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Those same books also had single choices and exposition take up more than one page, so that's not a very good proof for "page" being superior. I've always said "thread" around here since that's how CHYOO had it labeled. Off-site, when describing collaborative CYOAs, I called them "additions"...

No disagreement there, more activity does lead to more views and a spike in the rate for brief times. My comment was more focused on how the story survives without front page time. And, in the interest of addressing front page time, it would also mark differences between views each time it gets...

Well, let me explain to you some of CHYOA's history. We first had a troll whose name we don't mention. His activity dated all the way back to the original site, CHYOO. Whenever he was confronted with bad reviews of his work, he'd use multiple sockpuppets to rate up his own work and rate down...

Ignoring the fact that this has nothing to do with answering the question you quoted and contributes nothing to it - making me ponder why you even bothered to quote it - I'm just going to nod towards professional critics to demonstrate why I have always valued both Likes and Dislikes when used...

Given that all but 2 and 5 are already communicated by Likes anyway, albeit less dramatically, why not stick with the years-old notion of simply making comment requirements for Likes? That already solves 5, carries the same catch, and could be vastly more personal than some stock phrase. On top...

There's also a critical difference between the Dislike and Like functions. When we had both, I could rightfully click either button for any reason that tickles my fancy: the kink involved, the creativity of the idea, the characterization, the grammar, anything. However, with the system as it...

I think part of it is a difference of opinion, and another part is the cast size. In order: To touch on what Artican said, the descriptions get so monotonous. It simply defies logic in a sense: to facilitate imagery, we have to generalize the descriptions and let the reader tilt it their own...

Yes. The fact is if CHYOA is ruled to be obscene (as opposed to pornographic, which is somehow different), the site can be shut down if we don't rectify the problem soon enough. And because of how vague the law is, "soon enough" can mean the site gets pulled after 30 years, or it could equally...

It's exactly the same reason we shy away from underage: the broad definition of obscenity, which is not free speech. While production and ownership of videos or photos of even the very real act is apparently not barred in US law, distribution of any kind (including over the internet) first faces...

No and/or about that number. Besides the "and/or" triggering my Posttraumatic Troll Disorder, listing the number of comments on a single thread is a grand idea that should be standard, even more so if this is implemented and the comments are concealed completely on desktop and mobile alike. In...

That only means we can choose to have a hidden tab when 100% would mean a side tab. It does not mean we can choose to have a side tab when 100% forces the hidden tab. Thus, I still consider it to be a no-choice situation.

Yes. Coincidentally, it was suggested in the previous incarnation of this thread, which was also created by TheDespaxas. That would certainly explain the differences being so minute. Either way, the point was we can't choose if we get the concealed tab or the side tab, which is what Nemo of...

You touched on it yourself: conditionally unviewable. The comments become concealed by the About tab if the writer(s) employ a large enough wall of tags or a large enough summary to bump the comments down low enough and only if the About page is open. The comments become concealed by the...

The point from TheDespaxas is about those of us who don't want spoilers. When comments are on the side, you don't always get a choice in the matter. If someone makes an all-cap comment, it's a natural eye-catcher, very difficult for someone to not be drawn to it and garner bits and pieces of the...

I've never bothered to actually push it, but I'm pretty sure there's already no cap on how many customized variables we can have - casual exploration just led me to 32 and more were still allowed. The question is: Why have that many prompts? How massive is your story that you have this many main...

So, I just discovered an oversight with game mode stories. The editor had a linked thread that led to a thread that existed only as a draft. Since I'm not privileged to drafts on another's story, the site gave me the "non-existent thread" page. However, the game mode registered that as my last...

First, all this amounts to is something similar to how sites like DeviantArt and YouTube allow visitors to input usernames into the search, and it produces solely that user's work in a means that can be further sorted by relevance, activity, and newness without exclusively redirecting to the...

Which also means it requires more work to program. This combined with the fact that we already have means of filtering by user means it's wasted effort. If the amount of clicks and time is a "problem," then the simpler answer is to find a method to reduce these things. Which is why I suggested...

Much of this request has already been facilitated by the "My Chapters" link under the dropdown at the top right of any non-forum page. The only aspect that isn't facilitated is the ability to organize it by story. Rather than redesign the story map to accomplish the same goal, why not adjust "My...

I'd rather the silence. Almost every other site would rather the silence. The reason is very simple: ability to silence. There's too many tricks to getting around IP bans. If everyone behaves, that's just fine. But if someone's misusing the system and exploiting the tricks, then the staff is...