#EdenUpdate - Forum Update - Suggestions Needed

Thats great for people that have been members for along time, but people like me that are new here we haven't seen all the "spam" or repetitive posts as you call them. I have posted in the forum a lot since I joined up. Reading this makes we feel as if I shouldn't say what I feel as it may clutter up someone's list. As for the games a different spot for them would be a good idea as they are fun to play for the people that join in. less

Great suggestions! One in particular that I have on my wishlist (similar to one you mentioned), is an expiration date for polls. That way the rumbles could officially close at a specific time. Right now there is no way to close a poll.



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What about personal features? Are there any features you would like to see on your own profile. OR anything else? This is a brainstorm session so go ahead and suggest anything you want. less

If the poster could set the expiration on their poll that would be great! There have been times I have asked a question and I got my answer and months later people are still answering. I do not even bother looking at their responses because it is irrelevant to me.



I would like to have the option to delete our own responses in the forum (I have been half asleep and misread the question completely and would have liked to delete my response since it made no sense in regards to the poll). I would like to have control of what is posted on my wall or at least have the option to delete "following" or "new follower" posts. I don't understand the relevance. less

My intention is surely NOT to discourage posting. It was only a suggestion, and likely one that will not be considered. Also, true spam gets taken care of by admins. And by true spam, I mean when someone starts 4 discussions referencing a toy and asks: Good? Then in one thread comments 10 times to get their maximum points. You won't see many of those threads anymore because the admins are on top of it and they work hard to make sure that kind of spam stays off the forum! (we love you admins! )

I've been here 7 (8?) months and I certainly have not seen all the threads out there, but if you want to post a question, or a thought, the best thing to do is to go to the top of the page to the search. Search your question and it should bring up all the discussions that even mention it. If you see your question has been asked, you can read through the thread and post your comments. If not, PLEASE, start a thread!

But for example, if you're interested in finding out about whether people swallow, like to swallow, or how to overcome the gag reflex of swallowing, here's the search results. Or regarding blow jobs. Or regarding threesomes.

I don't think that most people post just to get points, just that they don't search for the topic; and folks should definitely seek beyond the first two pages. I think this mostly comes from the frustration that many people (older and newer members) feel in that you post a discussion, a question that hasn't been asked, and it gets buried in 15 minutes to the second or third page and unless you're watching it and bumping it pretty repetitively, you might not get any response.

Sorry for the text wall... like I said, by no means am I trying to discourage posting of threads and polls. I hope that clarifies my suggestion to you. less

Thats great but if you want to comment on the old thread subject it will then bring it back up to the forums first page( I just did that under 3somes and it went back to the top in the forum), so really what difference does it make if its a new post or older post that gets bumped back up to the first page? If they break it up into sections where one is product and Eden info only and the other for social subjects then the ones who don't want all the "clutter" wont have to view it. I'm not trying to argue just saying my thoughts. less

For example I went to the oldest 3some from the link you posted. I left a comment on the thread. It then brought that 2 year old thread back to the first page in the forums, so what I said was if I search for a subject like 3somes and I want to leave a post on it and it brings it back to the front page on the forums what difference does it make if it is an older post or a brand new post from someone who didn't search for the subject before posting a new one. Its still gonna end up either way on the forums first page. The post will still be there (on the front page), no matter if its a brand new topic started or by one thats 2 years old that someone posted a new comment on. less

Okay... there's a tab in the forum for contributors that you've marked as "favorite"



In that tab, whoever you mark as favorite, all the threads that they've posted in show up. But instead of having the last thread that your marked contributor posted in, the one that's at the top is the last one posted in, in general. What I'm proposing is that the top of the list be where your favorite contributors posted, rather than the last one in general. Because if you want to just follow THAT thread, you can just follow that thread.



I know that a person you follow will show up on your wall; but people get buried so fast!



Anyway, here's a picture of the section of the forum, I hope it explains a bit better:







See where it says "Last Update?" That's not the contributor who is marked as favorite. That's the last time ANYONE posted. less

Um. Why am I not listed as one of your favorite contributors?!


