Hello PG Community,
So Team PG would like to have Your Feedback on an interesting topic which has been raised a few times in past, and Abby raised it again recently.
What if we were to have Restricted 18 + Sub-Forum (Basically a 18+ ChitChat cafe)? A number of times in past, we have had to curb discussions or close topics which alot of Team PG felt were fun and interesting but went against our policy of keeping PG "family-friendly" - In this section, these and more...will be allowed
This will be for users with : more than 400 posts + recommended by a member already IN + over 18 years of age + at least 3 Achievements under their belt + (To-Be-Decided) % Weekly Activity
I will add some of the discussion and conclusions that Team PG reached - to give more context to this post :
I think we should be viewing this from a very serious perspective first and foremost ( sexual, philosophical, society, "fun and casual" topics are something we can control easily) but discourse regarding specially Religion can and will probably spillover in animosity in the forum ( even outside forum - IRL) that would be extremely bad and hard to control. -
Specially looking forward to responses from experienced PG members. No Decision has been made over if we go ahead or not, but like always since PG is a community driven platform, we wanted to ask the community for if this is something we should spend energy on ...or not!?
The cool thing was to see TEAM PG new members replying and bringing some life into the idea ( so I wanna thank @Assassin @XxRebellionxX @iNCEPTiON @EternalBlizzard
@manigamer @JANARIOO @nafu @murtaza12 @GloriousChicken @Khawaja [MENTION=1960]haroon[/MENTION]sheikh ) for the responses
Please feel free to @ mention members you think can add value
@abobobilly @Shyber @Chandoo @r3aper @Nomad @CerebralTiger @Necrokiller
So Team PG would like to have Your Feedback on an interesting topic which has been raised a few times in past, and Abby raised it again recently.
What if we were to have Restricted 18 + Sub-Forum (Basically a 18+ ChitChat cafe)? A number of times in past, we have had to curb discussions or close topics which alot of Team PG felt were fun and interesting but went against our policy of keeping PG "family-friendly" - In this section, these and more...will be allowed
This will be for users with : more than 400 posts + recommended by a member already IN + over 18 years of age + at least 3 Achievements under their belt + (To-Be-Decided) % Weekly Activity
I will add some of the discussion and conclusions that Team PG reached - to give more context to this post :
Negatives:
- Leakages would happen, hence reputation effects. We won't be able to control such leakages.
- How do we handle banning ? Banning someone would increase the hatred, to say the least.
- Immaturity and abusive language would increase across the forum.
if we allow too much freedom (specially considering Religious / other fanaticism in our dear country)like screenshots from PG being posted around facebook groups and us being mis-representative
The rules have to be defined very tightly and clearly
Leakages as in a thread about sexuality, religion or so. Some dumbass screenshots it and puts it all over social media badmouthing PG as a platform that promotes taboo content. It has the potential to be really nasty given our society.
I think a good bet for rules as a start would be:
Don'ts:
- No porn links
- No religious threads
- No torrent links
- No Extreme Gore
Do's:
- Post whatever you want but keep spam under control
- 18+ topics are allowed unless specifically banned
- Society, political, sexual, personal stuff, random BS
There is no need to rush, we should draft up proper rules and trial run it but I think we should move forward with it. I think this section can also pave way for a new influx of members to explore other areas of the forum, potentially increasing activity and traffic.
I think we should be viewing this from a very serious perspective first and foremost ( sexual, philosophical, society, "fun and casual" topics are something we can control easily) but discourse regarding specially Religion can and will probably spillover in animosity in the forum ( even outside forum - IRL) that would be extremely bad and hard to control. -
Specially looking forward to responses from experienced PG members. No Decision has been made over if we go ahead or not, but like always since PG is a community driven platform, we wanted to ask the community for if this is something we should spend energy on ...or not!?
The cool thing was to see TEAM PG new members replying and bringing some life into the idea ( so I wanna thank @Assassin @XxRebellionxX @iNCEPTiON @EternalBlizzard
@manigamer @JANARIOO @nafu @murtaza12 @GloriousChicken @Khawaja [MENTION=1960]haroon[/MENTION]sheikh ) for the responses
Please feel free to @ mention members you think can add value
@abobobilly @Shyber @Chandoo @r3aper @Nomad @CerebralTiger @Necrokiller