Thats the problem, Transform. There are RCs that fit every category and things like nootropics, modafanil, pregabalin and probably a million others that dont really fit anywhere. Remember, harm reduction is our goal and while I think our user base is quite educated on drugs, we still have people who have no idea what classifaction the drugs they are taking may fit in. The broad nature of OD is what directs traffic there. An opiate or stim or benzo forum would also be highly trafficked I would imagine and would be just another hurdle for new or infrequent users to jump over.
Change can be good, so no harm in a test run. Opioids would have to be it right?
Personally I would massively prefer a split more aligned to pharmacological activity rather than RCs & OD - I simply suggested this to please those who seem fond of the "good old days" and keen on no change.
Regarding kratom and similar anomalies, it doesn't have to be perfect... PD is a perfect example! We discuss all sorts - even empathogenic RCs up until last year. We also have nootropic discussion because it was refused in steroid discussion. We can decide on what we want to have where and then do that, just as we do now.
I didn't realise cannabis discussion and cannabis vaping were split!
Regarding traffic - that is still going to come into bluelight, that when people finish their search and click out into the focus forum, they are going to see a load of threads relevant to the compound they were just reading about, instead of an array of all different drugs.
From a harm reduction perspective, i suspect that IV heroin users or people into methamphetamine may have more relevant safety information regarding the safety profile of benzos (for example) just through lived experience and what they read other esteemed posters contribute in OD.
This may be a stereotype or oversimplification - but personally the only friends of mine that have died from benzos (to use one of your examples) fatally OD'd because they mixed them with heroin or other strong opiates.
So in that sense i see a practical reason for keeping many of the OD drugs in the same spot.
OK, so let's just try out splitting stimulants for now. See how it goes. If traffic dies and everyone is telling benzo users that they need to take more meth without any meth addicts to moderate that, we can re-merge. I strongly suspect that won't happen though.
I can think of a lot of reasons to avoid trying something like this out, but they are all based on "well it's been like this for ages". The drug scene has changed
massively in the last few years alone and if bluelight isn't able to even try to move with it then I'm afraid it's going to become irrelevant. I know I'm not even halfway to the 10k posts mark, so maybe my opinion rightly carries less weight but I think it's important to remember that drug use is still something of a phase for many people, and the majority of users here don't even have 1000 posts. I know I love bluelight the way it is but I do honestly think that this is going to help us reach the most people, help them, and maintain a wonderful community.
