suggestions?

[nophest]

If you have any suggestions to improve 'xnxx stories' feel free to post them here. We can probably have them coded. I'm sure there is room for a lot of improvements.

[Doc]

Sorry nophest

Well I try not to make suggestions, as for it seems every time I do, my stories always seem to drop 5 to 10 points. although it might be coincidence, it's a bitch trying to get the readers to vote, and put them back where they were to start with.

I'm still recovering from the battle in sj comment section, all of my stories dropped 7 points overnight. Although I was trying to help sj, my stories got hit hard, it was worth it though, because I got rid of that first asshole. I'm not sure, but I haven't seen the other want-a-be there either. Some times us writers have to stick together.

But what it boils down to, is the more time i have to spend defending my existing stories, that's the less time i have to create another story for everyone to enjoy.
Doc.

[Archaic]

I have pretty much learned that if I am going to comment on as many stories as I do, I can forget about my ratings, which I have. The site to me is about learning the craft and helping each other get better. That is not to say that I do not have sharp teeth when I see crap, but hey being an asshole is fun too some times.

I would love to be able to look at a writers comments. For example, to be able to see what wickedsin had commented on. Kind of like the 'people who bought this book also viewed. . .' on amazon. Just a thought. It would also be nice to have italics in the story submission section, for working multiple POV or seperate plot threads.

All in all, great job guys, keep coding (wink).

I refuse to use those absurd smilycons.

[nophest]

I would love to be able to look at a writers comments. For example, to be able to see what wickedsin had commented on. Kind of like the 'people who bought this book also viewed. . .' on amazon. Just a thought. It would also be nice to have italics in the story submission section, for working multiple POV or seperate plot threads.
Good ideas, I will have this added soon.

[Urs]

My suggestion will probably sound a bit... violent, but, what I'd like to see is enforced commenting. Meaning that people who are rating the story numerically are OBLIGED to leave a written comment as well. That would go a long way towards (slightly?) more realistic grading since lazy bored people who just slap a 1 or a 10 onto a story would actually be forced to write something as well and that alone would probably prevent them from rating a story unless they really feel like it (this would demand someone to moderate comments as well, which I realise is more work...). This way the stories would be rated less frequently, I imagine, but would get more realistic scores. Not that it'll stop someone really bent on hyping/ ruining someone's shit from doing it, but I suppose it would help a bit. Also, I'd enforce the rule of only members being able to rate a story but I imagine this is not something you're ready to do. Fair play...

And before you say it, yes, I am suggesting this because I notice my own stories here get about 50% lower grades than on other sites that enforce written/ members comments. So it's a matter of the system in place, not of me being egotistical and paranoid I think.

[John Morrison]

i think it's a good idea, but probably not practical. I know there are people that for some reason go and give stories bad scores without reading them. I'm still not really sure whats going on up there when they do that, but whatever. I think it's just something that happens and is going to happen regardless, and it just comes with the territory on the site. I think maybe if we split up the ratings by genre. Cause as far as i can tell, there are a lot of downgrades put out there on any story not prominently featuring violence/incest/rape. That seems to be the most popular kind of story, but for a lot of people it's really not what they want to see, and yet they dominate the top scores because there is this downscoring of non-violent/rape/incest stories. I think ideally this could work, but you would have to do it so that it's 1 user, 1 vote, and only registered users could vote. And then you would be able to see who it is that is rating a bunch of things a 1 and then boot that person or something. But really i think the scores aren't that big of a deal, for me it's really just the comments. You can look at what score something has, but looking at comments helps a lot, and seems to show much better how good a story is. So it seems like it would work better that way. MAybe if they made 2 scores. one that is the score just like it works now, and then a score based only on votes of registered users, and that would be more accurate. just a thought

[Urs]

Well, one user one vote would be the ideal case for me. I mean, I am speaking from experience, having used a lot of simlar websites. It's the ones that demand registered users to vote and supply written comment as well that are most reliable in terms of finding what you're looking for. Over here we mostly have numerical scores to go buy since the comments are optional. And then what you described happens - stories are bashed on the grounds of not having (or having) one particular kink regardless of their overall quality. While you'll not avoid this completely by demanding comments and allowing only registered users to grade stories, you'll at least have some kind of accountability. So when someone's being an asshole just for kicks you at least can go and look at their history, see all the posts they have left and then you know whether the person is actually just bashing/ hyping the story out of malice or whether it's actually their particular taste. Either way you have a better picture related to whether you should read the story or not...

