Community Events Committee Meeting: 4.21.11

The New Intimacy

Community Events Committee Meeting: 4.21.11

Skip to last post
Set alerts
Updates
Forum search
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Maybe change up the way it's done? Maybe every few days Gary could release another portion of the picture so it bumps the thread and more people may then guess. To be honest, so far they've been fairly easy so there aren't multiple ... more
Hmm. How would you make the pictures harder to guess without being impossible for anybody who hasn't already studied the toy?
04/21/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Honestly, I wish EF would take away the points associated with polls/posting. While it may keep the forums more active, its almost useless activity.
I see so many of the same questions I get sick of responding to the same ones over and over again. When I started here people were on my case if I asked a question without researching the archives first. Dang, now the same one gets asked every couple days.
04/21/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Quote:
Originally posted by Redboxbaby
I so wish that all forum posts from Gary like this would stay at the top of the forum until the next one went up. they get buried so fast
Me too, I sometimes forget to mark it as a 'Favorite discussions'.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Quote:
Originally posted by Redboxbaby
I so wish that all forum posts from Gary like this would stay at the top of the forum until the next one went up. they get buried so fast
maybe they could be pinned to the top of the forum or something? i know the technology's out there, having seen it on other sites. like, if a certain site member/moderater/owner /whatever posts something, it automatically stays at the top until that user changes the setting or removes the thread, unless they personally set the settings otherwise?
04/21/2011
Contributor: Karakaten Karakaten
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
Quite possibly.





As a newer user (sorry for the barrage of questions), how could we have reached you sooner? Or how would you do things differently about the way we run the clubs and other meetings?
No problem, I'm glad to be of some help.

Hm. I suppose more advertising would have snagged me earlier, for both EF and CEC. The one main difference I've found about CEC is that it's a bit vague in describing what the club is.

I mean, Porn Club, Naked Readers Book Club, those are pretty self-explanatory. "Community Events Commitee" sounds like party planning, whereas the posting makes it appear more like a "city council," where users talk about how to improve the community.

I'd also like if most clubs were maintained by more than one person, especially when it comes to memberships. Waiting two weeks to find out if you're even in a club or not can get aggravating. Maybe a public/forum memberlist for the clubs would alleviate that.

For the timezone issue, what about merging the weekly/biweekly idea with early/late one?
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
Hmm. How would you make the pictures harder to guess without being impossible for anybody who hasn't already studied the toy?
Maybe instead of blocking out the picture, use one of those programs that blur the image. Every day make it less blurry? I'm not sure, but the current format doesn't really work.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
You guys have had great ideas so far on how we can improve the CEC, but I wanted to ask you about the Roundup real quick.



How many of you have seen the new "name that toy" contest we've been running? What do you think of ... more
I've actually only caught it once. I'm usually pretty on top of things when it comes to Round-Ups and Rumbles so that surprises me. They get lost in all the other threads, unfortunately.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
No problem, I'm glad to be of some help.



Hm. I suppose more advertising would have snagged me earlier, for both EF and CEC. The one main difference I've found about CEC is that it's a bit vague in describing what the club ... more
As far as I know, most clubs are open to anyone. Porn club being an exception only because EF only has so many videos to distribute.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
No problem, I'm glad to be of some help.



Hm. I suppose more advertising would have snagged me earlier, for both EF and CEC. The one main difference I've found about CEC is that it's a bit vague in describing what the club ... more
I totally agree. Heck, i don't even understand how to join a club. it took me probably over a year on EF to discover the community features. I wish there was an email when you created your acct or something that unobtrusively explained some of these types of features w/ links & whatnot.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
No problem, I'm glad to be of some help.



Hm. I suppose more advertising would have snagged me earlier, for both EF and CEC. The one main difference I've found about CEC is that it's a bit vague in describing what the club ... more
Well the concept behind the CEC was fairly vague to begin with; we're here to discuss community events in general really. Anything we can do to make the community better.

And for the rest of the clubs, there's no wait list to get into them, you just participate. Even Naked Reader and Porn Club are pretty easy, and they're the only ones that really require any kind of notification that you want to join

For the timezone issue, I'll definitely bring that up.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
Is there a way to have the Review Rumble and Round up permanently locked to the forums? That may keep it upfront in every body's mind.
Yeah, I think being able to "sticky" the week's most important threads would be SO helpful. And then after the week is up and they're no longer "relevant", they can be replaced with new Rumbles, Round-ups, Club Meetings, etc. I know that's a lot of tech work though.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
I totally agree. Heck, i don't even understand how to join a club. it took me probably over a year on EF to discover the community features. I wish there was an email when you created your acct or something that unobtrusively explained some of ... more
I think we do actually do that now.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
Hmm. How would you make the pictures harder to guess without being impossible for anybody who hasn't already studied the toy?
That was supposedly easy? I never would've known what the heck that toy was in 8 million & 12 yrs. Then again, I've never been good @ that sort of thing.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Karakaten Karakaten
Quote:
Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
maybe they could be pinned to the top of the forum or something? i know the technology's out there, having seen it on other sites. like, if a certain site member/moderater/owner /whatever posts something, it automatically stays at the top until ... more
THIS.

