- What does TDDM mean?
it means The Drow's Dark Musings and is a relict from my time as a role play gamer where I acquired the nickname The Drow. it's the only name I go by these days, though I sign up as rotschopf at most fiction archives, just to keep that consistent. but The Drow and rotschopf are the same person.
- What's a Drow and why did you choose that name?
a Drow is a DarkElf, as they're described in the RPG Dungeons & Dragons. I chose the name because the people I used to play with gave me that nickname.
- Why are the Harry Potter stories on your site password!protected?
simple reason. children search for Harry Potter on the net and might land on my site. to prevent them from reading material that's simply not suited for them, I installed the password.
- Why are only the Harry Potter stories on your site password!protected?
as I said, children search for Harry Potter on the net, but not for anything else on this site. of course, they might take a look around on TDDM and stumble across everything else. but I'll burn that bridge if it becomes necessary.
- How can I get a password?
that's also very simple. use the » contact form and use the subject "password for TDDM". I want to have your birthyear and a statement that you fully know what you're getting yourself into. please send the requests either in English or German. people who join my yahoo!group will also get the password, but don't bother joining if you're just after the password.
- Do I need to mail you again when the password changes?
no, you don't. when I change the password and you have previously received one, you will get the new one as well.
- I got the password, but I get blocked. What happened?
there are two possible reasons for that:
- you're at work, and your company has installed programs that are able to read and understand ICRA™ labels. that sucks, but there's nothing you or I can do about your company deeming my site inappropriate for you to read at work.
- you have lied to me about your age, and your parents have installed programs to keep you away from sites they don't want you to read. don't try the puppy eyes with me, kids. there's nothing I can or want to do about it. bite your parents, not me.
- What are ICRA™ labels?
Taken from www.icra.org:
The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) is an international, non-profit organization of internet leaders working to make the internet safer for children, while respecting the rights of content providers. ICRA has long believed the best approach to protecting children online is through "user empowerment" - giving families the tools to control their online experience. When used voluntarily, tools like ICRA's empower families to match their online experience with their values, without compromising free expression or undermining other users' access to information.The centrepiece of the organization is the descriptive vocabulary, often referred to as "the ICRA questionnaire." Content providers check which of the 45 elements in the questionnaire are present or absent from their websites. This then generates a short piece of computer code known as an ICRA label that the webmaster then adds to his/her site.
Users, especially parents of young children, can then use filtering software to allow or disallow access to web sites based on the information declared in the label. A key point is that the Internet Content Rating Association does not rate internet content - the content providers do that, using the ICRA labelling system. ICRA makes no value judgement about sites.
The descriptive vocabulary was drawn up by an international panel and designed to be as neutral and objective as possible. Most of the items in the questionnaire allow the content provider to declare simply that a particular element, such as bare breasts, gambling or chat facilities, is present or absent. The subjective decision about whether to allow access to that content is then made by the parent.
- Aren't the ICRA™ labels a bit over the top?
I don't think so. free speech is one thing, but in my opinion, every website that contains possibly harmful content for minors should be labelled as such. or would you let your kids watch NC-17 rated movies? I didn't think so.
- I found my story/artwork/poetry on your site, but I'm quite
sure that I never gave you permission for it.
if you think you never gave me permission for it, let me know. I keep all emails with the permits and will definitely check if I made a mistake. if I didn't, and you don't want to have your work hosted here anymore, let me know as well, and I will take it down immediately. of course, the same goes for the case that I made a mistake.
- I want to review one of your stories, but I can't find your
email address anywhere on the site.
for good reason. to keep spammers away, I removed my email address from every single page on TDDM. of course, you can still send me feedback, concrit and so on by using the » contact form.
- Why do you write slash?
good question, next one. no, seriously. I love to explore things in my stories I will never be able to experience or I never want to experience. since I'm not a gay or bisexual man, I'll never know for real what it's like for two men when they get it going on. apart from the fact that it's sexy as hell...
- Can I post my stories to your site?
usually, I'd say no because the work I host on TDDM is handpicked. however, you can always send me a request and I'll take a look at your work. if I don't like it for any reason, I will let you know why and make suggestions how I think you could improve your work. that might sound terribly arrogant, but hey, this is my site, right?
- I found a mistake in one of your stories, what can I do?
just send me an email via the » contact form. I'm far from perfect and won't bitch if you find something and tell me about it.
- Can I archive one of your stories at my website?
usually, I'd say no. not because I don't like to be archived or because I don't like your site. when I read through my stories again, it's more often than not that I still find mistakes or things I don't like that I re-write. it's really nothing personal and you're more than welcome to link directly to my stories. if you do, let me know, so I can link back to your site.
- You used one or more of my brushes/textures in your artwork
and didn't link back to me.
if that happened, I'm truly sorry. I try keeping up with all the wonderful sites and people who offer their hard work for free to give them proper credit. just hit me really hard over the head and remind me that I used your brushes or textures. I won't even wait until the next update of my site, but add your link the moment I get the email.
- Whois.sc lists you as spammer. What's going on?
it's not whois.sc that lists me as spammer. SORBS does, and that's the one blacklist whois.sc gets there information from. which is unfortunate, but there's nothing I can do about it. my ip address falls into the same address range as the one of an unsolicited spammer, and thus, SORBS blacklists my domain as well. I can assure you that www.rotschopf.org is neither an open relay nor an open proxy nor anything else like that. my hoster is trying to get my domain unlisted, but unfortunately, the guys at SORBS don't care about people who happen to own a domain within the range of a spammer. go » here to see the SORBS entry. as you can see, it's not me. or you can look up my IP address at SORBS directly to see that it's not my domain that is listed as spammer.
- Can you mail me when you update your site?
nope. not that I don't want to. it makes me happy that people want to keep up with my site. but. yeah, there always is a but in conversations like that. it's hard enough keeping up with everyone that requests the password for my site. between university, work, writing and all the other stuff I'm doing, I'm bound to forget someone. and that's not something I want to happen.
- How often do you update your site?
when I have the time. I try to update once a month, but I can never say for sure.
- Why is there nothing personal about you on your site?
*grins* sharing my stories and poetry with you is as personal as you can get, don't you think? no, honestly. I don't feel comfortable with plastering my private life all over the internet where everyone can access it. ask me a question and I will most likely answer. but you'll never see your questions answered here.
- What happened to your stories Complementary and Looking through
my Father's Eyes?
as it is, both stories are on hold indefinitely, and I seriously don't know if I'm ever going to finish them. I've been getting some ideas for Complementary lately, but I won't make any promises I don't konw if I can keep. Complementary is still up on AdultFanFiction.net, and both stories are accessible through my group. but other than that... I'm sorry.
- Your Potter!stories are plastered all over the net, yet they
are protected here. Why?
apart from the reasons already mentioned above, it's also a protection for me. there are laws about pornographie and a lot of the stuff I write is very much on the pornographic side. technically, I can go to jail for posting this stuff without proper precautions, and my host can get into a lot of trouble as well.
