I figure we have to address the CHYOO days as part of the site's origin. So:
- Originated as a LitErotica service under the name CHYOO.
- CHYOO was neglected for a long time and had numerous problems (no cookies, no email verification, easily hacked, etc.).
- In January of 2014, a massive (and still undisclosed) problem caused CHYOO to be put on lockdown, preventing any degree of use.
- Even after the lockdown was lifted, many site features were unusable, requiring users to hack the site just to use it normally.
- In response, one user created a substitute (though not the first substitute in CHYOO history).
- Said substitute was initially planned as an overhaul of CHYOO, but separated into CHYOA when the LitErotica administration failed to respond.
- All stories not lost to errors and all users were brought over to the new URL.
Not sure how much we want to include for the history, but that's a rough outline of the whole thing.