Though sifting through the threads can be educational, the newest/guideline threads should be pinned or stickied to the top of the subforums.


Also, though I love contests with free prizes, I don't care much for the guessing one from Roundup. It's easy, and paired with the prospect of points for posting, most of the posts on the thread are similar guesses for the picture.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Honestly, I wish EF would take away the points associated with polls/posting. While it may keep the forums more active, its almost useless activity.
And I know I'm behind a bit but ditto. Not that I don't love my points, mind you, but the forum just ain't what it used to be.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
I think we do actually do that now.
Oh, maybe either when I created my acct you didn't or I just didn't read it. It's entirely possible.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
Quote:
Originally posted by Darling Jen
Yeah, I think being able to "sticky" the week's most important threads would be SO helpful. And then after the week is up and they're no longer "relevant", they can be replaced with new Rumbles, Round-ups, Club Meetings, ... more
I cant imagine why it would be hard. I see it in many other forums and some where it will even give the user the option to pin things to the top of what they are seeing on their screen.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
As something that might work as a substitute for sticking threads at the top of the forum, if you go to the community news page (the same place you'd see all the new reviews coming in) on the left side of the page, right across from featured reviews, there's a list of threads. They always include the latest Rumble/Roundup, and usually include all the related club information as well.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
Quote:
Originally posted by Darling Jen
Yeah, I think being able to "sticky" the week's most important threads would be SO helpful. And then after the week is up and they're no longer "relevant", they can be replaced with new Rumbles, Round-ups, Club Meetings, ... more
Sticky threads have been suggested often also, but I'm not sure why they can't/haven't been implemented.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Kake aka PoeticErotica
Oh, maybe either when I created my acct you didn't or I just didn't read it. It's entirely possible.
A lot of our emails end up in spam folders unintentionally as well.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
Quote:
Originally posted by Darling Jen
And I know I'm behind a bit but ditto. Not that I don't love my points, mind you, but the forum just ain't what it used to be.
Agreed.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
No problem, I'm glad to be of some help.



Hm. I suppose more advertising would have snagged me earlier, for both EF and CEC. The one main difference I've found about CEC is that it's a bit vague in describing what the club ... more
City Council is SO accurate! That's really good, actually! Especially considering there is a separate Holiday Party Planning Committee...
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
THIS.



Though sifting through the threads can be educational, the newest/guideline threads should be pinned or stickied to the top of the subforums.





Also, though I love contests with free prizes, I don't care ... more
Actually, the point of the contest tied to the Roundup was so that guesses would bump the thread to the top of the list frequently. It wasn't intended to really be too difficult.
04/21/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Maybe instead of blocking out the picture, use one of those programs that blur the image. Every day make it less blurry? I'm not sure, but the current format doesn't really work.
It's a cute idea but it's a lil boring and the right answer is usually posted by the time I see the thread so I don't bother with it.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
As something that might work as a substitute for sticking threads at the top of the forum, if you go to the community news page (the same place you'd see all the new reviews coming in) on the left side of the page, right across from featured ... more
But it isn't always updated with the old stuff removed. Or at least that has been my interpretation of it.
04/21/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Quote:
Originally posted by Darling Jen
Yeah, I think being able to "sticky" the week's most important threads would be SO helpful. And then after the week is up and they're no longer "relevant", they can be replaced with new Rumbles, Round-ups, Club Meetings, ... more
It is typically posted on the top of the 'Community News' page but I usually skip right over that. lol Plus, it is not always updated for a day or two.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Aside from having the roundup thread stickied to the top of the forum, and changing up the picture game, is there anything else about the roundup you would change? What else would make you more likely to read it?
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
Quote:
Originally posted by SexyTabby
It's a cute idea but it's a lil boring and the right answer is usually posted by the time I see the thread so I don't bother with it.
Instead of guessing a picture, what if guessing were based on verbal clues, and each day a new clue could be released. This would keep it really nebulous and maybe keep people guessing.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Kake aka PoeticErotica Kake aka PoeticErotica
Quote:
Originally posted by Karakaten
THIS.



Though sifting through the threads can be educational, the newest/guideline threads should be pinned or stickied to the top of the subforums.





Also, though I love contests with free prizes, I don't care ... more
I guess what I meant was not necessarily that particular contest, but ones from Gary/etc that WERE of more import than other topics. Just that there should be a way to sticky some threads in general.
04/21/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
As something that might work as a substitute for sticking threads at the top of the forum, if you go to the community news page (the same place you'd see all the new reviews coming in) on the left side of the page, right across from featured ... more
That's true. And I used to LOVE the community news page. But I feel like it's not updated very often with the pertinent threads and have found some threads that were very random being listed instead.
04/21/2011