Welcome to the C-Red Spanking Resource!
Last modified August 19, 1997
A Brief History
Back in 1995, there was little information on spanking to be
found outside of alt.sex.spanking. Yahoo had recently started
it's search engine, but of the 5 or so spanking links there,
the only link that still worked was a personal ad. There was
a definite need to keep up with the rapid coming and going of
spanking-related personal pages and commercial sites, as well
as to have a central location for information and news.
During this time, the a.s.s. FAQ was a work in progress. It
was occassionally posted to a.s.s., but in the days before AltaVista
and DejaNews, a copy of it was hard to come by. This site served
as the location for the FAQ as it was being developed, and was
the official site when it became accepted as an Official Usenet
FAQ!
With its accessibility and semi-anonymity, the web was a great
medium to conduct a running survey on spanking interests. For
two months in 1995, over 600 completed surveys were filled out,
covering questions on general spanking preferences. The results
were highly informative, and for me at least, it was yet another
reassurance that there were other like-minded people out there.
But much time has passed since then. I have moved into a new
career, and consequently have had less time to do the editing
required to keep the information here current. Meanwhile, many
stable web sites have cropped up, having more complete and up-to-date
links than mine. I'm glad to have been there to help people
find what they were looking for in the early days. But with
so much more out there now, an infrequently-updated links page
just doesn't do it justice.
Most significantly, the a.s.s. crowd has found a new home,
in the Usenet group soc.sexuality.spanking.
Devoid of the spam that had plagued a.s.s. in recent years,
it is a joy to see the level of discussion back to a healthy
level. I am honored to have played a role in crafting the charter
for the group, which has the distinction of being the first
soc.sexuality.* group to pass a Usenet-wide vote. Along with
the new newsgroup, there is also a new FAQ, having much of the same information as in the a.s.s.
FAQ. Importantly, this FAQ has received some much-needed updates,
many of which paralleled ones I had been working on but had
never managed to finish! I will keep around the old a.s.s. FAQ
(for posterity's sake), but will make sure everyone is aware
that a new FAQ, along with a new newsgroup, are out there waiting
for eager newcomers.
In general, the home pages linked from this site have their
own link pages, so be sure to bookmark some of them!
I'll still be around, mainly lurking. Without the responsibility
of a web site, it will be tempting to move to an ISP which provides
even the most basic of e-mail spam filtering (i.e., something
other than the 'D' key). Till then, feel free to write and say
Hi!
C-Red <Redman@cris.com>
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