#BuildaBetterEden - Community Planning: Community Planning: January 2013 - Everybody welcome!

This is kinda related to kendra30752 and sktb0007's comments...I would really like a "why" feature added to the review voting. I don't mind receiving a "useful" vote...but I wish there was some sort of requirement that made it so when you vote you have to also give your reasoning for the vote. I don't know if this is possible, but it sure would be helpful for those trying to improve their review skills. I know I certainly look up to some of the top reviewers on the site, and I would love to be able to improve my reviews when they aren't rated as fantastic... less

I'm really liking the new Pinterest contest, maybe if we could somehow do more of them maybe or other contest like that. Also the holiday contest that we just had in the past 2012 year like th coloring pages, the gingerbread house, etc were as well fun, maybe if we could come up with some contest like that for each holiday.

As well as maybe looking into creating an app for the iPhones & androids, where we could access everything on our accounts now, as well as, write our reviews, vote on others, participate in the community forums, etc. less

I really, really enjoyed those contests and I thought they were a lot of fun and something the entire community can get in on and just kind of take a break from real life. (Especially the coloring contest; who doesn't love to color?) So we will have more things like that lined up in the future. I may even go grab some physical coloring books and scan in the pages (providing I'm not breaking some obscure copyright law). less

Okay, I really don't know if this is the correct moment to bring something like this up, but I rarely get here on time and lately, I've noticed something that I decided to bring up when 2 other people here on EF had the same issue and mentioned their frustrations also. So I'll just mention it right quick...

The new-ish review rating system. It used to show up the person's screenname who voted right out beside what they voted (poor, extremely useful, somewhat useful or useful.) These days, the person's name does not show up right beside what they voted for, and unless you happen to be seeing a review that's only been voted on once, you cannot know who voted poorly.

No, the problem is not necessarily know who voted what, but this system has made it to where a lot of people (the same people!) will go through and vote the same exact poor rating on every review everyday to get their points, but it's very unfair for them to vote so poorly on a very clearly EU review! Or the other way around. Either way, I know a few select people who refuse to stop, although they have been asked. I sometimes like to ask people what they thought I left out of my own reviews in order for them to rate poorly. Course you can tell the ones who did it just because when they never give you a reason.

Either way, the problem is that these couple of people are continually voting poorly on all reviews, whether they're poor or not. I'm about 95% sure that these people aren't even reading the reviews given how close in time they're rating different ones. For instance, it takes longer than 14 seconds to read and rate 4 whole reviews. Get what I mean?

Well, that's all I wanted to say, I guess. I just hope someone has an idea as to what may discourage them from doing this over and over. I also notice two of them who are repeat offenders also keep posting the same exact polls on the forums only weeks or months apart and they definitely don't stop, even when someone points it out every single time they do it. less

I really, really enjoyed those contests and I thought they were a lot of fun and something the entire community can get in on and just kind of take a break from real life. (Especially the coloring contest; who doesn't love to color?) So we will have more things like that lined up in the future. I may even go grab some physical coloring books and scan in the pages (providing I'm not breaking some obscure copyright law). less

Well... I think we could do a call for contributors and anyone willing to put together a "workshop" for the Sensual Symposium (I'm sure we have plenty of massage therapists or hobbyists on the site) could put together a class explaining different techniques of different styles of massage.

The "class" could be offered as a video, text, or graphics.. or all 3 if someone wanted to put the time in (I would be willing to "transcribe" videos, if having a printable list of steps would help for those that can't pay attention to a video or have to be hands on following steps).

Of course I'm in no position to say that it SHOULD be done, but if we could do this I think the contributor who was selected to "teach" the class each month would certainly deserve some kind of points for offering their knowledge to the community. (I feel like noting that I wouldn't be a contributor for a class... I can give a hell of a backrub, but I'm not trained in massage.. so this isn't a shameless points grab ha ha)

It wouldn't necessarily have to be restricted to back massage either. There are different methods of massage for different parts of the body and I personally would love at least an intro to most of them. I realize we probably wouldn't be able to get into the more sexual types of massage (the tantric "sexual" types essentially), but that still leaves many avenues of information exchange open.


It might be a cool way to not only learn new things to do with lovers/partners, but to also learn more about our Eden compatriots. While we are essentially a community that revolves around toys and sexual products... anything that brings ANY community closer together in heart or in mind is always worth considering. less

I know not everyone is Christian.. but what about an Easter Egg hunt around easter? Set it for a certain time period, and hide eggs in different places (reviews, forum posts, promotions, etc.) Certain numbers of eggs earn different "prizes" Example:


1-10 eggs: 10 percent off an order
11-20 eggs: 20 percent off an order
21-30 eggs: 30 percent off an order


so on an so forth.. however it is decided by the powers that be. Potentially even throw in a few prize eggs (with the Eden logo and everything of course) that are to win a specific toy, or a set number of points?


