GodandLove
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2013
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The way it's set up now allows for wider discussion. If we make a subforum for RC's for example, you don't think people experienced with psychedelics can contribute to psychedelic RC discussion? What about the a-pvp user looking for proper ways of staying healthy during binge use... can a heavy coke or meth user not contribute to this discussion? The IV sedative user looking for IV tips? Why segregate? Makes no sense turning the simple system we have now into a thousand sub-forums for every subtle variation.
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I really don't understand what you're trying to say here? Are you trying to say that just because a class of drugs is broken into a subforum that only a user of that drug can post there and contribute content?
That's absolutely ridiculous and not at all what I was implying. That's something you've contrived in your own mind, and carries absolutely no commonsense whatsoever. I don't know of any online community that works like that. Maybe it's that Kratom your using. So, because you're a Kratom user, does that mean you're excluded from the Cannabis and Steroid Subforums? Give me a break.
You do realize, ON THIS WEBSITE, BLUELIGHT.ORG, there's already sub-forums for several specific MAJOR drug classes? Cannabis, Steroids, and MDMA. Why not CONTINUE in THIS DIRECTION and create SUB-FORUMS for the REMAINING MAJOR DRUG CLASSES? For example, why not create INDIVIDUAL SUB FORUMS for OPIOIDS/OPIATES, BENZODIAPINES, and AMPHETAMINES? You know,The Three MAJOR DRUG CLASSES that are discussed on a daily basis in the OTHER DRUGS Sub-forum. These aren't just "subtle variations". These are specific and MAJOR drug classes. I'm not talking about branching into the minute variations of said drug classes. For example, I'm not talking about making subforums for individual opioids, but a subforum that harbors the discussion of all opiates and opioids.
The way it's set up now actually compresses discussion by forcing users of major drug classes to all post in one location. That's why you get a lot of threads rehashing old content and asking questions that have already been answered. Also another side effect of this "concentration" of MAJOR drug classes, is uh, these Quote unquote "Mega Threads" that you see springing about littering the OD subforum. The content of these "Megathreads", is usually just rehashed information, and conversation that seems to go no where, conversation that goes in circles.
In my experience, with internet forums, Sub-forums usually create and lead to broader discussion, richer content, and LESS CONFUSION. Not only that, but by making subforums, you create "EASE OF ACCESS". I mean, if Bluelight was really about HARM REDUCTION, I'm pretty sure it would want it's users AND VISITORS to have easy access to harm-reducing information. Wouldn't you say?
So, all I'm suggesting is that Bluelight make/add three subforums, for three MAJOR drug classes. That's it! Period!
As for the reputation point thing and rating of comments, I completely agree with you, those ARE STUPID IDEAS. I actually despise the comment rating bullshit just as much as you.