#BuildaBetterEden - Community Planning: April 2013 - Suggestions Welcome!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Build a Better Eden Community Planning thread for April.Think of this thread as the official Community Suggestion Box. This month we want to focus on site activities; not just parties and events but what other types of activities would you like to see us doing more of? Workshops? Classes? Interviews? Let us know! Any and all suggestions are welcome, except for this one: The mention of chat rooms is strictly prohibited. Ready? Set! Suggest! CPM ArchiveCPM: March - 2013 - Site suggestionsPlease check out the following link for an archive of prior Community Planning Meetings. less

I'm going to throw it out again, as I have tried before but there have been many changes since then. What about a Sensual Symposium? The more learned among us could teach the less educated sensual techniques from different massage methods all the way to sexual lessons. I'm not sure how it would work out, but I think it would be cool! less

Oh! Oh! Oh! You know what kind of workshop I want??? A Mentor Workshop. Because just a little while back I finally hit rank to be a mentor, and it's been so freaking long since I was a student that I don't really know what to do as a mentor. I think it would be totally awesome if new (and old) mentors could take "Mentor Classes" to become better at mentoring! less

I'm reading through the suggestions so far and I am totally taking notes.

Here's my question to you all, though...

For workshops, it's pretty much understood that if someone runs one / teaches one, they'll be compensated in points but what about attendees? What times work best for people? Are y'all going to actually attend these if we set them up? Do you feel that you need to get points or something to participate? Is attendance going to be crappy if we don't do prizes and stuff? Do you like the idea of live events? Or something that is more along the lines of a lesson on the forum you can read later?

Brainstorm with me, guys! less

I would really like if there were a tab, similar to those for Favorite Contributor and Favorite Discussions, where each user could see the discussions that they've started. I create my discussions because I have an active interest in seeing where they go, and would love this added convenience so that I could keep up with them better. =)

I guess that this is in the same vein as my suggestion last month that there be notifications each time one of our posts is quoted in a response, but I feel like this is easier to implement. less

I'm reading through the suggestions so far and I am totally taking notes.

Here's my question to you all, though...

For workshops, it's pretty much understood that if someone runs one / teaches one, they'll be compensated in points but what about attendees? What times work best for people? Are y'all going to actually attend these if we set them up? Do you feel that you need to get points or something to participate? Is attendance going to be crappy if we don't do prizes and stuff? Do you like the idea of live events? Or something that is more along the lines of a lesson on the forum you can read later?

Brainstorm with me, guys! less

I would love this! My idea would be to set up a regular time for people to attend. However, there could be notes taken and posted later on for those who could not attend.

I don't think points are necessary to participate. I think it would kind of stink if people just showed up for points, rather than to learn or enjoy themselves :-/

I also like the interviews. Can people just sign up to do them though? My boyfriend and I are into cuckolding and quite a few people have expressed interest in it on here. I would love to share my experiences if possible!

Lastly, this isn't related to activities, but I want to throw this out. I notice a lot of reviews have comments, but not nearly as many votes. This makes me think that people start to just comment "thanks" without rating or even reading in order to just get EdenPoints. Is there any way to make it necessary for people to vote before they comment? I feel like good reviews are getting jipped and it makes me very sad. less

I would love this! My idea would be to set up a regular time for people to attend. However, there could be notes taken and posted later on for those who could not attend.

I don't think points are necessary to participate. I think it would kind of stink if people just showed up for points, rather than to learn or enjoy themselves :-/

I also like the interviews. Can people just sign up to do them though? My boyfriend and I are into cuckolding and quite a few people have expressed interest in it on here. I would love to share my experiences if possible!

Lastly, this isn't related to activities, but I want to throw this out. I notice a lot of reviews have comments, but not nearly as many votes. This makes me think that people start to just comment "thanks" without rating or even reading in order to just get EdenPoints. Is there any way to make it necessary for people to vote before they comment? I feel like good reviews are getting jipped and it makes me very sad. less

I would really like if there were a tab, similar to those for Favorite Contributor and Favorite Discussions, where each user could see the discussions that they've started. I create my discussions because I have an active interest in seeing where they go, and would love this added convenience so that I could keep up with them better. =)

I guess that this is in the same vein as my suggestion last month that there be notifications each time one of our posts is quoted in a response, but I feel like this is easier to implement. less

I'm going to throw it out again, as I have tried before but there have been many changes since then. What about a Sensual Symposium? The more learned among us could teach the less educated sensual techniques from different massage methods all the way to sexual lessons. I'm not sure how it would work out, but I think it would be cool! less

I'm reading through the suggestions so far and I am totally taking notes.

Here's my question to you all, though...

For workshops, it's pretty much understood that if someone runs one / teaches one, they'll be compensated in points but what about attendees? What times work best for people? Are y'all going to actually attend these if we set them up? Do you feel that you need to get points or something to participate? Is attendance going to be crappy if we don't do prizes and stuff? Do you like the idea of live events? Or something that is more along the lines of a lesson on the forum you can read later?

