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Guys, I need your attention for three short minutes.
Please read this 'till the end and PLEASE pay attention.
Normally I would've posted this on Tugs Talk, but posting here and on Bound and Gagged seems to be the best way to get your attention. Some of you are at Uni. Others have full time jobs, and others are going through hard times. But one thing that links us all together is or love of bondage/socks/sneakers/gags, as well as our regular logins on this superb site.
A lot of you log in to your accounts, read stuff, and then log off.
Most of you are probably not aware of this yet, but we've just lost our top M/M sock/sneaker/bondage author (sockgagged) yesterday. Our second most prolific M/M sock/sneaker/bondage author (squirrel) has also recently shared with me his growing desire to stop writing for this board (Sorry bud, I know this was told to me in confidence, but the guys need to know). Low feedback and extremely high lurker rates are continuing to decimate the board.
Sockgagged is gone, leaving a huge void on the forum.
If we value this place and wanna see it last a few more years, we really need to start pulling together a bit.
Listen. Authors DON'T want you to write a text on their stories!
They just wanna KNOW that what they're writing is being read and enjoyed.
And trust me, if you have time to read something, you definitely have time to signal your presence by posting a comment. Leaving a line or two just to let the author know you're still following can take as little as five or ten seconds. (Hey dude! Great stuff
Can't wait for the next chapter!) See? 10 seconds.
If you wanna write a big review or have a lot to say, then go right ahead.
What's important, is just letting the author you're following know that his work is being read.
I sincerely...
sincerely hope you guys are hearing and understanding what I'm trying to tell you.
The activity on here and the content you enjoy reading will fade away at an increasingly alarming rate if nothing is done. Head my warning. This is not a threat. This is a wake up call.
You guys all login multiple times a week. So I'm sure it's safe to say you like this place as much as I do.
Do NOT let it die and do NOT brush this plea aside and expect your fellow members to simply to their part in your stead. This is a COMMUNITY movement. This place CANNOT and WILL NOT survive without your combined support.
Every time you post a comment on the forum, you're making an investment.
Your posts, no matter how insignificant you may think they are, are actually investments with a guaranteed return.
Each time you post, you're ensuring that MORE of the stuff you like to read will find it's way on the forum in the coming days and weeks. You're actually securing future chapters and future stories!
Keeping this place alive is ridiculously simple.
All you need to do when you finish reading a story or a chapter, is type a line or two in the comments, and then exit the forum like you usually do.
Read. Comment. Exit.
Read. Comment. Exit.
You guys are the best, and I wanna be able to come back here next year, and the year after, and even the year after that one.
The "Read. Exit." strategy will save you a few seconds. And will also send this place to an early grave, which means no more reading.
It's your choice. Think about it.