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Anyone know why Guests can't view stories on dimensions anymore? I noticed they've blocked everything to members only.
Anyone know why Guests can't view stories on dimensions anymore? I noticed they've blocked everything to members only.
I've noticed that too. However, as far as I know it's still free to sign up as a member of Dims.
I see, thanks for letting me know. I asked because they have some great stories there that we normally can't see here.
Yeah I even tried to find a way to contact the administrator about it and couldn't even find a contact us option.
Yeah I even tried to find a way to contact the administrator about it and couldn't even find a contact us option.
Dims does have a pretty decent library of stories but the moderators edit them for content sometimes. I know this from personal experience which is why I don't post my stories over there anymore. Besides, Dims is dead if you want to get any sort of feedback on anything creative. It has long been taken over by paysite models and people who want to endlessly argue about trivial matters. Nothing wrong with either of those things (especially the former) but if you want any constructive artist/audience interaction at all DA is the place to be.
Yeah I noticed that as well, but it does appear to be mostly center on the pay-sites rather than a general theme now. Thanks for letting me know 
I've recently heard that the creator and owner of Dims has sold the website to some anonymous new owner(s). Several people over on the Dims message boards have stated that they feel the new owners want to monetize the website further and there is some speculation as to whether all the old artwork and stories will be going away as they aren't very lucrative and just waste space on the servers. I'm not sure of the veracity of all the latter, but the former owner, Conrad - a known FA, did indeed sell off the site. I know Conrad wasn't exactly a popular guy with many Dims users but at least he was truly interested and vested in the FA/BBW community whereas I'm not sure if the new owners even care about the community and only care about potential profits.
I guess we'll see over the course of the next year or so what, if anything, the new owners do with the place but I get the distinct feeling that if there's anything over in the old Dims stories library you'd like to keep then I'd advise copying it to your hard drive.
I guess we'll see over the course of the next year or so what, if anything, the new owners do with the place but I get the distinct feeling that if there's anything over in the old Dims stories library you'd like to keep then I'd advise copying it to your hard drive.
Wow that is sad. Yeah I always thought the owner was Webmaster, but have heard about Conrad and his reputation. This would explain why everything went private last year with no notice. Very useful information and it would seem the stories and art are out the window soon.
Who knows what's going to go on over there. However, I don't blame Conrad for selling as he was a vital part of Dims (and its predecessor "FA-SIG" NAAFA newsletter) for over thirty years and in that time subjected to as much criticism as praise, which takes its toll after a while. I wish him well in his post-Dims life.
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