Story Content / How-To Question

[AWetterWorld]

A warm greeting to you all!

I am new to the site, and came here primarily because of an interest in finding a community of people with similar interests, but more specifically to explore my interests in written, story-telling form. In order to avoid my first step being a misstep, I feel the need to ask a couple things here before posting a story. Specifically, my questions are:

1) How does one go about it? I have looked over the "Story and Art Forum" section, and there was a prominent post there about emailing story submissions to someone. However there also appears to be the option to simply start writing and post the story in pieces, or at least it looks as if people are doing that. Is it required to do the email option, or can I go ahead and click "start a new topic" and away I go with part one?

2) As far as content, I get the impression this site is mostly (as the name implies) about diapers. All well and good. I have a story which would, as its focus, explore and display (adult) diaper use in a sexual way / as a turn-on. I am assuming there are no problems there, PLEASE correct me on that if I have gotten the wrong idea, but how does this community view themes of wetting / pooping outside of diapers? Or content leading to explicit sexual acts for that matter? (Not really interested in getting into excessive details describing sexual acts or spending too much time on them, but wondering if I should just avoid all of it and stick to the good-ol fade to black?) Neither of those themes would be the focus of the story, and either/both could be cancelled if need be - the story isn't written yet after all, but as far as the characters and how they came to be who they are, I would prefer to leave the former in, if nothing else. Early experiences to set the stage for who the characters are today, if you will.*

*Disclaimer: I am familiar with, and fully agree with, this site's policy on underage characters. While there is one planned scene in which some characters would be underage, that scene would not in any way feature sexual acts, real or implied, or try to present its content in a sexual way. I have NO interest in child pornography. In ANY AND ALL scenes involving sexual themes or acts, with or without diapers, all characters would be adults. I just wanted to clarify the nature of the question, since I did use the words "early experiences" and all that. The question is about the *kind* of content this community enjoys (adults messing their pants and that kind of thing) rather than an age question.

3) Does this site categorize its stories? Is there a way to add flags for themes the story contains?

4) In the event that non-diaper related accident/deliberate messing content just isn't right for this site, and also as a general question for future stories which may focus more on the topic, is there somewhere else more appropriate someone could recommend?

 

Anyway, greetings again and great to meet all of you! Thank you in advance to anyone taking the time to answer this question.

[Elfy]

Hello

1. I believe e-mailing the stories can have them get put on the story section of the website (not the story section of the forum) and that is entirely up to you if you want to do it. You can, of course, just click to start a new topic and post away on the forum.

2. The only real hard and fast rule with story content is to not include any sexual content involving minors. Perhaps if something is too extreme in content it will be moderated (we're talking really shock level stuff) but general sexual acts are fine, stories where diapers aren't the main focus are fine.

3. For categorising stories there is an option when you start the thread to add tags. You can use these tags to put markers about wht your story will contain.

4. I think non-diaper messing content is fine. You might want to say before it starts that the story won't be primarily diaper focused if that's the case just for the convenience of readers but there would be no obligation to do that

[~Brian~]

@AWetterWorld

The rules link that you link to are simple general rules about the way things go. when we're talking about stories however, the, the main thing that we have to make sure is that we do not put minors in sexual situations that are not appropriate, or do other things that DD admins or moderators would think would be inappropriate.  Since @Elfy Is an admin, He would know a lot about the stories that are posted, and would probably be able to tell if he thought if he thought something was appropriate or not. if there was a call where it would questionable, he would have to probably send it upstairs to @DailyDi for his comments or his approval. as long as you stay within the limits Of the general rules, and you maintain decorum in stories, you should have no problem.

When @Elfy posted his response, I think it was dead on. If there were questions about something that you write, you could always ask someone to look at what you're planning on writing or you could ask a question on something that you need to to make sure that you stay within compliance. I'm sure that if there was a question on whether something is going to break the rules or not, there could be a discussion about it, so someone doesn't get in trouble if they post it and don't realize it. that is why rules are made the way they are, So people know that there are things that should not appear in stories or situations that should occur in stories.

