A quick glance at WordPress, the system we use to manage The Spanking Writers, reveals that at the time of posting this entry, we’ve had a total of 9,981 comments since launching the blog back in early 2006. (That’s just the real contributions from readers, BTW – not including spam).
Some funny, others sad. Many kinky, but others reflecting on aspects of real / vanilla life. Witty and entertaining; serious and reflective. Regularly supportive, occasionally provocative. Some direct replies to our original posts – other threads that have taken on a life of their own.
From friends, from strangers; from strangers who’ve become friends. From those already active in the scene – and, wonderfully, from people making their first contributions to the online spanking world.
Someone out there’s going to make the 10,000th comment pretty soon – either on this post, or perhaps in reply to some earlier entry. Who’ll it be? The race is on…
And if you’ve never commented, might we tempt you to say hello?
We wanted to mark the impending milestone by saying a huge thank you. When we started posting here, we hoped we’d get *some* feedback from readers – but we could never have dreamt what a wonderful community we’d form here, and how you’d all do so much to make the blog so rewarding to host. You’ve made us very happy, and not a little proud.
I like to think that I was a stranger who became a friend through discovering and commenting on this blog and I can honestly say that it is my top 10 list of “Best things I’ve ever done”.
Through the two of you I have met some of the nicest, most deliciously kinky people I could ever hope for and have had some amazing experiences…
Thank you both sooooo much xxx
PS. It is very tempting to just keep on commenting until I reach the golden number, but will refrain from that, proving to anyone who doubted it (and there are a few…) that I CAN behave like a grown-up every now and then!
Awww wow – congratulations on such a great blog that has touched so many people over time – roll on 20,000 xx
A&H,
Congratulations in advance (or after the fact as the case may be). This might be the best measure of successful blogging. For many bloggers, creating an engaged community is our greatest aspiration.
As a side note, your post caused me to research my own comment count. Until recently, there wasn’t any easy way to get this data from Blogger. I plan to monitor total comments in the future.
Thank you for your many contributions to our community!
Hugs,
Bonnie
Wow, who left the other 9000 comments?
Seriously, congratulations on reaching this milestone. It’s difficult to fathom that you’ve posted daily for nearly five years with such a high level of quality. Of course, having now met you both, it’s less difficult to imagine that you’re really perverted enough to do so!
I, too, am very grateful for the community that has formed around this blog, and most especially for your friendship and that of so many others I have “met” here.
Well that’s interesting, I have never seen anyone celebrating their comment count before. What a good idea.
Congratulations
Prefectdt
Abel and Haron congratulations, on !0.000 plus. Please Abel do me a favor and take down Haron’s knickers, and give her six or more strokes with a pliable stinging cane on her luscius and voluptous bare bottom, for that great accomplishment that you both have achieved.
Well done to my fav bloggers!
Even though we met through Fetlife in the end I never would have siad hi if I hadn’t been reading your blog for so many years
Love you both, keep up the excellent work xxx
It is a fascinating and well-weritten collection of blogs, and I am not surprised you have a good following. Here’s to many more!
Pick me, pick me for the 10,000 post! I need to be first at something!
Congrats anyhow, and I totally enjoy your blog. Thanks for everything!
We got there! 10,000 comments
Congratulations to Emma Jane for being the person to post the milestone comment – with the first comment on Haron’s post this morning:
http://www.spankingwriters.com/blog/2010/10/06/spanking-with-a-switch/
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments, and your wonderful on-going support. It’s what makes blogging so magical.
Congratulations! I’m looking forward to hundreds of more posts and the next 10.000 comments. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts, ideas, feelings and all those small and big stories. It’s always great fun to read your blog and it was even better to meet the two of you in person.
I’m not sure how I became aware of your site, but I’m glad I did happen across it! Your stories & articles are interesting, well written and typically a turn on! I’m a gay man living in the west burbs of Chicago, and I’ve been into spanking etc. ever since I was aware of spankings. That said, it would be interesting to read stories written from the perspective of a naughty boy who is being taken to the woodshed. Or, perhaps, you know of just such a link that I could visit.
Peace to you all, and keep up the good work!
-dj
Hi DJ,
Are you aware of the MaleSpank archive? It’s a treasure trove of M/M spanking stories, and best of all, you can search it by theme. Although no specific woodshed stories come to mind right now, I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to find something that will tickle your fancy: http://www.malespank.net/MMSA_scenario.php