Originally posted by Glibc
For Frequently Asked Questions.
Well, technically, that's what the comments and suggestions forum is for. Also, site announcements usually has some good info in it about site workings. Lastly, the Code of Conduct is always there to answer questions concerning behaviour.


Originally posted by Glibc
Yes, and that's fine. A small detail: Maybe there should be two "general" forums, one for general bdsm-talk, and one for general talk about everything else. It's not a big problem at the moment.

I think that would be a bit excessive, at least in my opinion. The general talk forums is pretty much open to anything. Most topics regarding BDSM, however, tend to fit into oneof the BDSM forums in either Community or BDSM Library.



Originally posted by Glibc
True, but they wouldn't contribute anything much in any case, so that's not much of a loss.

This is true. Which is why neither Jinn, Gary or myself are really big on the picture threads, except for Personal Photography. Typically, when I look at the WHo's Online area, I can usually count about 20 guests browsing the forums and out of any given 20, usually 16-18 will be browsing Favorite Pictures, Hentai and Anime or Personal Photography. They don't actually contribute anything to the site and very rarely post anything to the forums, but they get to see all the free pics they want.



Originally posted by Glibc
fine, I mostly agree. But if we want more active members, we need to think about their wishes not our just own.

It is absolutely not possible to consider 10,000 or more peoples' feelings all at once. It goes back to that old saying, "You can please some of the people all of the time and you can please all of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time." It isn't possible for Jinn, Gary or myself to take every single consideration regarding the site and/or forums and turn it into a workable, feasible idea that can be put into practice. Thinking it is possible is a fantasy. JInn does a really amazing job of looking at peoples' comments and suggestions for the site and turning them into reality, but he's only one guy and can only do so much. Besides, there's only so many things that can be coded and still look workable.


Originally posted by Glibc
Fair enough. We can all help you know - we can discuss ideas and look elsewhere for inspiration. And if Jinn needs technical help, I'm sure we can find that as well.

Discussion is great. That's what these forums are here for, mostly. A certain expectation of realism must be maintained, though. As I stated in my previous paragraph, it's not possible to implement every single idea that come through for the site. Besides which, a lot of people like it like it is right now. It's by far the easiest of the BDSM story sites to navigate, it has the best search feature of any BDSM story site I have seen and this site maintains a functioning, popular forum and chat room. On top of all that, there's also a member's section for people that want to pay for the privilege to expand their vieing of the site. It's a pretty darned good place already. Don't sell it short.

Finally, I'm sure that if Jinn needs tech help, he will ask for it. As it is, I think he's just waiting for his life to calm a bit before he starts anything serious with the site.