Jidane wrote:Eka wrote:It is a privilege that can be void at anytime.
That.
Same with the art that is contributed, if I dare say so. Too many people don't see that the site and the content are not a given. Sadly, usually one only realizes what they had when it's gone.
It's what I think is the hard part. To get people to be aware of the fact that the service that is this site is a privilege.
My question is... how to enforce and/or making people to know that this site is a privilegie?
I'll put it very simple. When I discovered that my main fetish was vore, was because I discovered Eka's Portal, and when I recovered myself from the incredible surprise of knowing that i wasnt alone, I registered in here.
Is the very first art website in which I've participated, and I think I'll never be enoughly thankful of doing it. Here I've learned my basics about the artistic world in a place with good ambience, with tolerance, respect, etc. And later, here I've learned how to be a decent artist (as person), aside to the normal immaturity of deviantART users and the "omgiluvuandurtheonlyone" attitude that I see on furAffinity, without being attacked or my self esteem destroyed 'cuz my art wasn't so nice.
I've felt that being here was like a refuge, and it felt good. Then I started to slowly open myself, and you can see me now, where most people -on the internet- knows I'm a voraphile, but seeing that not for being "rare" I'd force others to be.
And yes. In 3 years, our fetish has become much more common -or at least people is more open to that-. And Eka is a referral in which vore is.
Isn't intended for underage, but I've noticed that lots of underage visit us, even if they doesn't join. It's a lot like APNGH is for Pokémon yiff.
With more people, less exclusivity, and with less exclusivity, the new users -the ones that discovered internet yesterday,- feel that they have the right to visit all the websites that they want.
I have another idea. Instead of hidden buttons on the TOS, I recommend to make various checkboxes inside of the ToS. And the possible registrant will have to check all of them in order to register. And for offline/disconnected people, I'd suggest to put viewing restrictions. Not forbidding the whole website, of course, but restricting various things that they can see from the outside. And as a collateral effect, people that joined accepting all the rules will understand that being here isn't a right; is a privilegie, and they accepted to do whatever the ToS say, for that.
That would help to discover a new world to incomers, and would keep uninterested people out.
And for what Deathworks suggested about the everyday applicance of the guidelines, I think that an user blocking feature (like dA and fA have) would be awesome, if it already doesnt exists. Also, when you're going to answer -the reply button or the edit button-, if a random suggestion appears in the side up of the text box, something like:
"Suggestion: More flies are catch with honey than with vinegar"
would be a nice detail and could remember us everyday about how to be. Also, those "suggestions" could be suggested by community in a forum thread, and chosen by this website's administration for being added to the tips file.
Those are just a couple of ideas that I had; I know you can suggest something better.
Deathworks wrote:high quality in your creations increases the chances of getting a crowd, but there is no 1:1 correlation between the two. Just think of those insider tips or that one little known restaurant with the best lasagna in the entire state. High quality things can be famous but they do not need to be, and on the other hand, poor quality things can be famous as well (check the movie hit lists of recent years for details on that).
mmm... true.