I mean, of course everyone's entitled to any opinion, but then this proverbial everyone should be at least accountable for it for the sake of this opinion having any real weight.

[Archaic]

See, I am just the opposite. I almost never rate stories. The rating system is so bogus (just ask poor milker, some of his stories are pretty good) that I rarely participate. The only time I rate a story is if I see a good story that has only a few ratings and is slipping in the polls, I'll give it a good rating to help get more eyes on it. What I would like to see is a one rating per story per IP address. My stories all went from low 7s to mid 5s in one weekend after I left an unkind comment on somebodies story. Its no biggie to me, but a low rating early on is the kiss of death for a new writer.

[nophest]

I'm taking notes of your comments.

[Archaic]

I think I may have mentioned it elsewhere, but an internal mail system would be nice. I hate having conversations in the comment section (Ashley Barbie and I are on the verge of writing each other sonnets in the comment section, always a sucker for a pretty piece of molded plastic. . .) Maybe we could click on a writer and there would be a message option, this might help eliminate some of the nastiness in the comments section, and YES, I realize I am to blame for a great deal of the nastiness. Also, a keyword search for stories, I read a couple a few months ago and I cannot find them to reread. I had better submit another story before I ask for more stuff.

[nophest]

Forum has a private message system.
let me know if it doesn't work.

[Archaic]

Damn, thats what I call service.

[ShakeZula]

This is more of a forum suggestion rather than one for the story side, but someone or some people in charge of booting folks who get a bit to viscious in flames. The board is still new and I haven't seen it yet, but as it grows, you'll get people who's only purpose is to start shit. I don't mind a little name-calling, but if a poster is just clearly out to incite anger, then ban them or something. I've seen boards that just became unuseable after it was hijacked by people like that. Maybe the Mod's are already on the look-out for that sort of thing, but just incase, it's something to keep in mind.

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[nophest]

Some good ideas here.

[MintyKisses]

It would be nice to search for stories by two topics (or more) instead of just one, such as searching for incest and masturbation at the same time to limit the field of stories you are looking at.

I agree with Ashley Barbie "It would be a nice feature if readers could add their favorite writers to an individualized list and receive e-mails when their favorite writers post something." that would be really nice, because then you could be informed when a story comes along that you really care about reading.

If the aforementioned suggestion gets put in place then it would be nice as an author to see how many people have put you on that list and to see who these readers are. That way you are more motivated to write more stories if 50 people have you as an author they want to read.

Thanks so much for litening!!!!!

[dank]

The rating system is so bogus (just ask poor milker, some of his stories are pretty good) that I rarely participate.


Milker was another 'Troll', like Simon, who was going around the site a couple of years ago bombing other writers with 1's. If his stories have low scores, he deserves them for what he did. I don't even check my own stories anymore, except every month or so to see if anyone left a message, so I suppose Simon, Milker and their ilk won after all. I don't post stories here, anymore. I'm more well liked at FemmoGore.

[ShakeZula]

'Fraid so, Milker was a putz and his stories were crap. He abuses the comma like a mother abuses her red-headed step-child. Any low score he got was well deserved, his crap was barely readible.

To make an attempt to stay on topic, it would be nice if there was someway to insure only one vote per IP address or something. I've never posted my stories here because it's just too unregulated.

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[artep]

I'd like to see a button to search/show any member's forum posts like the one to show someone's storycomments.

