Quote Originally Posted by Mothbrad
I actually believe the opposite to the OP - that the quality of the 'good' stories has actually been improving over time. I think that's because writers now are more aware of the history of erotic literature than they were perhaps ten years ago when the internet was young, and the only bondage literature that was accessible was from quite a narrow perspective. When I look at some of the recently written/expanded stories such as Group XS, there's no doubt that there is so much more possible now than there was five/ten years ago. That may just be because my tastes are far out into the extremes, but those are my feelings too.

I also agree that even a short email, which takes maybe ninety seconds to create and send, may well be the difference between a writer continuing your favourite story, and them giving it up as too much effort. So be selfish for once - encourage more of the stories you love, and let a writer know!
I agree with most of your comments here. Especially about the short e-mail. My initial point was not that the good authors like Lex, Saavik and others are declining in quality,on the contrary they continue to produce well written good stories, but the new material we are seeing by new authors are declining. It seems to me that many now throw together something in a few hours without much thought and work behind it and we are left with a few handfuls of good writers. Some websites are far more restrictive in allowing material being posted and reqiure certain standards as far as form, structure etc before the story is posted. Personally I rather have 100 good stories to read and follow than having to sort through a lot new material of poor quality. Maybe I just been unlucky in my picks of late when it comes to reading new material but I do think it is time for some strickter requirments before a story is posted.