require a midnight visit from black-suited chaps associated with the Trades Descriptions Act.

So do I be more specific and mention some of the things that are important to the background of the story, even if they don't figure in the squelching and gasping section?

"pie ocelot Mozart irrigation"?

But I'm not sure that this conveys the right impression at all.

 

[Callia]

I was going to ask the same thing, Rainbow! Then, on second thought, I might have substituted 'chinchilla' for 'ocelot'.

 

[fallen lover]

I'd like to see an interracial BDSM catagory, and an interracial anal catagory.

 

[wildsweetone]

the more i think about it, the more logically clear it becomes to me to change the category system to a story code system...

way less effort on everybody's part once it's up and running.

 

[TheEarl]

I use the key words a lot. When I'm submitting, I just put in whatever words I think I'd be searching for the story under. Confused? I certainly am. Sure there was an easier way of explaining that, but it eludes me for now.

Rainbow: I want to read your story that combines pies, ocelots, Mozart and irrigation. Care to give us a taster?

I've always thought that pregnancy stories should be in their own category, rather than just lumped in with the fetish section. But then people always did say that I was a weirdo.

The Earl

 

[Svenskaflicka]

If I would write a story about a black man and a white man having a bondage group sex adventure with a group of elves, exactly what category would it be most likely to end up?

 

[Pookie]

My second story was labeled "incest" for all chapters. I had it listed as seven chapters. I combined the first three as one which probably fit better under "romance" or "erotic couplings". The fourth and fifth involved "cheating" and "cream pies". The sixth and seventh involved "romance", "incest", "anal", "cream pies" and "group sex".

So why didn't I list it appropriately with each post before the "incest" chapters? My fear was that I would get a backlash later as readers followed the story. Admittedly, many people care little for incest stories. I can understand and respect that. If I began the story listed as a "romance" story, I can image the "negative" feedback I would have gotten later as the incest entered the plot. The reverse affect was that the first five chapters got lower scores (relatively speaking) because they had no incest in them. I could have listed the story under "novels" but I was again afraid of the backlash when the incest chapters were posted.

The category system here really limits authors as they try to target their stories to certain types of readers. The keywords help but are not nearly as effective as an indicator system would be (like at storiesonline). I think this is why authors get more negative comments at times as the reader may be unaware of a certain theme that could appear in the story when they begin reading it.

It might be wise for authors to add codes (as used by asstr or storiesonline) at the very beginning of their posts to allow the reader to make a decision if they wish to keep on reading. It would be nice if Literotica added an indicator system as well that allowed authors to more clearly define their stories for the readers. I know there is alot invested in the current ratings system ... but that could be maintained as well. Just allow the authors to further define their stories for the readers somehow.

Also, because I posted the story as five separate sections, I have five different scores. But I do not have an "overall" score from the readers. If you look at the "top lists", you see chapters of stories scattered through out the ratings. Yea, chapter six of someone's story might be great, but the first five could be horrible. It would be nice if chapters posted over a period of time could be combined somehow as a "story" and rated overall instead of the current method.

Oh yea, I want a Ferrari for xmas too.

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Vad sägs om en speciell Skandinavisk kategori???