[Tian]

just found this thread now, so i'll repost...


these are all forum rather than story suggestions, but:

i think you should make a 'moderator' section on this site so people can ask for advice on posting pictures, give you suggestions, etc. so they don't clog up other forums

a search feature would be nice (although not necessary... yet)

finally, an off topic section where random miscelaneous topics (non sex-related) can go might be nice. just a suggestion though

a general rules post might be good, and a 'newbie' FAQ or guide to get people started on the forums might be helpful

something to indicate you have new PMs


Onto story suggestions

i agree that 1 vote per IP would be better than the current system

maybe allow people to send you private messages about your stories on the story page

....and thats all i got for now

[ThornyRose]

If you have any suggestions to improve 'xnxx stories' feel free to post them here. We can probably have them coded. I'm sure there is room for a lot of improvements.

once in a while I will come across a story that has been printed in bold type, for some reason that is hard to read..

[BAD]

divide stories section into langauges
like
English
french
Dutch
arabic
etc...........

[nophest]

We will answer all your suggestions, in time. Forum script is keeping us busy, it's still not stable : there are probably login problems still, and pages are unaccessible sometimes =(

[bladeway]

you want to know what i found at another site that i really like?
Auto-scrolling.
You can set the speed, and away it goes...just sit back and read. I like longer stories, like The End of the world series. Auto-scrolling would be helpful when reading that.
Now, for the serious "jack-off" readers here, this would be invaluable, don't you think?
-Blade-

[Master of Evil]

Make it required to log in to rate a story, and make an e-mail required to log in. Maybe make the account activated threw e-mail, so you don't get the same person with multipul accounts leaving bad ratings.

I like the idea of forcing a written rating.

[Rain]

you want to know what i found at another site that i really like?
Auto-scrolling.
You can set the speed, and away it goes...just sit back and read. I like longer stories, like The End of the world series. Auto-scrolling would be helpful when reading that.
Now, for the serious "jack-off" readers here, this would be invaluable, don't you think?
-Blade-

If something like this was done, I would hope that it would be optional. That would drive me crazy for it to be scrolling while I'm trying to read.

[nophest]

Make it required to log in to rate a story, and make an e-mail required to log in. Maybe make the account activated threw e-mail, so you don't get the same person with multipul accounts leaving bad ratings.

I like the idea of forcing a written rating.

There would not be enough votes if it was required to log in.

We had email confirms before but it was the cause of a lot of problems, like aol banning our email server.

[Tian]

i know i mentioned it above, but what about 1 vote per IP?

i have no idea how easy/hard it is, but it seems like a good idea to me...

[Milker]

You know, as far as I can remember, I've only rated one person.s stories on this site with a 1/10 and that was Simon. And that was even 4 months after he started rating mine so low and leaving shitty little comments on other people's stories and signing my name to them. As far as rating stories goes, take a look at ANYBODY'S stories on this website and you will see that they are rated 0-6 times per thousand. I don't care who wrote it and if it was a good or bad story. Mine have been rated 62 times per thousand reads, now what does that tell you? As far as my stories being CRAP, as one of you so politely said, I have never claimmed to be a writer. I just write dirty little f--k stories, for people to read and maybe enjoy. Peace...MILKER

[Milker]

Now as for trying to make the website better, Ashley Barbie, kinda hit on it, when she said that if someone doesn't like enema stories or incest or rape or whatever, they blast your story with a 1/10 and drive you right off of the lists, so nobody else see's your story and it fades into the wood work. So, my suggestion for xnxx, would be to have a complete page for all of the new stories, nomatter how they are being rated, for at least a month, so that people could at least get a chance to see them, before they're gone. The way that it's set-up now, sounds good but it really isn't. I say that because it only takes one person that doesn't like your name or your stories and your new story, is toast and off of all of the lists. I don't really think that we should have a rating system, to be honest. Comments yes, if the writer wants to hear them but ratings no. The writer knows if he or she has written a good one or not, believe me. Out of all the stories that I've written on here, I've only really liked about 4 of them and all of them are rated so low, that nobody will ever read them, thanks to Simon and his 7 little computer's. Peace...MILKER

[Tian]

Milker,
the previous 'any name' comment also was a problem, whcih has been fixed. Someone left a comment on my story as "milker" said it sucked and rated it 1/10. and it happened to a bunch of other people as well; i didn't think you would actually do somethign like that, but other people might've rated your stories down because they thought you left those comments etc. and were trying to get back.

but like i said, that was fixed.

