• How often are stories added ?
• How old are stories ?
• Where do the stories come from ?
• Why did you start GaggedUtopia's Story Archive ?
• How can I submit a story to you for posting ?
• What do the various story codes mean ?
• How are stories rated ?
• How are stories ranked ?
• What is RSS and does this site support it ?
• How do comments work? What are they for?
• What are author profiles? How can I submit one?
• Why are there snuff stories posted without the 'snuff' code used?

I try and spend a least a few hours each week updating content on the site. Most of my time is spent reading the stories to evaluate content. The site is designed with a queuing system that will automatically post a queued story on days that I have not made any updates. Queued stories are posted at midnight, EST (-5 GMT).

How old are stories ?

Stories that have been posted in the past three days will show as new content. To see when the actual post date was, click on the story and it will display the information in the header.

Aside from stories that I have written myself, they come from user submissions and newsgroups or stories that I particularly liked posted on other websites.

I started this site for a few reasons. The first and foremost was to have a single location to post my own stories. The second was to provide a good (free) source of stories, information, links and related content. I enjoy, as with many others, Gromet’s website because of the quality of stories and content on the site. Other websites concentrate on posting bulk with little regard to the quality of the content. My hope was to fall somewhere in-between, providing quality content on a regular schedule.

The third and final reason is that I have run many sites in the past and enjoyed them thoroughly and hope to do so again with this site, with my own style and flair.

Simple! Click on Contact on the menu bar. That page contains instructions for emailing or uploading a story to us.

Let’s start with gender codes. This codes indicate what type role each gender plays in the story. For example, a M/f code would mean there is a dominant male and a submissive female. In other cases you might see a code like F/mm. This indicates that there is a dominant female and multiple submissive males. The final code variant involves self bondage and is represented as f-self or m-self. Occasionally a story will contain two gender codes, such as f-self, M/f. In this example the story would have started out as a female in self-bondage and a dominant male entered the story line after.

All stories indicate the level of consent. Below is a list of consent codes:

• con - consensual participation.
• reluct - reluctant at first, inevitably consents.
• black - blackmail, reluctant participation.
• nc - non-consensual, against persons will.

Also, all stories indicate the content type. Below is a list of content codes:

• X - Light play, spanking, lovemaking, often mutual desire.
• XX - BDSM themes, pain, punishment.
• XXX - Heavy pain and torture, some modification, somewhat graphic.
• XXXX - Extreme content, very graphic, maiming, killing & cruelty.

Depending on the content, additional optional codes are used:

beast - beastiality, sexual contact with animals. bdsm - dominant/submissive character roles. bondage - physical restraint. breath - breathplay, suffocation. cbt - cock and ball torture. chastity - belts, sexual denial. hum - humiliation, embarassment. kidnap - kidnapping, held against will. latex - use of latex or rubber, usually catsuit or restraints. machine - mechanical or electrical device is used. modify - body modification, piercings, cuts. mc - mind control. mummy - mummification.

package - encased, boxed, packed into container. plastic - plastic wrap, usually mummification. scifi - science fiction, based in the future. self - self-bondage. shock - electrical play. slave - person in position of servitue. snuff - actual or irreversible situation that results in a death of person. surgery - invasive surgery, extreme modification. susp - body suspension. torture - physical or mental pain. toys - adults toys, dildos, anal plugs.

Stories are rated by visitors to the site. On each story page there is an option to rate the story. There are no official guidelines on how visitors rate the stories, however the higher the number (or stars) the better. Every new story starts out at zero or No Rating. When people rate the a story, it is recorded and ratings for that particular story is averaged to create the rating. All ratings are only recorded once to prevent ballot stuffing.

In short, it is a somewhat complex mathematical equation that takes into account several vital statistics of a story and assigns it a score. Statistics such as number of views, current rating, number of votes and even how long it has been posted on the site are factored into the equation. Not every vital carries the same weight however, thus stories with a lot of readers and few ratings will often rank lower then one with many ratings and few views. Additionally, the longer a story is posted, a small percentage of the score is deducted to give newer (exceptional) stories a chance to rank in the top 10.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is used by many websites to share news headlines, blog entries and even interesting links. People can utilize this syndication power by creating online portals customized with your favorite content, such as the most recent stories posted on this site. The advantage is as more sites begin to support RSS, you can have all your favorite content all on one page instead of surfing several sites for the same content.

Just like many things on the internet, there are several choices in portals and software to choose from. I have tried many, but for portals, there is none easier then My Yahoo. All you need is a Yahoo account and you can start customizing your portal. Clicking on the icon below will allow you to add the RSS feed from this site to your portal.

If you prefer an application instead of a web portal, I would recommend Pluck. As of this writing it is a free download and integrates into Internet Explorer. It is very simple to use and fast.

    

Story comments are a fast and easy way to share your thoughts with other readers and the author. Leaving a comment is fast, easy and anonymous by eliminating the need for email. Other readers can read your comments and quickly decide if they want to read the story while authors can get constructive feedback on their work.

To prevent people from abusing the system, all comments are put into a 48 hour (at most) purgatory queue. During this time, comments maybe reviewed, edited or deleted. Please note that edits will only consist of grammar and spelling corrections. Links or any text deemed as advertising will be removed as well. All comments must be constructive in nature and as such, expecially negative comments (e.g.: "story sucks." or "don't read." by itself won't cut it, you are expected to backup your claims.

Once comments are live on the site, there will be a link in the story header (same area where title, author and stats are displayed). To post your own comments, each story page has a small form at the bottom of the page to submit your own.

Many readers have requested information about the many authors published on this website. While I do keep in contact with many on a regular basis, there are many who I don’t know anything about. The author profiles were created to allow readers some insight of the person behind the story.

If you are a published author or a new author submitting your first work to the site, please download our questionnaire in Microsoft Word format or Plain Text format. Fill out the questionnaire and send it back to us. Most profiles are posted within a few days of receiving them.

I define a snuff story as one with no other options but death. Stories that leave the idea of death to the reader’s imagination do not count. For example, if a person is locked in a cage and tossed into water for several minutes or more, I would mark this as snuff. If a person is trapped in self-bondage and can’t get free, I would not mark this as snuff.

Instead of a story, imagine it was a film. It would hardly be called a snuff film if it didn’t show the actual death. When I code the stories for this site, which is the point of view I work from.