What additional forums/sections would you like to see?

My question is this: What prevents a minor from setting their age to 17 or higher? There's really no way of policing this, so there's no way of keeping minors out of the erotica section.

 

facebook log in?

Anyway, if under age people want to see erotica, there are a gazillion easier places to go without having to lie about one's age...

 

Please no.

 

You don't need Facebook to join WF.

 

Well, members cannot change their age once they have joined, so it would have to be a deliberate act prior to joining, and there are sites dedicated to this that would seem much more a destination for such fraud than us, I would think.

 

I meant for new under age members

as already mentioned, WF is a lot of work for a new member just to get a cheap thrill

having said that, if it's possible to monitor the new member/critique rule, ie 20 posts etc - limit erotica viewing by post numbers?

 

Now there is an Erotic section? Awesome I have a place to post stories of my many sexual conquests. Now the hard part is picking which of the three to write about.

 

Would people be opposed to renaming Erotica to Adult Literature? It probably won't stop people from lying about their age, but it's more of a tasteful title.

Also would it be possible to hide the genre from unregistered members? They wouldn't lie about their age if they don't know about it to begin with.

 

Unless they see this thread.

 

I think that's a good idea.

 

At first I was going to say a hearty 'yes' to this ...but then I went 'whoopsie.' This might be a step too far.

I think you already offer plenty of space for feedback, but when you get into the idea of 'open government' I get a bit nervous.

We all have the ability and the right to leave the forum if we don't like what's going on. We already have the means to let you know if something isn't to our liking, or if there is something we'd like to see happening. You already do offer polls to get our opinions on matters you need to deal with. However, it's ultimately YOU who runs the site, Daniel (along with your mods.) I don't know that I want that to change all that much.

I would hate to see this forum turn into something like a high-class restaurant, with a fantastic chef. A restaurant where—instead of ordering what he's carefully prepared for the day's special—his customers start demanding all sorts of other things that are not on the menu at all. I'm sure he'd listen and try to accomodate at first ...but I think he'd eventually get fed up.

I wouldn't want to see you being totally swamped by all the demands and counter-demands we might start making, if you give us lots more control here. I'd say, if it ain't broke...

 

haha indeed..

 

How about we have discussion threads for other sections of the WW? (Not just the erotica) We could even combine them. (I.E. maybe General fiction/Romance/Young Adult and Sci-Fi/Fantasy.)

 

Have you guys thought of having an IRC? That could be a great place to bounce ideas and just chill out in general

 

What's an IRC?

 

I agree. I am not on Facebook because frankly I find the whole thing insufferably narcissistic and the monetization system objectionable (and I don't want potential employers stumbling upon some photo of me with white powder on my top lip or my knob hanging out).

Please no Facebook log-ins.

 

Honestly, I spend way too much time on these forums as it is. If there was an IRC I don't think I would ever leave this place alone.

 

I would suggest Graphic Novels as a forum of its own. The style of writing required is different from a novel before you even get into the graphic side.

 

Inter-Relay Chat

So just a chatroom really.

 

Yikes. I'm old.