[nophest]

So, my suggestion for xnxx, would be to have a complete page for all of the new stories, nomatter how they are being rated, for at least a month, so that people could at least get a chance to see them, before they're gone.
http://stories.xnxx.com/updates

Though the page is not very visible yet.

[Milker]

Nophest...I looked at the page and it kinda looks like it's getting there, although [ Updates ] at the top is a little misleading. Perhaps it should say something like, " Every story that was submitted for the past 30 days " or something like that. I don't know, it's easy for me to sit here and tell you how to do it, especially since it's not me that has to do it. Isn't it? LOL. I'm sorry, keep up the good work, we do appreciate it, believe me.


Peace MILKER

[ThornyRose]

I think you are doing a damn good job for such a task.. On the Forum I see a lot of posts that never get any response and other that don't get any response for a long period of time..
Why not make a rule that if no response for 30 days it will be deleated. Can be reposted..
I do not apply this to the Stories part of your site.. Keep up the good work..

[Kimiko]

I'm also someone who got a bunch of stories bombed by Simon/Milker et al a year or so ago. I think the best approach would be to limit scoring to one vote per logged-in "member". If that's already been done, thank you very much.

[Tian]

that would clog up the index page quite a bit though...there is only so much info you can really fit

[ShakeZula]

Suggestion for the Forum side. Put up a current events type section where people can post about politics, religion, their favorite way to make manicotti, whatever. Something beyond just different ways to masturbate. It will diversify the forum a bit and, as with all investments, diversification is the key.

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[Rain]

Suggestion for the Forum side. Put up a current events type section where people can post about politics, religion, their favorite way to make manicotti, whatever. Something beyond just different ways to masturbate. It will diversify the forum a bit and, as with all investments, diversification is the key.

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I love this idea.

[baller16]

me too good idea we could use something here other than penis size and "this really happened" stories

[nophest]

You can use the search : http://forum.xnxx.com/search.php

Showing all user's posts will be added soon to the profiles.

[artep]

You can use the search : http://forum.xnxx.com/search.php

Showing all user's posts will be added soon to the profiles.

Thank you VERY much!

Thanx a lot!

[Doc]

This is more for the General Public, I have seen it happen to many times...If you want to creat a thread then have a blast..The only thing I ask is, Please don't abandon it,

I've posted to a few new threads to find I have been the only one that has posted to it, then other people join in, But the original thread starter is no ware to be found.

If you creat it, be good enough to at least post to it!

Doc.

[Doc]

I have one, I'm not the greatest speller, And I'm not the only one...lol. But I would like to have a spell checker advabile in the forum.
I find my self asking my wife how to spell different words from time to time to time...lol.
Think on it...ok.
Doc.

[bladeway]

Hey Doc, at first that sounded like a good idea. Then i wondered if they could add a spell checker to the "Submit Story" thingy. but it don't really matter, according to my sister, who mailed me this not long ago. From Cambridge U. >> read it>>

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

[ShakeZula]

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

That's awesome.

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[Doc]

Hey Doc, at first that sounded like a good idea. Then i wondered if they could add a spell checker to the "Submit Story" thingy. but it don't really matter, according to my sister, who mailed me this not long ago. From Cambridge U. >> read it>>

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.
Well maybe i'm not this bad, but there are alot of words I get stuck on...lol.
Doc.

[Rain]

Hey Doc, at first that sounded like a good idea. Then i wondered if they could add a spell checker to the "Submit Story" thingy. but it don't really matter, according to my sister, who mailed me this not long ago. From Cambridge U. >> read it>>

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

Yeah, but it only works if the first and last letters are right. lol

I love the spellcheck idea. I know I've probably misspelled some words, but it's one of my pet peeves to see misspellings and always want to correct people's spelling.

[Katie Girl]

Just a suggestion: What if authors' identities weren't revealed until their story was a couple of weeks old? This would even the playing field for the writers who give honest feedback (sometimes critical) to other people's work. It's a double edged dildo (ooops, I mean, sword) because some writers value critical input, really look forward to it, and other writers become offended and downgrade the originator's stories. Taking tough critism isn't easy but it's childish to write something like "this girl is a bitch" on a writer's story. It's nothing more than a personal attack, has nothing to do with the story. Those writers would benefit from anonymous story postings.

