A rant about "approved" recips

[Pagan]

Doing Category recips is really not all that bad. It lets me see where I think my site will fit in best. Mine will often fit two or three categories, and if one is quite full, I can pick another. Or, the LL might not have that category. I don't ever object to category recips. I think it is a guide for the visitors to know where to look to find other sites of a similar flavor. I also do it out of fairness. A recip that is 1 line in a table of 2-3 lines looks odd or unfinished. I am actually proud to show where my sites are listed. Go figure.

Where I do have problems with it is when it is applied with the iron fist. A lot of my sites tell a story. On an anal site for example, I include some of the foreplay but still make sure that 50% of each gallery is specific to the niche. If it's a reality based site, you need some of the story line to enjoy the site as a whole. The paysites include it, and may well feature it highly in their tours. Yet, I have had sites declined because though I had one category recip, they felt it was really a different category. The sites were accepted at 90% of the other lists on that recip table. The decline wasn't for structure - it was over a category recip.

I know, too, that without some standard a few of the freesite builders will put your recip in 4 point dark grey text on a black background. But, how rigid do you LL owners feel you need to be on your recips? Do you really feel we need to take a step backwards after the LOR Trusted Submitter changes?