Hello Backstage!

/u/teal1818 had a similar post earlier, I thought we could have a counterpart to it. Since I am nosy as well, I wanted to see if people wanted to share their experiences in finding GWA and coming to find their own place here.

I'll start:

I was aware of audio porn from 4chan, but didn't really go into that side of the site that much. I've listened to a few before, but mostly as background noise. A couple years back, I discovered reddit and enjoyed finding out about the different kind of subreddits. For those of you not familiar, there is a random button that will take you to a random subreddit.

After a few fun adventures, I landed onto GWA. My first thought was: "So many acronyms! What the hell is this?" After the initial confusion, reading the titles definitely got my attention.

So I decided to find out what one of the acronyms meant. The top one says JOI... which stands for jerkoff instruction. After conducting thorough research over the next 24 hours, I concluded that this place was pretty damn cool. It's like I never knew what I was missing out on before.

Over the next few months, I would discover a bunch of new kinks and interests. I didn't know what it was before, but I found myself searching for a particular kink. I would go find posters whose audios had a similar theme and listen through their catalog. There was a poster that scratched my itch regularly, but then she disappeared. I found my interest in GWA start to wane since I wasn't exactly commenting or posting. I was a terrible mooch.

Until one day, I heard another voice. At the time, I couldn't pinpoint what it was about the audio, but I felt strongly compelled to message her. I've never done this before - despite spending quite some time on reddit, I've never PMd anyone before, especially on subs like GWA. I always understood that all messages from men were assumed to be creepy and unwanted by girls who post.

Very nervously, I sent a polite PM telling her how much I appreciate her audios, hoping that she continues to post more. She responded with a nice little note and it made my day. I definitely fanboyed over that message for the next few days, which ultimately resulted in me making my own audio. I PMd her for feedback and she got back to me within the same day! That was when I was convinced that I wanted to post and contribute. It also turns out that it was her all along and she just picked a new username.

After making that first post, I eventually got to meet and make new friends, both male and female. Joining the posting side lifted the curtains for me. Backstage is such an apt metaphor for it. My favorite way of describing the GWA populace is a sentiment echoed by a lot of the members: "it's made up of a bunch of really cool people who just happen to be good at making naughty recordings".

I have always been shy and I thought this would be a good avenue to express myself. It's given me lots of self-confidence and I've found out more about myself with some people here than some of my closest friends. I think if I never got the courage to send that first PM, I would have a completely different attitude towards sex in general.

Lately, I haven't had the time to participate as much, but I still pop in every now and then to see what's new. So many things to catch up to, so little time! I find myself not missing the audios as much as the people and the comments section - people come up with the most ridiculous stuff. Hence this nosy post. But I digress.

YO' TURN. PEACE.

xoxo,
shyguy