Comment on Forum Rules Here

[Gladiator]

In order to deal with the excesive use of bandwidth, I would start by applying a zero tolerance to the posting of useless photos: they should be deleted as soon as possible to stop everyone from seeing them and wasting bandwith.

By useless photos I mean any photos which are not related directly to the hobby. Plenty of photos are being posted on a daily basis which have absolutely nothing to do with finding women: they show neither women nor places where you can find women, they only show tourist attractions, views of cities or they are directly copied and pasted from news websites. They represent the biggest waste of bandwith I can think of.

According to the current guidelines photos must be:

1. Taken personally by the poster

AND

2. Show women or places

I would modify condition number 2 to 'show women or places that are directly related to finding women (e.g. Pick-up bars or clubs, Massage parlours, SW areas, etc)'.

Any photos posted that don't comply with conditions 1 AND 2 should be considered as spam and deleted.

Those spam pictures don't contribute in any way to the purpose of this site.

I know this is not going to solve the problem of excessive use of bandwith but it will definitely help to reduce it.

[Marconista]

Being a Senior Member myself it may not seem correct to suggest it, but how about only Senior Members being able to view photos.

That way Jackson will be in full control, as he will evaluate the posts of the Regular Member before upgrading him, and then at the same time let him view the pics.

I guess it may be difficult to make the changes to the Forum that Farang Steve propose; that you can only view pix after having posted pix yourself. Just thinking out loud!

[Farang Steve]

Pictures should not be seen by all members maybe, but rather only by members who have posted some pictures themselves.
So we would avoid lurkers and mongers would have more motivation to take pictures. It is much more easier to write a fake report than to post a fake picture.
If members are not interested in taking pictures, then why would they be interested in watching pictures?

[Raider]

Hi Jackson , Like you I also think that the new wannabe members are just applying for membership to be able to view the pictures .If they really had something to post on this forum they would have become members a long time ago.

On the thought of having them post at least one mongering report.Here's my take on that.It will actually prompt the new members to post frivilrous reports or maybe even a false report to gain membership and that will not be of any benefit to this forum.

One suggestion would be to propose a trial membership period in which the new members can be screened out later on as to if they have been compliant to forum policies.I do understand that this means more work for you Jackson.But I am sure you will make the right decision like you always do.Anyways I am with you in whatever decision you make.

Raider

[Warpig2000]

Jackson, as far as to your plan as stated below:


If your proposed User Name conforms with the User Name Guidelines, it will be activated on March 25th or 26th.
If your proposed User Name conforms with the User Name Guidelines EXCEPT that you did not capitalize the first letter, then it will be edited and subsequently activated between March 27th and April 2nd.
If your proposed User Name conforms with the User Name Guidelines EXCEPT that you did not parse two otherwise separate words, then it will be edited and subsequently activated between March 27th and April 2nd.
If your proposed User Name is an unpronounceable word or was otherwise formulated without any consideration for the User Name Guidelines, then it will be edited and subsequently activated sometime between April 3rd and April 10th


I would agree on your processing the proposed names that conform but need editting after the ones that conform. As far as the ones you are putting off to April 3-10, the unpronounceable or non-conforming-in-any-way names..... If I were you I would send the lot of them a form letter saying sorry, you are going to have to re-apply for membership and let them get to the back of the new line with a decent screen name. No reason to coddle people who can not or will not make an effort to choose a name which fits the forum. Just my .02

[Brownout]

The meaning of 'general BS' can be broadened to include 'deliberate repetition' within a short time interval. But if the same information is repeated more than 1 month or 3 pages apart, repetition may become necessary.

Hi,

Actually, posting repetive postings is already defined as spam.

Thanks,

Jackson

[RedDog]

Jackson,

I agree with renee on the below post, but that is not the reason for the post. I saw you coment about "milky boy" in the latavia section. I would like to have then removed. I think you could add to the posting guidlines not diliberate repatition.
Also last year one new member posted in ever eastern european topic that he will be there in a few months and would like information. I understand that this can not be totallyavoided but i think a anti repitiion rule would give cause to delete both posters messages.


anyway that is my opinion for what it is worth.

[Brownout]

50,000 characters are too much. What we want is substance in the posts rather than a lengthy one.

[BreezeWater]

As a poster of photos I have a problem with lurkers. If the new crop of applications is in an attempt to continue lurking-which is probably 80% of the new herd of apps-then create some posting rule as membership requirement. Simple as that. I just don't like lurkers. Not on this site.

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[Rene02]

I have registred to another website a year ago, a crap site for south america in fact, which I haven't really used. But at least, in order to register properly and be able to see all people's post, they required you to submit, with your application, 2 reports. 1 on your country or place you live in, one on another place you have visited. They make some checks to make sure what you write is not copy/paste from somewhere. Then, after 24 hours you get full access, but in order to keep your membership, you need to post something like 1 full report every six month (if I remember).

Jackson, I think this would be a good way to start with. Ask the new members to submit at least 1 full report, something like 50,000 characters or so.

[Freeler]

Jackson,

I like the idea of allowing new members in eventho the forum struggles with the allocated/paid bandwidth.
But I do think that new members should at least file a report or - even better - submit a photograph when applying and not just comply with username criteria.

[Rene02]

About new members. I understand, Jackson, that you have more and more people who have registered since you have added the pictures sections for each country.

I have also notice downtimes those last days, mostly during the night (your time) which means daytime in Europe.

I believe there is no way to avoid people to register even if they do not contribute, however would it be possible, as a rule for any new suscriber, to ask a new member to provide at least 2 reports whitin a 1-week timeframe. Then the guys who are just looking for amateur picture would not want to write anything... and with not post within a week, the ID would be deleted ?

[JimmyDR]

Jackson, your rules are great as usual.

One rule in Question, if you cant post e mail address's how do these guys sign up on the underground parties. Thay all have yahoo addresses??

Jimmy,

Can't everyone use the PM system to exchange their email address?

Perhaps there is some mis-understanding here: Email address are not permitted in the Forum, but you can exchange email address via PMs.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Atlanta Monger]

Jackson,

Regarding TS/TV content, you posted:
"Eventually, I decided to just stop all discussions on the subject."

Does that include passing references to areas or places (bars in Pattaya come to mind) that should be avoided due to heavy lady-boy content?

I've made a list of all those type places mentioned in the Pattaya forum (to be avoided on my trip), and personally thank the guys who have helped me steer clear of 'things in the dark' that I really don't want to see once I get there.

Just a thought,
Atlanta Monger

[Brownout]

extra care should be taken to differentiate posts that talk about differentiating real women from transsexual / shemale / transvestite, for a simple reason.

jackson says that this forum is for sex with women only. granted. if you want only sex with women, you'll come here expecting only to read about this. discussion on how to ferret out real women will be very helpful to prevent any disillusionment. it is known that many regions are replete with impostors. (i encountered one on lockhart rd, hong kong and he was jailed the very next day.)

jackson, you must be careful not to censor anything that talks about how to differentiate real women from transsexual / shemale / transvestite, unless it has other things that break forum rules.

hi,

your argument sounds good, and for the first year of the forum's existence i endeavored to make the distinction, but eventually i became aware of two phenomena that required me to adopt a zero tolerance policy:

1. the guys looking for this stuff would use carefully worded reports to disseminate the info to their like-minded perverts, and...

2. the subject could not be discussed openly under any circumstances because. like the discussions of **** persons, it would spark too many flame wars.

eventually, i decided to just stop all discussions on the subject.

thanks,

jackson