Brainstorm with me, guys! less

I'm against the idea of a symposium because, and I know this sounds harsh, I'm concerned about people "educating" others that don't know what they're talking about. I'm not saying it's particular to this forum. It's every forum. Every website. The other day I read a professional article that said a $10 bullet was the best sex toy ever. Period. I think many of us would disagree, or at least say YMMV. The point is that I would think the "educators" would have to talk to a mod in advance about what they are going to be talking about and demonstrate their knowlege, not just talk.

But, I should add, if they are going to do that, that would be a workshop. It is the way the workshops are currently set up, in fact, or at least they were. And as far as it being a live discussion or posted lesson, they are one in the same in a forum. You can always go back and read it later, whether you were there at the time or not. You could even have a sticky post at the beginning of the lesson, posted after the workshop is done, for people who just want the cliffnotes version.

Further, I am against giving points for people just attending. It would just be another way to abuse the point system and not garner any realiable feedback on the project. Plus, there will always be people complaining that the times don't work for them. Everyone is a little happier to be paid to do something, but that doesn't mean they are contributing.

As a final note, I'd like to add that most of the suggestions made so far are actually the way that workshops are currently set up. Really. less

" And as far as it being a live discussion or posted lesson, they are one in the same in a forum. You can always go back and read it later, whether you were there at the time or not. You could even have a sticky post at the beginning of the lesson, posted after the workshop is done, for people who just want the cliffnotes version."

This was kind of what I was asking, trying to determine if people would prefer a live lesson with a stream of responses throughout it or something more along the lines of a posted lesson with Q&A only after all the info was posted.

For some the live forum stuff might be confusing or hard to sort through to find the info later. less

I'm reading through the suggestions so far and I am totally taking notes.

Here's my question to you all, though...

For workshops, it's pretty much understood that if someone runs one / teaches one, they'll be compensated in points but what about attendees? What times work best for people? Are y'all going to actually attend these if we set them up? Do you feel that you need to get points or something to participate? Is attendance going to be crappy if we don't do prizes and stuff? Do you like the idea of live events? Or something that is more along the lines of a lesson on the forum you can read later?

Brainstorm with me, guys! less

I would love this! My idea would be to set up a regular time for people to attend. However, there could be notes taken and posted later on for those who could not attend.

I don't think points are necessary to participate. I think it would kind of stink if people just showed up for points, rather than to learn or enjoy themselves :-/

I also like the interviews. Can people just sign up to do them though? My boyfriend and I are into cuckolding and quite a few people have expressed interest in it on here. I would love to share my experiences if possible!

Lastly, this isn't related to activities, but I want to throw this out. I notice a lot of reviews have comments, but not nearly as many votes. This makes me think that people start to just comment "thanks" without rating or even reading in order to just get EdenPoints. Is there any way to make it necessary for people to vote before they comment? I feel like good reviews are getting jipped and it makes me very sad. less

What I started doing was a mixture of both...I reserved a space for a final outline after everything was said and done it could be updated after the event for those who missed it.

That way, those who wanted to and/or could be a part of the live event would get the interaction they wanted, and those who missed it wouldn't have to sort through twenty pages of greetings, side conversations, any games/etc. to find the relevant info. They were free to ask questions after the fact.

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This might just be a personal thing for me but I really wish help if there was a way to search discontinued items.

Why it would be good-

1. If you found it on another site you could get more information and reviews on the product if it was once sold here.

2. Eden carry would be a lot easier if you could search certain items to see if they were once here and got dc'ed

3. Since a lot of things have been discontinued lately it's disappointing when you write a review for something not many people will ever see because it got taken out right after your order =(

I don't really know how you could do this but maybe have an option to the side where you opt out of out of stock items you can click a box to see dc'ed item? Just a thought since you can't see an item like that unless you stumble on it from a wishlist/fav object/link less

I'm reading through the suggestions so far and I am totally taking notes.

Here's my question to you all, though...

For workshops, it's pretty much understood that if someone runs one / teaches one, they'll be compensated in points but what about attendees? What times work best for people? Are y'all going to actually attend these if we set them up? Do you feel that you need to get points or something to participate? Is attendance going to be crappy if we don't do prizes and stuff? Do you like the idea of live events? Or something that is more along the lines of a lesson on the forum you can read later?

Brainstorm with me, guys! less

I would really like if there were a tab, similar to those for Favorite Contributor and Favorite Discussions, where each user could see the discussions that they've started. I create my discussions because I have an active interest in seeing where they go, and would love this added convenience so that I could keep up with them better. =)

I guess that this is in the same vein as my suggestion last month that there be notifications each time one of our posts is quoted in a response, but I feel like this is easier to implement. less

I would really like if there were a tab, similar to those for Favorite Contributor and Favorite Discussions, where each user could see the discussions that they've started. I create my discussions because I have an active interest in seeing where they go, and would love this added convenience so that I could keep up with them better. =)

I guess that this is in the same vein as my suggestion last month that there be notifications each time one of our posts is quoted in a response, but I feel like this is easier to implement. less