May 15, 2025

### Rule Clarifications and Site Manifest Hi! You may have noticed over the last year or so that our rules have become increasingly precise and overexplained. Nu and I have the tendency to be wordy at times, and we’d been working to come up with the exact right formula for story approval. Nobody *reads* that sort of thing, though, so we’ve worked with Corin to make two important, streamlined documents: * The [Site Manifest](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/site-manifest/9170). This outlines Corin’s curatorial principles—that is, the philosophical (and practical) reasons for what we disallow. * [Streamlined site rules](/story/create) (specific to all four sites), which are now in the story creation dialogue and on the forum [here](https://forum.gaykinkystories.com/t/rules-for-stories-posted-on-the-site/7736). The rules have not been fundamentally changed compared to what they were a few years ago—just clarified and made as concise and easy to read as we could make them. Hopefully this makes the rules easier to interpret for new authors! But if you’re already used to writing here, you won’t have to change a whit. If you have any questions, you can ask on the forum. - Soren Fitz (a new co-steward!)