There have been soo many threads of this nature started lately (some by me) that it seems like a good idea. I think there’s a lot of ignorance to be fought in this area.
That makes about as much sense to me as Cafe Society did when it first came out. (I could see why, but still was kinda surprised by it.)
Isn’t there some kinda “raise the level of dialogue” thing going on?
Speak for yourself Lizard!
Actually I was thinking myself whether SDMB should have one. I think if there was one it would do extremely well and I’m sure I would read it, but it’s not something I really want.
Just from observing what happens on other boards that do have them, the threads start out interesting and then after a while the quality degenerates until it ends up as an full-on teen-fest. Maybe it might be different on SD because of the variety of people and ages, interests, beliefs etc.
Who knows it could be interesting!
Oh… why not. Give it a shot. It could be interesting.
Or it could be a conglomeration of oral sex polls(pun unintended).
I think this is a good idea, but I have my worries about what would happen to it over the long haul. It is an interesting thought though.
Only if it’s called “Funky Monkey Love Corner.”
I think it’s a good idea. But then it might be hard figuring out which TMI subjects should go there and which should go in MPSIMS or IMHO. Of course, there could always be a TMI forum :eek:…
I nominate Coldfire for mod of that one! I still laugh when I imagine his face while reading the pimple thread!
As for the OP, I think lumping all these threads into a sex/relationship forum is a good idea.
No.
Same reason there isn’t a “computer problems” forum, despite them regularly featuring in GQ. SDMB isn’t a techie forum, and it isn’t a sex/relationships/lets-talk-dirty-like-we-wouldn’t-dare-IRL forum either. There’s plenty other places on the internet you can do both these without another here.
I don’t think there should be one either. It doesn’t really seem to jibe with our meme.
I was going to nominate Davebear. Or is the akin to putting the fox in charge of the hen house (or something)?
Unfortunately, I don’t think it would go well in general with the theme of the boards. If it would, I would eagerly support it for the same reason that I like Cafe Society. Cafe Society got all the entertainment threads out of IMHO/MPSIMS, so now I don’t have to scroll past them anymore. Likewise, a sex forum could get all the sex threads out of IMHO/MPSIMS so I don’t have to scroll past them anymore.
(Yes, I’d probably open both fora and quickly glance at the thread titles once every few weeks or so, but I wouldn’t have to see them every day.)
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I second this sentiment. Adding fora only dilutes the product and won’t make things any easier on the hamsters.
If it remained a technical, defeating ignorance type of forum, I can see it would meet the brief of this site.
But I betcha it would descend very rapidly into the cringemaking flirt and sex boast nonsense we’re seeing already in the forums we do have.
Plenty of places on the web to go and do this sort of thing, IMHO it is not something which fits here. I honestly DO NOT care if people spit or swallow or like anal sex with gerbils. I’m more than happy to remain ignorant of those matters.
Trying to keep the sex threads out of MPSIMS would make turning back the tide seem straightforward and sensible … it’d just give the flirting and innuendo more room to expand into.
(Not that there’s anything necessarily wrong with flirting and innuendo.)
Perhaps it would be better if we corralled the sex/dating/relationship threads into one already existing forum, probably Mundane Etc. Alternatively, we could just wait until this bout of spring fever passes. Happens every year, from what I remember. Actually, that’s another good reason not to have a “Funky Monkey Love Corner” (not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind ): Sure, it seems like a good idea now, but in the dead of winter that forum will be pretty empty.
A while back I suggested a forum titled something to the effect of “This Doper Life” that would deal with personal and real-life issues alone. The sex/dating/relationship threads would find a ready home there. It seemed to be met then with deafening silence, so I guess it’s not on the table.
And for those Dopers who feel that the flirting threads are out of control–you should have seen it here three years ago, when you could hardly go a couple days without a “Post your Doper crush HERE!” or “Which Doper are you madly in lust with?” thread appearing. Not that I’m bitter that my name never appeared in those threads, oh no.
Thanks, betenoir, but I hardly think that would be likely. It sure would get some knickers in a twist, though, wouldn’t it?
I haven’t seen any valid arguments against the idea, so far. All I’ve seen are arguments that could equally well be applied to some of the existing fora. If they didn’t prevent the creation of those fora, they aren’t valid reasons to dimiss this idea.
That said, I’d be in favor of it, if only to decrease the amount of whining going on.
Different fora were created for different reasons. Cafe Society, for example, was created in part to shuttle all of the arts and entertainment threads to one area, and it’s been successful in that regard. On the other hand, MPSIMS was created as a catch all for nontechnical questions. And if you notice, although there are plenty of light and fluffy questions in CS, there are also plenty of serious ones.
But one of the biggests appeals of the SD is the simplicity of the message board. If you keep introducing new fora - to organize it more, if not better - then you might wind up overcomplicating it, and people might be more inclined to begin a thread in the wrong forum. That’s why it’s best to keep it simple.
I suggest an Inebriation/Apology Forum. When someone wants to post while intoxicated, they can go there. The next day, that’s also the place to apologize for having posted an absurd flame while non compos mentis.