As I said in my response, I want to write a story myself, and I will do that, but to make sure that I am within compliance for the rules, I may ask for someone's approval or opinion before posting it. That way I don't run into any problem, Because the only way I'm going to know whether I'm in compliance or out of compliance is if somebody believes that there is a problem with what I'm writing. If there is not a problem with what I write, then there won't be a issue, but I always will try to make sure that anything that I frame up in a story is within the rules so that I don't have an issue.

The rules that you have posted have been locked and pinned so that people know the rules of the system. These rules are always open to interpretation by whomever the staff member is, and the rules are subject to change based on situations that happen. If there were definite problems with a story that was written, I'm sure that @Elfy or @DailyDi would be the first to let you know, and that would depend on what they think think about something that is posted.

Brian

[babykeiff]

@AWetterWorld

please understand that @Elfy is an admin here and an author whose sole income, as she claims, is from the stories she writes. As a result, I take her opinion on stories here on this site with a pinch of salt as each story on this site is in competition to her income. I strongly suggest that you do some research on both the rules within this site and the standard and detail of same that are here.

I would suspect that @DailyDi, the site owner, would have little to no issue in any story you wish to put here as long as they comply with the aforementioned rules. It might be a good idea to contact the site owner directly via messaging with a sypnosis of your story before posting - just to be sure.

[AWetterWorld]

My thanks to you both for your answers! I don't imaging it's going to be an issue, but the mention of "rules within this site" have honestly made me curious: where are the actual site rules anyway? All I really found were a couple of posts about the age thing but actually... nothing else.

Again I don't see why it would be an issue, but if someone could clarify that'd be good to know I figure.

[~Brian~]

I have been talking to a few friends on chat recently. I may end up writing a story based on a dream that I've had, that has a bunch of daily diapers regulars within it. this story would be based on a dream come, based on the fact that we are all adults, and basically follow me as I am disabled, and a hard working man. The story also would encompass the fact that I have a lot of friends that look out for me, some of them want to make sure that I am happy and healthy, and the story that I have in mind would actually encompass all of these things.

As far as minors go, this story would not have anything to do with that, because that's the way my dreams usually go. However, I would always make sure that whatever I do, I am within the rules, because I would not want to break them on my first attempt. I don't think that based on what @Elfy Said I would actually break the rules, because he said but there are certain situations that were fine, And I think my story fits within that.

in the next week or so, I will I will try to figure out how I want to write such a story, but I have been extremely busy trying to keep up with the place making sure that things are done and making sure things are taken care of in a timely manner. in the next few months, I will have a full physical with my new doctor, and then have my colonoscopy, and luckily we do that before the summer so it won't ruin my summer, and last summer I was told that there was a humongous backlog for these types of procedures, so hopefully that won't be a problem for me.

When I'm finished with the story, it will be something that something that I've always wanted to write, but I was kind of afraid to post. Based on what elfie says I will not have an issue, but I would definitely be receptive to somebody if they said they did have an issue, but as I said I don't think there will be a problem.

Brian

[AWetterWorld]

If anyone else stumbles across this and wonders about the answer to my last asked question, the site rules are found under 'tech support' (I don't know why it took me so long to find them but it did):  here. Probably everyone else is smarter than me and already knew this, but, *shrug*, just in case.

[AWetterWorld]

@~Brian~

Yeah, I mean I think we're just extending this conversation for the point of talking at this point. I agree that @Elfy answered my original questions, which is why that was already marked as 'Best Answer' before your last reply. But then @babykeiffhad separately brought up something about checking the site rules (above and beyond the rules on story content specifically) which prompted me to wonder what they were and why they were being pointed out as an answer to my questions. I'm still confused as to the entirety of what babykeiff was trying to point out to me, or if it was really just to accuse Elfy of having a conflict of interest? If the latter, I'll have to take their word for that as I haven't seen any problems, and I don't care to judge people based on hearsay.

