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Not to mention that the age verification page only comes up when the cookie has not been set, or the cookies have been cleared from the browser. Having to set a cookie once is not onerous, nor is it requiring our readers to jump through hoops. This is making a mountain out of the proverbial molehill, frankly.

What you are asking for is not an improvement. Period.

Your half hour was not wasted. You made a lot of valid points. It's better to err on the side of caution.

Sorry, K. I missed this reply since it was embedded in a quote. Like some of my forum postes, my tales tend to be humorous and often silly - but I still wouldn't want a 10 year old reading them. I just don't see the blue page as any sort of deterrent, even for kids with a short attention span. There seems to be a trade-off. I can remember back in the old days of the Net when all these sites had this "Adult Check" system. As I remember, although it cost pennies to get past it, you still had to sign up with a credit card. And although I'm sure it was a very effective way of screening out underaged viewers, it also presented too great of a barrier to those of age. My guess is that's part of the reason it got phased out. Plus, of course, everyone values their anonymity. So it comes down to a matter of degree. And you know what, I'm starting to see your point. I could see where a fan fiction site like this could draw in a larger percentage of underage viewers than your average porn site. You know what? I just changed my mind. Let's keep the stupid PITA blue screen page! I'm totally serious. You've convinced me, K. I rescind my previous complaints and objections.

A: As to the overblown comparison you make to an adult magazine at a liquor store, instant gratification is very dull compared to taking the steps to get real gratification you have earned with effort. Also, the exaggeration factor in your comparison is absurd. People who really want to read smut will always make the effort to get what they wish. If you are upset because you are not getting your way and instant gratification, you have the freedom of will to make a decision befitting your personality and agenda. However, I feel compelled to ask as a fellow author, and reader: AlfonsoLing, if you cannot endure the minute and a half it takes to fill in the blanks to set the cookie setter, why did you even join this site?

As I explained before, the blue page is directly tied in to the add chapter function. It's function is that of a cookie setter. Whether you dislike it or not at this point in time is irrelevant. It stays, until the coder replaces it with something else, as she's planning on doing when rewriting the storyboarding part of the archive.