[Deleted] 9 years ago
I've been here for almost 10 years and I've been a moderator nearly the entire time. The previous version of the site was MUCH more user friendly as far as picture moderating goes. Pic mods have to sort through a ton more crap than previously because the site doesn't seem to reject anything. I know Diz is working on some things in this department, so hopefully things will improve.
As far as potential...you're going to have to find something pretty unique to offer people because there's so much free stuff out there.
[Deleted] 9 years ago
I've been both a member and a moderator on and off for about 5-6 years.
I quit being a mod the last time because I was frustrated. I was frustrated that there was a major hesitation to change things that I felt didn't work...namely the handling of what I felt was underage (or questionable) material. I felt that some mods were way too comfortable in their positions and unwilling to change their thinking, and when I felt they were not doing their jobs, they were angered when I did it for them, and called them out. Perhaps I could have been more tactful, but when I brought up the topic several times in The Office, participation was minimal in those threads. I also felt that input and direction from Diz was minimal, helping lead to unclear policies and how to handle those situations.
As for being a member. I'll tell you that I'm on the verge of deleting my account here, but the reason for that is not so simple to explain. In short...WBW is not the friendly place it used to be. I used to enjoy posting in the Lounge Spam thread, News stories (when we had them) and various topical and silly threads. Most of that is gone now, and whats left is a humourless, bitter forum. I don't know how you can fix that...I don't even know IF it can be fixed. Simply put...I don't enjoy the forums any more, and that primarily was the reason I visited the site. I honestly believe that making porn the focus of this forum, rather than its variety was and is the downfall. The members that are here mostly for porn, tend not to participate in non porn threads. Without the non porn aspect of the site, WBW is just another 1 of millions of porn sites out there...there is nothing special about it. Like Screwy above me said, unless you have something very unique to offer, you won't stand out in a sea of porn sites.
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Simply put, usability. So many times when updated, the site takes weeks to get all functions to work properly. This causes frustration to members as well as mods.
And welcome mate.
SugarPie, please don't go. I've always looked forward to your forum postings......
Take the answers from screwy, Sugarpie and Demo and you have the 3 points I was talking to you by PM :
- bugs that are not fixed (see Demo's post)
- feature that mods are still awaiting for them to do their job efficiently (see screwy's post)
- features that the community would like + more focus on the community aspect rather than just the content part (see Sugarpie's post).
I think to make this the older fun forum disallow discussions and postings of the more serious elements of the news. It simply brings out the worst in everyone. When people have passionate opposing views everyone tends to forget to play nice.
This threads arn't also moderated enough it seems that moderators are afraid to tough in case they are seen as having a political view either way.
I think that's one element of what makes this place a less friendly place than before. IMO it hardly fits in the 'whatboyswant' world
I always found it amusing how we go from the world is in dire straits blah blah it's all doom and gloom to phwoar look at them fun bags :p
[Deleted] 8 years ago
Now this is going to sound fairly obvious, but bear with me. Surely the reason the forums are quieter these days are simply because there aren't as any many folk interested in posting non-porn stuff? Yes, I remember years ago when the community was more friendly/vocal but it was generally the same 10-15 members - it wasn't hundreds of people all having a great laugh and talking about how fantastic life was. It was a small clique who used the forums as a place to come and chat with friends, which was fine, but I also remember threads around that time about why that "clique" environment was a little off-putting to new members. So the site can never win it seems. Nowadays a fair number of those 10-15 have moved on or fallen silent, and they haven't been replaced. Most people who come here now are here for the porn element. Why try to force the website in a certain direction if there isn't the demand for it? And if there is a demand, why don't all these members just try creating a few threads in the forums and starting some conversations rather than moan about how things used to be?
If Diz and the mods wish to change the image to less of a porn-focus, then I would suggest changing the main page seeing as all that does is scream "this is a site full of naked women". If you do change the focus too much however, I think you'd see the amount of visits per day drop dramatically.
For 1, I'm not moaning about anything, simply stating an observation. And for 2, if people don't want to chat, I'm cool with that. I was simply stating a use ability function in this thread.
My new thread is the one i would like opinions about chit chat and such.