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12 days ago
Hi! I made my account today. This website is everything I've ever needed it feels like hahaha. The "choose your own path" stories have always intruiged me + I'm gonna try and write one too.

I want to know what interesting things are there to do here? Other than read and write stories ofc. I know I can just search it up but
1. I wanna see it all in one place
2. I want human and current input on what things are most interesting to users
3. I want to talk with you guys especially if you've been using it for a long time hahaha

I saw this thing called "commendations" and "ranks". Definately sounds my style haha I'm a sucker for rankings and stuff.
Also, what is the "culture" of this website, would you say? Is it like a normal fanfiction website? Or more like a forum? Anyways, thats all from me!

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
This is a totally normal place. You will see that in a moment when others post responses...

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
So everything on this site is community driven. For stories to stay published they need to achieve at the very least some kind of minimumally not awful rating from the users. There's very little censorship of language or content except for like, outright porn. However, we are not fond of shameless degenerates. Blunt feedback on writing is welcome and should be expected if you post your own, and mods aren't really interested in policing for tone. Someone at some point will eventually call you a retarded faggot, you should make your peace with that now. There are several of us who have been here a long time, the site itself is 20 years old. Anyone that's been active here longer than a year is either someone we like or someone too autistically tenacious to take the hint and go away. Sometimes we will grow to grudgingly respect that. (It's really best to step back and take a little time to quietly review some games and reflect if you ever seem to be especially clashing with the entire community though.) Also, there's no such thing as a normal fanfic site.

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
One interesting thing you can do is: go fuck yourself retarded fanfic faggot

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12 days ago
See? Completely and totally normal, just like I said

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
Ahhh I think I'm understanding the vibe now, thanks guys hahaha!

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
That's just Petros, feel free to ignore him. (he's black) Also, if you're on a PC you should get the site extension from Brad's profile if you want dark mode and quick saves and some other features: https://chooseyourstory.com/Member/?Username=bradindvorak

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12 days ago
Htf did I never know about this? Good lord the bracket closing feature is divine. I'm doing italics right now simply because it automatically closes it for me....

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6 days ago
Of course if you actually wander through current threads you'll see everyone is pretty chill, something I'm just pointing out since I notice you went into hiding after this lol.

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12 days ago
Welcome to the site. Hope you enjoy reading and writing here.

CYS Forum Advice and Etiquette

Being a Respected CYStian

How Not to be Fucking Weird Online

Storygames for People Who Like to Read

These are recommending reading for anyone new to the site.

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
Welcome to the site. :]

Regarding the current input, you can always engage in the forums to gauge the pulse of the community. Just don't spam it too much. As for commendations, the easiest way to get them is when they are offered as rewards in contests or by voting on thunderdome stories (Thunderdomes are when two or more users go head to head anonymously by writing stories based on a common prompt. The winner is decided by voting); keep an eye out for those.

Also, this site's most valuable trait is its honesty. You can rely on members here to give you an honest appraisal of whatever you publish. That also means that you need to be mentally prepared for criticism whenever you post something. If you can take criticism, then this place will likely help you grow as a writer.

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago

I want to know what interesting things are there to do here? Other than read and write stories ofc. I know I can just search it up but
1. I wanna see it all in one place
2. I want human and current input on what things are most interesting to users
3. I want to talk with you guys especially if you've been using it for a long time hahaha

All this "I want" seems pretty demanding from some noob.  Why should we be expected to do everything for you?  If you know you can search for it, perhaps you should put forth some effort yourself.

Questions from a new user!

12 days ago
At least they didn't ask ChatGPT.