Love in Dark Settings

"used the acronym CBLF instead of CBF"

Yes, when they moved to a new domain a few years back, the CBF domains were already taken, so they chose a CBLF domain instead.

"i was disappointed to find that i couldn't find anything that seemed like Crossroads..."

Crossroads just shut down in the past year, after going for eight years. My portrayal of Crossroads in the novel was actually a crossover between that real-life forum and its real-life predecessor, Close Encounters. Both forums were run by the same organization and had the same mission, but Close Encounters was where the politer conversations took place. :)

Thank you so much for your kind comments about the novel. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.