Obviously, it can be worked around so that it works better... but just an idea I had! less

I know not everyone is Christian.. but what about an Easter Egg hunt around easter? Set it for a certain time period, and hide eggs in different places (reviews, forum posts, promotions, etc.) Certain numbers of eggs earn different "prizes" Example:


1-10 eggs: 10 percent off an order
11-20 eggs: 20 percent off an order
21-30 eggs: 30 percent off an order


so on an so forth.. however it is decided by the powers that be. Potentially even throw in a few prize eggs (with the Eden logo and everything of course) that are to win a specific toy, or a set number of points?


Obviously, it can be worked around so that it works better... but just an idea I had! less

Well... I think we could do a call for contributors and anyone willing to put together a "workshop" for the Sensual Symposium (I'm sure we have plenty of massage therapists or hobbyists on the site) could put together a class explaining different techniques of different styles of massage.

The "class" could be offered as a video, text, or graphics.. or all 3 if someone wanted to put the time in (I would be willing to "transcribe" videos, if having a printable list of steps would help for those that can't pay attention to a video or have to be hands on following steps).

Of course I'm in no position to say that it SHOULD be done, but if we could do this I think the contributor who was selected to "teach" the class each month would certainly deserve some kind of points for offering their knowledge to the community. (I feel like noting that I wouldn't be a contributor for a class... I can give a hell of a backrub, but I'm not trained in massage.. so this isn't a shameless points grab ha ha)

It wouldn't necessarily have to be restricted to back massage either. There are different methods of massage for different parts of the body and I personally would love at least an intro to most of them. I realize we probably wouldn't be able to get into the more sexual types of massage (the tantric "sexual" types essentially), but that still leaves many avenues of information exchange open.


It might be a cool way to not only learn new things to do with lovers/partners, but to also learn more about our Eden compatriots. While we are essentially a community that revolves around toys and sexual products... anything that brings ANY community closer together in heart or in mind is always worth considering. less

I know not everyone is Christian.. but what about an Easter Egg hunt around easter? Set it for a certain time period, and hide eggs in different places (reviews, forum posts, promotions, etc.) Certain numbers of eggs earn different "prizes" Example:


1-10 eggs: 10 percent off an order
11-20 eggs: 20 percent off an order
21-30 eggs: 30 percent off an order


so on an so forth.. however it is decided by the powers that be. Potentially even throw in a few prize eggs (with the Eden logo and everything of course) that are to win a specific toy, or a set number of points?


Obviously, it can be worked around so that it works better... but just an idea I had! less

I like this a lot! I was curious because although I'm not a "trained" masseuse, I have been an athlete and a dancer for a long time and I know a variety of massages and techniques for dealing with injuries, knots (like deep tissue massages) and the like. It sounded cool, but I didn't know what you were thinking of.
If it was an idea that worked out, I certainly would not mind hopping on board.

On the other hand, I have been a mindfulness practioner for 4 years and I could help with breathing and relaxation exercises and advice. less

I think different breathing techniques could easily be folded into the Sensual Symposium idea. Breathing differently and relaxing can increase sensuality like crazy!

After all, more oxygenated blood means better blood flow and better nerve function. less

MrWilly, I promise this isn't a plug for me so much as it is to add to this, but I recently wrote an article for SexIs regarding this very topic. It has not yet been published, but I promise if the administrators like the idea, it can totally help feed the sensuality portion of your symposium idea! less

I think that would be a great idea for workshops. I can't guarantee this but just off the top of my head, we could probably send out a few massage candles/oils to test for "the best overall massage experience". We are an adult website, we used to run a Porn Club here, if enough people were interested we could definitely do something on tantric.

We've done scavenger hunts/easter eggs in the past. They are always a success and a lot of fun. I'll run it up the flag pole. less

I think in general the instructional idea would be a good one. Massage, Breathing, Flogging, Restraints could all be different topics for different times. The trick would be coming up with the topics people wanted to know, finding the people with enough experience and knowledge to instruct, (since there could be a liability issue if someone got injured following instruction although, don't really know)and then deciding on if and what rewards for instructors or products provided etc. There are many curious minds out there in EF and people want to know Based on what I've read on the forum's I'm sure there are people amongst us who could actually lead some of these classes if they were to take places. I would definitely not be one of those people lol. less

I think on the liability issue, it should be clearly stated in the first post that anyone who decides to try any of the physical instructables on here should do so at their own risk. Anyone on this site obviously has to be old enough to make decisions for themselves. less