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Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by Caras pet - Today at 07:44:12 AMThanks for increasing the padding once more. For my taste its readable now, and I might have to investigate "BBCode & text-align" next 
...but I don't think the forum design is about me (if it where, we would have dark-mode and adjustable font-size
)
So, what do you (and the other readers) think?
As for voting / scoring systems: of course you are right in those being highly subjective, but you will also agree that the "likeness" (is that even a word?) of stories can't be measured objectively at all.
You can measure things like number of typos, grammar, sentence-building, repetitiveness, vocabulary and such, but those are only "tools" (if important ones, at least for me - the inner monk is strong in this one).
But a good story is so much more, and that's where it gets highly personal/subjective...
See, there are nearly 8000 stories at the plaza (with: multi-parts count as 1, reposts/cross-posts count as 0), published under more than 2300 author-names, so the "how to select/sort" question naturally leads to all kinds of "measure" thoughts.
...but I don't think the forum design is about me (if it where, we would have dark-mode and adjustable font-size
)So, what do you (and the other readers) think?
As for voting / scoring systems: of course you are right in those being highly subjective, but you will also agree that the "likeness" (is that even a word?) of stories can't be measured objectively at all.
You can measure things like number of typos, grammar, sentence-building, repetitiveness, vocabulary and such, but those are only "tools" (if important ones, at least for me - the inner monk is strong in this one).
But a good story is so much more, and that's where it gets highly personal/subjective...
See, there are nearly 8000 stories at the plaza (with: multi-parts count as 1, reposts/cross-posts count as 0), published under more than 2300 author-names, so the "how to select/sort" question naturally leads to all kinds of "measure" thoughts.
#2
Intros / Not new but....
Last post by Zephyr - Today at 06:13:01 AMI am Zepher and I've actually been here since the late 90s...
I have been sick and in hospitals and various rehab places for the last year. All had the Plaza blocked. I am still recovering but in a place that does not police their web onnections so it is nice to be back and able to enjoy the Plaza again.
Z
I have been sick and in hospitals and various rehab places for the last year. All had the Plaza blocked. I am still recovering but in a place that does not police their web onnections so it is nice to be back and able to enjoy the Plaza again.
Z
#3
Looking for a Story / Re: Old story
Last post by Zephyr - Today at 05:14:43 AMI did a homage to ToP in one of my stories, where the femaleead goes through the scenario in a dream. I can't match the classic but it might also be worth a read. Look it up under Zephyr's stories, I think it is In The Grass part 3 or 4
#4
Bondage Discussion / Re: Water bondage real video
Last post by Zephyr - Today at 04:50:11 AMI do love water bondage. This was great and I enjoyed watching. The only thing that would have made it better for me is if the sub had lost her bikini top (or both parts) along the way but it looked like fun! Any others?
#5
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by teanndaorsa - April 08, 2026, 11:08:28 PMIncreased padding further, see what you think.
I don't think that the number of replies, or even the number of views on the feedback threads, is any real indication of which stories are the most interesting or even the most popular, just the ones which prompted the most discussion. As with any voting or scoring system, so much is lost in the aggregation. Everyone has such different tastes, and they vote not on any objective measure of quality but on "I liked this". If you share the same tastes as a really big group of people who are voting, that's great, high vote count tells you that people like you liked that story. If your tastes don't align with lots of other people, then vote counts just tell you "other people I don't usually agree with liked this story."
I like public favourites lists, because they let people seek out other people who share the same tastes, and leverage their knowledge, and then it doesn't really matter what's popular or what the big groups of people think.
I don't think that the number of replies, or even the number of views on the feedback threads, is any real indication of which stories are the most interesting or even the most popular, just the ones which prompted the most discussion. As with any voting or scoring system, so much is lost in the aggregation. Everyone has such different tastes, and they vote not on any objective measure of quality but on "I liked this". If you share the same tastes as a really big group of people who are voting, that's great, high vote count tells you that people like you liked that story. If your tastes don't align with lots of other people, then vote counts just tell you "other people I don't usually agree with liked this story."
I like public favourites lists, because they let people seek out other people who share the same tastes, and leverage their knowledge, and then it doesn't really matter what's popular or what the big groups of people think.