Stickied posts are foremost on my want list, but I would rather not see them appear to be any different than other posts in appearance. I know when I've frequented other boards in the past, those threads that have been stickied usually appear differently than the rest, and after a while, I completely ignore them. Granted, the "+ number of posts" feature on EF makes that less likely, but I think simply staying on the first page is enough for stickied posts and there is no need to make them appear any different.

Other suggestions would include...

--Change the setting for editing from being able to edit a post at any point before the next post to a time limit (say, 10 minutes). I'm a hunter and pecker [insert joke here], so I don't see what I'm typing. When I'm trying to type fast (e.g., in a meeting or party) I don't always have a chance to make sure everything is spelled right and that the grammar is acceptable (yeah, I'm pretty anal retentive about that). Kiss the chance to edit away if someone posts a few seconds after I do.

--Maybe a gender symbol option next to our user name. I've been assumed to be female before and I nearly made the same mistake myself a few days ago with someone else. I know mouse-overing a poster's username does the same thing, but it would still be easier if I didn't have to worry about that.

--Find a way to autopage when someone gets to the end of a page. It can be frustrating to post something in a meeting or party and then have to go to a different page to read it. Autopaging would automatically load the next page so you wouldn't have to navigate to it. See Firefox's AutoPage add-on to get a better idea (Autopage doesn't seem to work with EF, or I wouldn't even bring it up): link

--I agree that the "favorite contributors" feature needs tweaking in the way BBWTT explained.

--Although the thread with all the awesome hints for navigating around EF is great, it would be nice if all the fat in that thread could be trimmed out and just have a permanent stickied thread or link that people could click to answer any of those questions. However it ends up working, I think there needs to be an easily accessible way for EFers to get the answers they seek (or may need to seek in the future).

--Have all threads that have one of my posts in them flash bright red so everyone can savor the awesomeness that is my wit. less

Two more thoughts:

--More smilies from which to choose.

--The ability to selectively quote people. In other words, when you click "Reply", it would be nice if you could delete some of the text so the person to whom you are responding knows exactly to what sentence or paragraph you are responding. less

Oh! I never noticed that. Now that I know it's there when I want it, I guess there's no need to have both printed for full view all the time. (And I'm never really so curious about the exact hour, but sometimes it's nice to know how many months have passed between posts made "two years ago.") Thanks for letting me know it's been there all along! less

I'd like to see a symbol (similar to the lightbulb+## that there is for new posts since you last looked at that thread) to indicate that someone's responded to something you said. For example, when ~Kris looks at the forums later, she will see a symbol (maybe a star? an arrow?) to show that someone (Antipova in this case) responded to her post. less

Two more thoughts:

--More smilies from which to choose.

--The ability to selectively quote people. In other words, when you click "Reply", it would be nice if you could delete some of the text so the person to whom you are responding knows exactly to what sentence or paragraph you are responding. less

Yesssss. More smileys and the ability to select certain text to quote.

But I'm not too keen on the gender symbol thing. Some people see themselves as gender queer, fluid, or are transitioning, or something else entirely. They might not feel very comfortable with it. When I'm in doubt, I hover over the user's picture to find out.

Don't worry, Vac. I saw your pictures and can vouch for you being male. less

• I'd like it if the forum search results could take you to the actual page(s) of the discussion which matched your search query. Right now it just takes you to the first page.

On a topic with a lot of posts, just getting a link to the first page can be pretty useless. For example, I was trying to remember which porn star mentioned reading Terry Pratchett in a recent porn club discussion. The search let me find out that it was Stoya, but I'd have to wade through 1331 posts to actually find the list of authors she likes. (The post was on page 20 of the discussion.) I ended up having to use Google.)

• I'd like a better set of page links at the bottom of long discussions. The current [20][30] etc. markers always act weird. (Like when there are twelve pages, and you're looking at page 10, then it says "… 9, 10, [20]" and clicking on [20] takes you to page 11. This always ends up confusing me during porn club. less

Something that happens all the time is that when you go to a specific forum and the first topic will say like, updated 20 minuted ago, and you go into it and the last post could be from days ago, or a week ago. So why was it moved to the top of the thread listings with a more recent time next to it? Another really weird feature here is if you find another poster who has opinions you like, you can go to their profile to find more of their posts and instead of having their posts on their "wall" it only has posts from a completely different user name. Isn't your own wall only supposed to display your own posts? less