Who do I talk to about a new story category?

[Euphonic]

My story category is CYBER SEX or CYBER FUCKING.

There is no category for this.

To whom do I request an added category? I cannot submit without this category.

Thank you.

 

[Eilan]

PM Laurel.

Would the Letters & Transcripts category work?

 

[i_would]

How does that not fall under Exhibitionist & Voyeur? Or indeed Letters & Transcripts?

It's a quite narrow subject, and certainly comes back already in many stories spread out over various categories. Of course you may try to get a category for it, but I for one don't see why that would need one.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

PM Laurel, but from what I've heard, the categories get updated about once per millennium. You might want to start thinking of how your story can fit into one of the existing categories if you want to see it posted.

 

[1Browneyedguy]

I've

seen stories like that under the categories... erotic couplings , romance, mature

 

[Euphonic]

Embrace technology

PM Laurel.

Would the Letters & Transcripts category work?

Letters are not the same as PMs, nor does it reflect the media used.
Transcripts...a written document of a verbal conversation. Maybe for voice chat, but still does not indicate PM, chat, sexting.

 

[Primalex]

Virtual persons engaging in virtual sex by writing a story about virtual persons engaging in virtual sex by writing a story about...

INCEPTION!

 

[Bramblethorn]

Letters are not the same as PMs, nor does it reflect the media used.
Transcripts...a written document of a verbal conversation. Maybe for voice chat, but still does not indicate PM, chat, sexting.

IMHO you're over-thinking it. Close enough for "Letters and Transcripts". If you really don't want to do that, just stick it in the catch-all "Erotic Couplings".

If Lauren thinks you've put it in the wrong category, she'll change it anyway.

 

[Weird Harold]

Letters are not the same as PMs, nor does it reflect the media used.
Transcripts...a written document of a verbal conversation. Maybe for voice chat, but still does not indicate PM, chat, sexting.

"PM Laurel" was not a category suggestion, it was advice to send a PM to Laurel, the administrator/owner of the site who has the final say on what categories are available.

 

[annanova]

Letters are not the same as PMs, nor does it reflect the media used.
Transcripts...a written document of a verbal conversation. Maybe for voice chat, but still does not indicate PM, chat, sexting.

There are plenty of stories here already using "Letters and Transcripts" as the category for cybering.

Considering all the requests people talk about around here for a specific "Cheating Wives," differentiating from "Loving Wives," or for the addition of a "Bisexual" category, I'm not sure any change will be made. Still, you're more than welcome to send your rationale in to Laurel.

In the end, it all depends on how well you set the scene.

 

[silverwhisper]

euphonic: the fact that it's cybering is merely the medium; the lit categories are about the message. you have provided no clear explanation for how this is distinct from the existing categories, which are defined by what is taking place in the story, not how.

so let's sum up: you propose a new category that would be defined wholly differently from just about any other category and have provided no compelling reason why this should be done.

you can send a PM to laurel but she gets dozens of such requests and i wouldn't hold your breath.

ed

 

[Eilan]

Letters are not the same as PMs, nor does it reflect the media used.
Transcripts...a written document of a verbal conversation. Maybe for voice chat, but still does not indicate PM, chat, sexting.

Thanks for the mansplaining, brah. Chat logs are a written document, aren't they?

euphonic: the fact that it's cybering is merely the medium; the lit categories are about the message. you have provided no clear explanation for how this is distinct from the existing categories, which are defined by what is taking place in the story, not how.

so let's sum up: you propose a new category that would be defined wholly differently from just about any other category and have provided no compelling reason why this should be done.

you can send a PM to laurel but she gets dozens of such requests and i wouldn't hold your breath.

ed

This thread is an example of snowflakery at its finest.