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Surf Free or Die: This is a free site, something of a throwback to the early, pre-commercial days of the web. There's
nothing wrong with commerce, of course - it is after all the lifeblood of the nation - but we're sick of pay sites run on the
side by large porno outfits that have no genuine interest in spanking. There are some worthy pay sites of course (usually run
by genuine spankos), and you can find a few of them on our links page along with free sites and blogs.
What we stand for: Our focus here is on adult spanking, with sane people engaging in safe,
consensual play. Because of this context, which at times includes erotic elements, with very minor exceptions we don't
feature any material on this site involving the disciplinary spanking of children, a subject which can and should be discussed
elsewhere (we're against it, by the way, like most spankos we know). Therefore, despite our interest in comics, we won't post
any of the numerous comic-book spankings involving Nancy, Li'l Dot, Li'l Jinx, etc. We don't consider Superbaby/Superboy
spankings (really attempted spankings) to be a problem because, as will be seen in the Comics Gallery, they never come off.
By contrast, there is a panel from an old Superboy that shows Professor Lang spanking a young Lana Lang that we won't
post, although we do have an aborted spanking of Lana as a teen. And we have posted an anti-school paddling article by
"Martin" that echoes our own thoughts on the subject.
In the galleries, we try to present interesting examples of popular culture and erotic art, placing them in a social/historical
context where appropriate. Most of this has appeared elsewhere, but some of the comics material is from our personal collection
or was actually commissioned by us for the site. With the articles the situation is reversed: most are original and have never
appeared anywhere else, offering our readers what we hope is a unique and valuable perpective.
Who we are: We (that's an editorial "we") call ourselves the Web-Ed because back in 2004 when we started the site, we
didn't like the common term "Webmaster", although given the "master" part, it is somewhat appropriate in the broad context of
D/S. We edit this site much the way we would a printed magazine (except that we can't pay contributors), so we shortened
"Web Editor" to "Web-Ed". Because of our early involvement in the world of comic books, we also intended a sly reference to
Spider-Man, who bore the appellation "Web-head", but this was too obscure to be picked up on by normal people. We won't give
any more autobiographical details here, but you'll find bits and pieces scattered throughout the various pages. Every word
written on this site not specifically attributed or bylined to someone else was written by us.
Submissions: We update the site with additional material whenever we can. Most of it we gathered ourselves, but we
are always grateful for submissions although we can't pay for them (the only exception being occasional commissioned works of
art). If you have written an article, a work of spanking fiction, or have any pictures (which you own or to which you hold the
copyright) that you would like to see posted, please send them along to the
web-ed.
Our website design philosophy: With the exception of the Bulletin Board, we write all our own code, and without
fancy web page creation software either (we use Arachnophilia). While we could do anything that other sites do
(given the cooperation of our
site host and the time to analyze and understand the HTML code), we strongly believe in "keeping it simple." We hate the
pop-up windows, slow-loading pages waiting for extensive 3rd-party content, and labyrinthine navigation that are all too common
on web sites these days. Nor do we appreciate the assumption of some web-designers that every visitor has the latest and
greatest browser with every obscure plug-in and extension. The use of flash players to provide picture slideshows in place of
simple thumbnails hyperlinked to new pages is another unnecessary complexity all-too-frequently encountered.
We have therefore written simple web pages that display quickly, don't use pop-ups, and can be reached from the home page with
a maximum of three mouse clicks. We have shied away from a lot of video content because in our experience large video
files and embedded players cause too many problems. There are plenty of other sites that feature extensive video content.
Generally speaking, then, we're not too fond of excessive bells and whistles, but on the other hand we're not completely opposed
to modernizing the site somewhat.
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