[Invisible]

Hey Doc, at first that sounded like a good idea. Then i wondered if they could add a spell checker to the "Submit Story" thingy. but it don't really matter, according to my sister, who mailed me this not long ago. From Cambridge U. >> read it>>

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

Yeah, but it only works if the first and last letters are right. lol

I love the spellcheck idea. I know I've probably misspelled some words, but it's one of my pet peeves to see misspellings and always want to correct people's spelling.

The simple solution to this would be to type it in a word processor first, then copy and paste it into the submit box, rather than type it straight in there. It also means if your webbrowser crashes (or doesn't submit the form properly or whatever), you have a copy saved.

[Katie Girl]

Just a suggestion: What if authors' identities weren't revealed until their story was a couple of weeks old? This would even the playing field for the writers who give honest feedback (sometimes critical) to other people's work. It's a double edged dildo (ooops, I mean, sword) because some writers value critical input, really look forward to it, and other writers become offended and downgrade the originator's stories. Taking tough critism isn't easy but it's childish to write something like "this girl is a bitch" on a writer's story. It's nothing more than a personal attack, has nothing to do with the story. Those writers would benefit from anonymous story postings.

Ooops . . . After I wrote this, I realized that someone wrote "this girl is a bitch" on one of my stories. That person wasn't referring to me, though, and that reader was giving me really good feedback. I wanted to clarity that. My readers rule. I love them. But, someone wrote "this girl is a bitch" on another writer's story, referring to the writer herself.

[Archaic]

When I look at an authors profile, I would love to be able to see the submission dates.

By the way, Nophest, are you the one that reads every story before it is posted? While I envy you. . .holy shit man you need an excedrin.

[bearclaw1]

(1)I think the ratings should be done by the sites members only.
(2)I dont think writers should be able to vote for their own stories.
(3)I think only people who post a comment should show their id. or not be able to leave said comment.
(4)like i said (for what its worth) People here should be helped along by its members. Not burned at the stake by some readers who just want to slam the content. Or the writers.

[Masters_Slut]

If you have any suggestions to improve 'xnxx stories' feel free to post them here. We can probably have them coded. I'm sure there is room for a lot of improvements.

I think a good addition would be a "stories you have viewed" link

[J.A.W.]

I'd like to be able to see how many people rated my stories with each number. If I have a bunch of votes centered on "7" and a bunch of "1"s that tells me something completely different than having all the votes around "3."

[william]

As a newcomer to this site, I have only read a few stories. I try to be fair and give a good rating if I like a story. Often if I do not like the subject matter or the story, I will not finish it and not rate it all. We all have different tastes; for instance, it would not be fair for me to rate gay stories as I do not like them and rarely read them. I also think people should be fair, and if they do have criticisms they should try to make them in a nice and friendly way. After all anyone who has written a story has obviously usually done their best and worked hard, and should not have their feelings hurt.

[Peter]

I am completely new to the forum but have been a reader for a while and even as just a reader I can see the problem with the rating system. I think, and I understand that this could amount to a lot of work, you could possibly have a secondary rating. One that is, as others have said, only for members. You could still have the original rating, but you might have this one as well. It could also be added on by other ideas.

Downfall of this idea is that unless the main Story page was changed to accomodate for it, this wouldn't make much of a difference. Maybe have the main story page be split into "reader rated" and "member rated"?

[J.A.W.]

Another thing that would be helpful is if there was a definition of what a theme was supposed to be at the top of each theme listing. What, for example, is the difference between "Gay" and "Male/Male?" And some writers seem to have confused transexuals and shemales. Since there's both a "First Time" and a "Virginity" a story about someone who's never done bondage before the story is a "First Time" story. Right?

[J.A.W.]

Something else I'd like to see is the ability sort an author's stories by date posted. I like to know when I post a comment whether this is an author's earlier work or their latest, and this would make it easier.