Story Codes
Because of the large volume of stories posted to these groups users found it difficult to find stories to suit their kink and avoid stories with themes they do not find appealing. To help with this a set of codes to describe the story content was developed, such as M for Male and F for female. Writers were encouraged to include these story codes in the title of their stories. To assist this a story code FAQ for writers was occasionally posted to the news group, describing the consensus on how to use these codes. This was also archived at ASSTR. A Story Code FAQ for readers, describing how the story codes had been used in practice was also posted and archived at ASSTR. Story codes based on these are used on many other archives which include erotic stories, extended in various ways to suit the requirements of each group.
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