Has anyone else noticed a change in the Lush culture? have been a member multiple times over the last few years and I see a serious change. This site used to be what it was, a sex site. Say what you like but what I enjoy most about this site is the chatting and cybering. The site seems to have taken on a new identity where people seem to have moved away from that. There are not as many women interested in that sort of thing and it now appears that half of the people who are members of this site are more interested in being "writers" than anything else. Yes I put that in quotations because as much as I enjoy the stories on this site I don't consider people who write stories on a sex site to be real writers. Has anyone else noticed this culture change and not been happy about it?
tbh... I feel like Lush has a bit of a Facebook feel to it ha. And pssh whatever, erotic fiction is like the hottest selling literature on the planet lol. Sex sells, everyone knows that. All the Mills and Boon authors probably started in places like this ha
This post is the online equivalent of Candid Camera. I keep expecting to turn around and a guy comes in and tells me it's a prank...
Even if that is the case, and It appears that you believe it to have changed. Well to coin a phrase from the "Soprano's"...what ya gonna do? Life constantly evolves and changes, we as human have an amazing capacity to cope with change, we have done so for thousands of years, there is a niche industry dedicated to managing change, it can of course be tough to change, we like the way things are, we are comfortable, etc etc.
That's Life I'm afraid, change happens we have to find our own way to deal with that change, so don't sweat the little things, life is wayyyyyyy to short for that me old china!
And there is a real distinction to be made regarding the "Writing" here or anywhere else for that matter, as I type these words I am writing therefore (for this short amount of time) I am a writer of words, ergo....drum roll please.....I am a writer.
Now am I successful published writer with twenty seven best sellers to my name...no, but a writer nonetheless. Semantics? perhaps but a valid point nevertheless. I can drive, therefore I am a driver. I walk therefore I am a walker..and so the list could go on.
In summary, I write therefore I am a "Writer" quotes or no quotes...I am a writer of words.
Cheerio
Hey, hugecock69, stand up for yourself, you're getting battered here. You can't just go insulting a large community without them, rightly so, backing you into a corner and chewing strips of you.
So what say you? What is a "real writer" and why do you think that every single female member is here just for your gratification? Hint: you want to wank, read the stories, that way nobody has to read your bile and you might also realise that there are many talented, proper writers here, some of whom have been published, not only in an ebook, but also by publishing houses.
A real writer.... A real writer to me is someone that let's the reader into their mind and involves the audience in the story. Transports them to their world until they need to see what happens to the characters, the situations and follow the journey.
By this I think there are many so on lush,, from shys New version of fairytales to buzs sexual journey through college.
What do you define a real writer as?
Your insulting comments aside, I can't say that I have noticed any change in the culture of Lush in the two years since I joined.
The focus of the site is now, has always been and will always be on erotic stories. Yes, other activities like you describe do go on but that's certainly not why the site is here and probably not why you should be a member. I still encounter roughly the same number of people looking to do those kinds of things as I did when I first joined.
Maybe you're looking in the wrong places. Or maybe you have a bad attitude about the site and that is reflecting on your enjoyment of it. Either way, that's not Lush's problem to fix.
Now, please stop insulting people who work very hard as writers of erotic fiction. I don't really know why you had to make such a statement, even if you do truly believe it. If you've been around the site for as long as you say you have, you would know that comments like that are very offensive in this community.
All writers have to start somewhere, there are several established writers on the site and by established I mean they've been published. I haven't noticed a decline in people wanting to cyber, neither has the way that they ask changed. Maybe people who've been on the site long enough are sick of the usual 'horni?' as an opening line.
Plus, not everyone is here for the same reason, just because everyone on lush isn't jumping at the chance to cyber with you, doesn't mean they aren't doing it with other people.
Well you did post some pretty insulting things about the writers (Even the amateurs like me). People are going to take it personally.
You might want to rethink what you wrote before tossing more criticism out there.
This is not the way to make friends (You know... the ones you'd like to cyber with), but it is one way to get attention.
I, for one, have seen a change in Lush culture. People are getting meaner.
Pointing out spelling mistakes in the forums (I find that extremely rude) or getting their back all up about something totally irrelevant that someone else has posted instead of taking the time to read between the lines or see it from their point of view instead of jumping down their throats and ganging up on them.
It's time to back away from the computer and get outside for some fresh air if you find something on Lush insulting and it makes you mad.
Thank You! I know i was insulting and that wasn't my intention at first, but I felt the need to voice my opinion. I too have noticed little things like having spelling corrected. That didn't used to happen
