NeonKaos
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Just had a thought: We could put the Life Stories and Fireplace boards together in their own section. I think they fit together.
Thoughts?
Works for me.
Just had a thought: We could put the Life Stories and Fireplace boards together in their own section. I think they fit together.
Thoughts?
I think these two have fairly seperate roles...where life stories and blogs still tends to be fairly poly-centric in it's subject matter, and the Fireplace is an off-the-Poly-Topic area.Just had a thought: We could put the Life Stories and Fireplace boards together in their own section. I think they fit together.
Thoughts?
"The Fireplace" - I saw someone say in another thread that they had wanted to talk about something (was it a health issue or a health issue of family member or something... I can't remember...) but they felt hesitant to post it in "The Fireplace" because that area of the forum currently isn't very active and he/she wasn't sure anyone would want to hear about it.
Just had a thought: We could put the Life Stories and Fireplace boards together in their own section. I think they fit together.
Thoughts?
I think that's good thought.
What about adding one in that same section for... "day to day life"?
Where we could talk about normal day to day life without getting lost? Fireplace seems more of a "story" thing and life stories is more like "this is our poly story" but what about... like this last month-I was interested in some feedback about the medical issues i've been struggling with? That's just day to day life...
Or RP's 40th bday or Mono and Rp's anniversary, those are day to day life....
They pertain to OUR poly lives-but not to poly in general and ceratinly not to "new to poly" peoples needs/issues.
I think these two have fairly seperate roles...where life stories and blogs still tends to be fairly poly-centric in it's subject matter, and the Fireplace is an off-the-Poly-Topic area.
True. The current configuration, however, has the Fireplace grouped with polycentric boards, also.
I view the two as working together as both involve sharing what's happening in life, whether it involves relationships or not.
My thoughts on Advanced topics is that it should probably be invisible or restricted from guests. Otherwise I think the content would be mostly self regulating...as happens with New to Poly threads. Option always exists to move threads if they're started up in a less optimal area.
Why would advanced topics need to be invisible if they are topics that are generally about polyamory?
Some had expressed interest in wanting to have slightly more privacy to discuss things...particularly if there are personal aspects that might come up in such discussions.
Some had expressed interest in wanting to have slightly more privacy to discuss things...particularly if there are personal aspects that might come up in such discussions.
A case could be made for either option. That's the one I would lean towards...open to members, closed to guests. Just me.
If we follow that reasoning then how would a "New to Poly" board be less personal with the stories people bring there than an "Experienced Poly" board?
In terms of requiring privacy to discuss identifiable details...I absolutely concur. There are other mechanisms for that.Personally, I don't see a reason for a private/experienced section. If you want more privacy to discuss ....why not IM or PM?
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A couple of thoughts about this:In terms of prying eyes from a random surf past...boss, coworker, etc...depends on how others feel about it.
(I don't have a vested interest in it....I'm too paranoid to post anything too personal on any public forum.)
I don't find a way to send a welcoming PM. I may be able to post a special notice that new members can see on the boards (and will disappear after a set time), though I'm uncertain about how that works, exactly.
How about CHANGING the name from "Fireplace" to "Everyday Life". That's what's IN the "Fireplace" already. It's not like it's full of ghost stories and hot chocolate. I become frustrated when there are so many similar separate categories. We don't need a clever name at the expense of description.
I can't call it the Poop Deck?
I found controls for a welcoming message while researching controls for closing the site to search engines (which I've not found as yet). What would be good info for the welcoming message?
... while researching controls for closing the site to search engines ...