Originally posted by BDSM_Tourguide
It is perhaps most disheartening to me that the most popular, most posted and apparently most missed thread in this whole story site's forums is the pictures thread.

Are people just here to browse our secondhand, and sometimes third- or fourthhand, porn? I am aware that this is an "adult" site and that the topic is bondage and erotica, but really, is it so hard for people to type out a message and actually express some views?
Lurking is a time-honored tradition; no matter the topic, forums always have more lurkers than writers.

Regardless of the venue, the vast majority of humanity is lurking, watching from the outside; people who actually *do* something -- write, create, discuss, think -- is pretty small.

Also, BDSM isn't a topic many people will be comfortable chatting about. My wife, for example, loves the kinky stuff, but would be mortified to talk about it with *anyone*. She will, however, peruse what others write, out of curiosity.

I'd post more, but life has been rather hectic lately.