#6
Trashcan Stories / Re: My Trashcan Stories
Last post by Junkyard Society - April 08, 2026, 08:37:42 PMAn 18 year old homeless girl live alone in an homeless camp. An 18 year old homeless girl live alone in an homeless camp and one day had the girl been going back to the homeless camp from an nearby toy store that had an opening party with an clear, blue, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck. At 4.30 was the sleepy girl brushing the clear, blue, loudly squealing, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck against her unzipped vagina as her 80 year old homeless boyfriend was rubbing the clear, blue, loudly squealing, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck in an quiet, and remote forest by the homeless camp from 4.30AM until 7.00AM until the girl at 7AM ejected 7 long strings of semen out on the clear, blue, loudly squealing, semen covered, semen stinky, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck that laid in an dump of bottles and bags in the forest. At 9.30 one week later was the sleepy girl and the 80 year old homeless boyfriend again brushing the clear, blue, loudly squealing, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck against her unzipped vagina in her tent in the quiet, and remote forest by the homeless camp from 9.30AM until 11.30AM until the girl at 11.30 AM ejected 7 long strings of semen out on the clear, blue, loudly squealing, poop covered, poop stinky, covered, semen stinky, shiny and very thick balloon with an very wide rubber neck that laid in the grass that the homeless girl and the homeless man had laid doodoo on.
#7
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by Caras pet - April 08, 2026, 07:49:25 AMA list of my favorite authors (alphabetical order)
(@teanndaorsa I didn't use hard spaces this time, so you have something to test the padding with; for my taste, the could be more "spacy" for improved readability - what do you think?)
| Author | Stories | Size | Min | Max | AVG |
| Darkwolf | 5 | 4692 | 229 | 1641 | 938 |
| ForeverAltered | 5 | 3321 | 67 | 1323 | 664 |
| Frosted Moonwright | 11 | 361 | 14 | 71 | 32 |
| LilCthulhu | 8 | 253 | 8 | 51 | 31 |
| Tankpoet | 4 | 90 | 7 | 46 | 22 |
| Teann Daorsa | 9 | 391 | 21 | 131 | 43 |
| thepinkbishop | 5 | 2487 | 30 | 1296 | 497 |
| Zeedrot | 15 | 715 | 15 | 124 | 47 |
(@teanndaorsa I didn't use hard spaces this time, so you have something to test the padding with; for my taste, the could be more "spacy" for improved readability - what do you think?)
#8
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by Caras pet - April 08, 2026, 07:41:35 AMThanks for adding some padding, @teanndaorsa, next time I'll try without "hard spaces" :-)
I would love to see your list, it's really hard to find the good ones and my "plan" for that is not that much better than "brute force"...
If there is a forum API that lets you query the replies for every "story-thread", would you say that a "top ten" list (or something similar) would lead the readers to the "most interesting" stories?
I also thought about a voting system, but
I would love to see your list, it's really hard to find the good ones and my "plan" for that is not that much better than "brute force"...
If there is a forum API that lets you query the replies for every "story-thread", would you say that a "top ten" list (or something similar) would lead the readers to the "most interesting" stories?
I also thought about a voting system, but
- as the forum software isn't custom made for the plaza (correct me if I am wrong), that might be difficult to add
- that might lead to fewer replies (as clicking a "thumbs up" icon is so much easier than typing a few words of appreciation)
#9
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by le Bouc - April 08, 2026, 04:32:30 AMWhat about a 'year-end-review' of top 10 voted favs, top read/downloaded, top commented on, top contributors, etc. I think that would spark more user engagement and maybe increase readership.
Qu'en pensez-vous?
Le Bouc
Qu'en pensez-vous?
Le Bouc
#10
Favorite Story Lists / Re: Favorites (so far)
Last post by teanndaorsa - April 07, 2026, 09:26:25 PMAdded 0.1em of padding to table cells, can up that to 0.2 if it's not enough. A few of my own favourites on there, for sure. I'd love to see more people sharing theirs, it's always good to see which are popular, and I'm sure the favoured authors appreciate the vote. :-)
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