Kinky Group Directory

[boundandgaggedboys] founder inactive. as this group appears to promote the submission of underage characters, i will not link to it.
[captive-culture] group deactivated...
[duct-tape-lovers] no activity since may, founder offline 18 weeks
[fetish-people] group de-activated.... this group is no more
[fine-fetish] no recent activity.
[gagged-and-drooling] inactive since august 2011.
[latex-culture] group de-activated.... this one has ceased to be
[male-submission] no activity since march 2012
[fetish-in-distress] group deactivated
[kinkklub] group deactivated
[classic-did] is bowing out gracefully in 2015.
[minetocommand] deactivated, 2015.
[silentdamselstudios] deactivated 2018
[female-submission] deactivated 2018
[literary-domination] no signs of life post-2012
 [cheerleaders-peril] founder says currently inactive

if you have a group, send me a message to let me know you're active! thanks ^ ^

original post: recently, i've been noticing that a lot of groups have died. i guess it isn't surprising - these days there are loads, so it's only to be expected that some people will abandon theirs.
but... it is rather annoying. if a group died and shut down, that would be fine, but so often they just get abandoned with no announcement, leaving a bunch of people posting "hello?" "is this group active?" on the group page and no way to know until your submissions keep expiring. now i'm sure there are all sorts of reasons why people abandon their groups, but here's the thing - your account is your own, and it's your business whether to log in or not. you can join or leave dA, whatever suits you - it's your account. but a group is just that. a collective endeavour, which the admins, you know, administrate. simply walking away from a group without saying anything to the members is poor manners at the very least. sometimes there are groups where the founder (or all the admins) have deactivated their accounts or just stopped logging in, but haven't had the decency to pass the group on to anyone else or shut it down.

update dec 2012: sexy-maids, which was dead from april-october, seems to be alive and well again, and has been moved back to the active groups list! :3
update feb 2013: fetish-people and latex-culture both deactivated themselves, so i've moved them to the dead parrot list.
update 2, feb 2013: chamber of the mistress is active again! also new groups added. and then some more groups added!
update mar 2013: added more groups following your suggestions - that you everyone who has contributed so far ^ ^
update apr 2013 pranksoflilim added, female-submission moved to active... after all, declining my submissions is a sign of activity, i guess...

update jun 2013 bdsm-works has died again.
update april 2015 fetish-in-distress and kinkklub have died, a few new groups added to active
update 2, april 2015 bdsm-works is active again under new management, after about 3 years
update aug 2015 added the toreans!
update oct 2018 full check-through, new category added for unclear situations. 
update 2 oct 2018 more groups added, thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions! 

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