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KitaSparkles

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Posted on March 10th, 2011 ~ 4:11 pm

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I have a suggestion for the SK forum. Is this where I should post it? Actually I have two.

1. It was suggested to me that one of my cappies is not "work-safe". Well, I see cappies that actually show someone sucking on a penis. Surely that isn't work-safe either! My suggestion is, shouldn't we be rating our cappies just like we do our stories?

2. Maybe we could have a second story board - it would seem to me that some people might actually WANT constructive criticism on a story. The way we have it set up now - I understand that some authors don't want it and they get upset when all they get is critique, but now we are alllllll the way over on the other side of the teeter totter and there's still no balance. What about those who would like suggestions?

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MommysSlave

Posted March 22nd, 2011 ~ 2:16 am

Someone complained that a cappie was not work safe? Seriously? I didn't think anything on this site was work safe.

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KitaSparkles

Posted March 22nd, 2011 ~ 6:43 pm

Someone complained that a cappie was not work safe? Seriously? I didn't think anything on this site was work safe.

I know, right? : I was kinda thinking the same thing. But at any rate, I know there are cappies I'd rather not see (no offense meant to the artist, it's just my taste) and all, and wonder if a rating system is a great idea ... I mean, we have it on stories and cappies are stories, right?

Kinda bummed it took two weeks to get any kind of feedback on my suggestion, and then it is just a surprise over something that brought it on.

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slave23

Posted March 30th, 2011 ~ 7:14 am

I've heard other people suggest ratings for captions as well, and I completely agree! I don't know why there isn't!?

And I 100% agree with you there should be some sort of constructive criticism for stories. It's great to hear that people like your stories, but it doesn't help making the story better.
I was writing an update for my 'Sadler' story, and I was so excited about showing it to the girls, I just posted it straight away. When I reread it a week later, I realized the last few paragraphs were riddled with typos, missing words, and a sentence that made no sense what-so-ever! I received some good feedback for that Chapter, but no one said 'Hey Slave, love the story, but could you fix this up?' What were ppl thinking? That I left the stoopid mistakes in there on purpose?
The other thing I'd like to see is ideas offered up by people reading the stories. It makes it easier for writers, and gives a clue on to what people enjoy about the story so far.

Long story short, I love the positive feedback, but I'd love almost as much, some constructive criticism.

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clarisselovelace

Posted March 31st, 2011 ~ 2:46 am

I think the sissies are somewhat timid to criticize the authors of the stories they enjoy. Perhaps we have some fear that if we say too much that you won't write them anymore.

As to the safe for work comment. I agree, sissies should not be looking at this site at work. Most of society isn't ready to admit we're normal so having this show up in your history could raise quite a few eyebrows.

As to the rating system. I'd be in favor of it but it needs to be built into the post name somewhere. So you can know the level of what you're going to see before you see it.

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MissAbby

Posted April 7th, 2011 ~ 12:42 am

I am rather reluctant to have a rating system for cappies. As lovely many of them are, and while some may not be in touch with your taste in art, I don't think a rating system should be in place. However, I would like to see perhaps a tag for "Safe for Work" and "Not Safe for work" or even possibly a sub forum for each category of an art cap. :)

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Baby Butch

Posted April 8th, 2011 ~ 1:21 am

I was upset when you heavily criticised one of my stories Kita Sparkles, but I eventually came around to your way of thinking. I stated that perhaps you were only trying to help and you replied you were.

I was used to praise and almost all nice comments, instead of constructive criticism. I also am a more casual writer, not really professional. Anyway I recieved an email from someone who told me you are an accomplished writer from another site and your critism was from a professional point of view. I understand even more now, so no hard feeling from me.

Actually I need to rewrite the story, but have not done it yet. I kept switching from first person to second person, really just a style I came up with. I think I learned it by doing role plays. People tend to post in role plays both ways. As far as the site being "work safe" I don't see that as possible.

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KitaSparkles

Posted April 8th, 2011 ~ 2:58 am

Thank you, Baby Butch. :

The board wherein critical review would be done is really the lesser of my two suggestions here. I o think there are stories that could really be good with a few tweaks and maybe some writers want that (while others do not). I administrate a forum on which we have done this for many years, and almost all who post there do so because they want the criticism (I'm not really sure why some people who don't want it post there... we give a lot of warning... but whatever...) I also have written over 70 AB stories myself (shooting for 100) and they can be found at http://sparklestories.lefora.com/ ... the Sakura series seems to be the most popular (NOT a fan fic). Then in addition to that I make a bit of money on the side from professional freelance writing (non-fiction, non-AB/TG). So I do tend to look at every story with an eye for suggestion.