So to come to a point: As the site rules are posted in a separate sticky than the underage rules for story content, I still felt that was relevant enough to link to them too, but of course that link does not directly answer the *original* questions as asked. (For anyone else stumbling across this thread: the rules regarding underage content -basically spelling out what Elfy and Brian already said- are here.) Personally, it would seem logical to me to post the site rules in a complete form as one of the main links from the home page, rather than tucked away in two separate stickies under sub-categories, but this is minutiae and I'd almost say 'who cares' at this point... As you and I have both already agreed, Elfy's answer really stands as sufficient. I should probably have asked the second question as a separate thread anyway, I realize in hindsight.

Your advice to run the story by a moderator before posting probably would have been the safer, wiser course, I admit that, but I already went ahead and started posting my story anyway a few days ago so, like you said, if there's a problem I'm sure that someone will point it out to me anyway. The ship has already sailed.

The bottom line is that everyone's answers have contributed to my sense of who is who and what the rules of the site are, so I appreciate everyone taking the time to respond. I hope you write your story, Brian; I'm sure it will be great and I look forward to reading it!

Best wishes!

[babykeiff]

9 hours ago, AWetterWorld said:

@~Brian~

Yeah, I mean I think we're just extending this conversation for the point of talking at this point. I agree that @Elfy answered my original questions, which is why that was already marked as 'Best Answer' before your last reply. But then @babykeiffhad separately brought up something about checking the site rules (above and beyond the rules on story content specifically) which prompted me to wonder what they were and why they were being pointed out as an answer to my questions. I'm still confused as to the entirety of what babykeiff was trying to point out to me, or if it was really just to accuse Elfy of having a conflict of interest? If the latter, I'll have to take their word for that as I haven't seen any problems, and I don't care to judge people based on hearsay.

So to come to a point: As the site rules are posted in a separate sticky than the underage rules for story content, I still felt that was relevant enough to link to them too, but of course that link does not directly answer the *original* questions as asked. (For anyone else stumbling across this thread: the rules regarding underage content -basically spelling out what Elfy and Brian already said- are here.) Personally, it would seem logical to me to post the site rules in a complete form as one of the main links from the home page, rather than tucked away in two separate stickies under sub-categories, but this is minutiae and I'd almost say 'who cares' at this point... As you and I have both already agreed, Elfy's answer really stands as sufficient. I should probably have asked the second question as a separate thread anyway, I realize in hindsight.

Your advice to run the story by a moderator before posting probably would have been the safer, wiser course, I admit that, but I already went ahead and started posting my story anyway a few days ago so, like you said, if there's a problem I'm sure that someone will point it out to me anyway. The ship has already sailed.

The bottom line is that everyone's answers have contributed to my sense of who is who and what the rules of the site are, so I appreciate everyone taking the time to respond. I hope you write your story, Brian; I'm sure it will be great and I look forward to reading it!

Best wishes!

@AWetterWorld,

there are basically a simple set of rules here, you linked to them yourself, that need to be complied with when posting stories on a realitively open forum. Most, if not all are in the realms of common sense and courtesy towards others.

However, here due to @Elfy being a moderator AND having a financial interest in producing her own stories, this, IMHO, creates a conflict... but when an issue arises here with a users story, same moderator has the power to ban/reject user on her decisions where said user has no redress as said user is now banned from the site. This, IMHO, is a conflict that needs to be addressed and, from reading other peoples posts here, there is a reluctance to post new stories with these members on the fear of being placed in that same situation.

To address this possible conflict, I suggested that you, and others, that before they post a new story, run it by @DailyDi / a moderator other than Elfy for clearance where they can identify any possible issues prior to it being made public.

@DailyDi Is it possible to create, now or in the future, a subforum where the postee and moderators have only access to, where stories can be vetted before going to the public side of this forum. This should create a way for moderators etc. to ensure the relevant rules are being followed without exposing anyone and/or banning a user for a mistake etc?

[DailyDi]

Just now, babykeiff said:

 

@DailyDi Is it possible to create, now or in the future, a subforum where the postee and moderators have only access to, where stories can be vetted before going to the public side of this forum. This should create a way for moderators etc. to ensure the relevant rules are being followed without exposing anyone and/or banning a user for a mistake etc?

Not sure this is possible permission-wise, and probably too niche a need to get the devs to add it I'm sorry to say.