Storybrooke Daily Mirror
April 17, 2013
Local Website an Overnight Success
STORYBROOKE, MAINE – Last week we reported on Storybrooke's latest resident website which has now officially launched; today we can happily report that the site has experienced over 5,000 hits since its inauguration two days ago on the fifteenth of April. It is already the second most popular locally run website in Storybrooke (following only the Storybrooke Daily Mirror's own website). The new site, known as "The Tales of Storybrooke," or more colloquially, just "Tales," allows the town's residents to post their own works of fiction, which can then be read and reviewed by other users.
Local schoolteacher Mary Margaret Blanchard states, "I think the website is wonderful. Stories hold an important place in our lives. They're a way for us to deal with the world. I think it is terrific that our town is using technology and interaction to encourage reading and writing."
Other residents are not reacting as positively to the new medium. Concerned parents have already blocked the site using parental controls in an effort to keep their impressionable children from stumbling onto it. "This website promotes pornography, and I for one will not tolerate it. I would encourage parents to take a stand and make certain they are supervising the websites their children access on the internet," cautions Mother Superior.
While it is true "Tales" offers sexually explicit and even violent material, a rating system is used to ensure that visitors only encounter stories appropriate to their age and/or comfort level. Relatively tame stories are rated K, content more appropriate for teenagers is rated T, and the most explicit stories are rated M for mature.
Thus far "The Tales of Storybrooke" has enjoyed immense popularity, but time will tell whether this trend will be maintained. The Daily Mirror will continue to monitor the progress of this website as it grows beyond its infancy.
"The Tales of Storybrooke" is independently owned and is not affiliated with the "Storybrooke Daily Mirror" in any way. The website can be accessed from the city's main website. Parental discretion is advised.