My biggest reason for making this suggestion thread, though, was the one about rating Cappies. I don't understand a rating system for stories, but not for Cappies, when it would seem to me that Cappies are even more suggestive than simple worded stories since they have pictures. This is not to put anybody down - it is simply not my cup of tea - that when I look at cappies I would be happier if I knew beforehand if there is, for instance, an X-rated or few in the bunch.

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Princess Pottypants

Posted April 8th, 2011 ~ 7:01 pm

I'm all for seeing more constructive criticism in general, but I really am not a fan of the idea of rating cappies. I don't even particularly like having to come up with ratings for my stories, because what one person considers PG-13 might be another person's R... With cappies, it would be even harder, because you'd have to rate not just the picture, but the story... What if the picture is tame, but the story isn't? Or what if the picture has graphic nudity, but the story itself is actually relatively innocent? I just think the whole thing is too subjective to be of much real use, except in extreme cases, in which case a quick warning at the start of the story - or, in theory, at the start of the thread - should be enough.

I really don't see the "Safe for Work" or "Not Safe for Work" tags working, either. It's questionable whether the site at large is really safe for work, but there are parts of it that you could probably get away with. I don't think there's any question when it comes to the cappies, though. As soon as you start looking at captions, or, really, any pictures posted here, it's a pretty safe bet that they'll start raising questions from nosy co-workers, even if they were, say, rated G. These are pretty much all fetish pictures... Why would you risk looking at them at work? That just seems like asking for trouble. Even if you can't wait until you get home to check the rest of the site, at least wait for that... That seems like common sense to me.

Edit: Thinking about it some more, I would be all right with the idea of having to rate caption threads IF we actually had guidelines set up. Part of my annoyance in having to rate stories is that, while I think my ratings are accurate, I really have no way of knowing if someone will disagree, read my story, then get mad and complain to a moderator that I mis-rated it. If there were actual guidelines for what you can and can't do within each rating category, I think that would help immensely.

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slave23

Posted April 16th, 2011 ~ 3:29 am

You're right, Clinediap, there should be clear-cut guidlelines on how a story or a cap should be rated. I asked a mod once how stories were rated, and I was told 'using the Moderator's discretion'. I found this a pretty poor answer.

This is my understanding of how the ratings on Story Time breakdown.
G- Anyone could read this
PG- Has some themes that might need to be explained by Mommy
M- Adult themes
R- Nudity and non-detailed sex scenes
X- Detailed sex scenes
XXX- Graphic sex scenes, such as descriptions of bodily fluids

Sorry, these are not definitive rules; as far as I know, a set of clear-cut definitive rules for ratings don't exist on the site.

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ausdpr

Posted June 19th, 2011 ~ 6:19 am

I'm fairly sure that the entire cappie gallery would just be xxx in that case. :P

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slave23

Posted June 27th, 2011 ~ 9:47 pm

...not counting pee as a bodily fluid.....

That might make a 'few' (read as: HEAPS) less captions XXX ;)

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Fem Prince C

Posted December 23rd, 2011 ~ 9:29 am

Generally I'm for some sort of cappie grading even if the majority are not work safe.
Let's say you use a custom style so it's not too obvious when a colleague comes thru the door what you're logged to. Unless they're within reading distance chances are they've no idea but let's add a big somewhat graphic picture with bits and bobs showing and it's obvious from anywhere. That can also apply if you using a Tablet in a public area.

Constructive Criticism: I hear ya but I think there's been some drama over anything like that from some writers with refusals to write anything anymore and so on.

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KitaSparkles

Posted December 23rd, 2011 ~ 3:54 pm

: With SOME "writers", that might be ok! One thing I really hate is when writers hold their stories for ransom, saying they will post the next chapter if they "so many" more responses. Instead of posting something for others to enjoy, they are really only looking for their own ego stroke, which is usually not a good thing.

This suggestion was written before the new board software was put in place. Since then, the first one has become unneeded, seeing as now we have to rate any new thread we post.

Still have to shake my head at the "Your cappies aren't work-safe," complaint though.

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