July 27th, 2014 at 6:12 PM
Honestly, my views about the topic are mixed, for several reasons. On one hand, I don't want makestation turning into a community that feels restricted or overly controlled. There are communities out there that are like that. I'm not going to go out there and say that Makestation is some ultra-unique revolutionary one of a kind forum, because it obviously isn't. However, ever since the beginning of this forum, creating a relaxed, small community atmosphere has been a priority, and will remain a priority.
At the same time, I've seen communities become so relaxed that things get out of hand. The good news is that we're a community of about 7,000 posts, so we don't exactly deal with the "big board" problems that many larger forums deal with. However, with any forum where mature discussions are allowed, there has to be some measure where standards are clearly laid out. I feel that the entire purpose of having a mature discussions section of the forum is to allow those discussions to exist without "polluting" the rest of the forum for those who don't want to participate, so it's a balance in a lot of ways, and is hopefully a balance that serves everyone as well as possible.
Of course, just to clarify, since this is probably something that is a bit ambiguous, we aren't talking about allowing the sharing of pornography or anything like that. Makestation will never be a place for such discussions. However, for discussions on topics that might not necessarily be inappropriate as much as they might not be PG-13 friendly, I'm certainly not opposed to adding a section. The purpose of this thread is to get a general community consensus as to whether there is demand for a section of that sort, since nobody really likes looking a forum full of unused boards.
At the same time, I've seen communities become so relaxed that things get out of hand. The good news is that we're a community of about 7,000 posts, so we don't exactly deal with the "big board" problems that many larger forums deal with. However, with any forum where mature discussions are allowed, there has to be some measure where standards are clearly laid out. I feel that the entire purpose of having a mature discussions section of the forum is to allow those discussions to exist without "polluting" the rest of the forum for those who don't want to participate, so it's a balance in a lot of ways, and is hopefully a balance that serves everyone as well as possible.
Of course, just to clarify, since this is probably something that is a bit ambiguous, we aren't talking about allowing the sharing of pornography or anything like that. Makestation will never be a place for such discussions. However, for discussions on topics that might not necessarily be inappropriate as much as they might not be PG-13 friendly, I'm certainly not opposed to adding a section. The purpose of this thread is to get a general community consensus as to whether there is demand for a section of that sort, since nobody really likes looking a forum full of unused boards.
