What things don't you like about the Forum?

[Cunning 1]

First of all let me say this is the best site I know of and beats the rest hands down. Hats off to Jackson and his happy band of helpers.

One thing that I find painful is the fact that if your doing what I'm doing, which is progressively wading through the photo gallery, there is no way of jumping to say page 470 to my knowledge.

OK, I may have just been to lazy to find it, but if you can't then can we.

Happy Xmas,

C1

[zokko]

I know who I am, I don't need the chat room telling me that. If people only have one username they don't need to know who they are logged in as.

On the other hand I don't particularly want it to be easy for someone to see my login name on my screen and then go looking up posts.

It is an unnecessary security issue.

[Sammy_T]

I love the site and think Jackson does a fantastic job administrating it! There are a couple of small things I would like to see changed -

Right now photo attachments are limited to 640 X 480 to preserve bandwidth. May times I want to post an image of a business card, or a map. If I limit the actual image size to 640 X 480 then I cannot get enough detail on the image to make it useful. I would rather see the attachments limited by file size rather than image size.

On a similar topic, I would like the google earth placemark file type (*.KMZ) to be added as one of the valid file extensions. The file size is small, and this addition would save a step in having to unzip the file before viewing the location.

Thanks!

[Pure Logic]

It seems to me that by far the most drastic improvement to the site would be to eliminate the need for wading through the huge amounts of irrelevant information. If this could be accomplished, it would dwarf the significance of any other improvements.

Reports of distinction and moderation are two possible ways. However, the success of the web’s open directory project and the wikipedia illustrates that unpaid volunteers can do a great job creating organized, relevant information for the benefit of everyone.

If it is possible using the present software to allow moderator privileges to certain members, then I would suggest two things.

1) Keep the forum as it is and delegate much of the moderation work to various volunteer editors.

2) Replace the reports of distinctions with a “Relevant information extracted from the posts” section. All senior members would be given editing privileges (unless they are found to abuse them) to create a concise, continually updated summary of all posts.

Routard suggested the same basic ideas on 12-05-06. Do we have any counterarguments?

[11Bravo]

Great forum, but maybe the (automated?) recommendations for Reports of Distinction could be dropped, and left up to members to decide.

I will second Piper's comment - some of the ROD recommendations have me scratching my head. Seems that any non-senior report over 2 paragraphs long, reasonable english, following forum guidelines, DOES qualify as a ROD. While these may be pleasing for the moderators to read as a refreshing change, I'd say there should be few ROD's... otherwise, THAT thread just gets cluttered, making TRUE info difficult to find.

Otherwise, have a FAQ thread for each country (city), whatever, where, by guideline, only true FAQ's are posted.

Also, my other gripe is the "why isn't this a PM" posts... some members seem so full of themselves they have to announce to the world what they are doing (NOT the "I'll be in town" posts), but the "Hey, Member1 and Member2, great time, see you tomorrow" types. Again, just clutters up the threads and makes it hard to find REAL info.

[Mandrake]

Hi Jackson.

It is the season to be jolly.
So Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you and the rest of of the people of Jacksonland.

Anyway, we use stange terms like DATY or MILF and you must have moderated quite a few post that asked what that is.
You attach an Editors note stating the fact that this can be found in the 'Terms and Abbrevation' thread.
You also have a clickable link called 'Abbrevations' on top of the screen.

English isn't my first language and I did not know this word.
I thought that 'Abbrevations' was a fancy word for 'Conditions', and it was a statement regarding liability or a repeat of the copyright statement.
And therefore never clicked it.

This is a minor detail but the meaning of the word abbrevation simply isn't obvious to all.
If it is easy to change could you, for the benefit of others, replace it with something more foreign friendly:
Forum Dictionary, Forum Slang, Escort Lingo.
Really anything that suggests it is a link to a wordlist for the hobbying people.

Thanks, m

[Joel Goodsen]

Using vBulletin as forum software, I was wondering if avatars as a user profile option in the User CP could be added, in the same way as some other online forums using vBulletin. Thanks.

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Hi Joel,

I don't have the Avatars enabled on my forums because...

1. Due to the nature of the forum itself, many members are not interested in using any function that might reveal more about them personally, like their photo as an avatar.

2. I am sure that a high percentage of the few members that would upload an Avatar would use the ability idiotically, which means that it would be something else for me to monitor that would at it's best only offer a marginal enhancement to the forum's primary objective: The dissemination of information.

3. Avatars use bandwidth, at best while only offering a marginal enhancement to the forum's primary objective.

Thanks,

Jackson

[Piper1]

Great forum, but maybe the (automated?) recommendations for Reports of Distinction could be dropped, and left up to members to decide. Many of the suggested ROD reports are not RODs. eg this one from first-poster Vile Maggot (nice name) takes the cake:

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...&postcount=562

[Rubber Nursey]

Oh, and one last thing; Sasha, you mentioned that the photo should also include the client as well, an argument I've heard many times before. May I ask how that contributes to the stated purpose of this forum, which is "to facilitate the exchange of information between men who are looking for sex with WOMEN"? I mean, really, how would a photograph of a monger achieve this?

I'm sure Sasha was only being sarcastic - that clients are concerned about their own privacy, but have no regard for the privacy of working girls - rather than actually suggesting clients should be included in the photo.

I have always had concerns over people publishing pictures of girls without their consent. The overwhelming majority of sex workers, worldwide, need to keep their work a secret. Along with the stigma attached to being a hooker (which can lead to anything from discrimination to family breakdown to stalking and/or violence), sex work is also illegal in many countries. We all know that LE monitors sites like this. Giving phone numbers and addresses is bad enough but, I guess, technically unavoidable if you want to share information. At least many girls use fake names, work phones and rent separate addresses to work from. Photos are a whole different ball game, though - absolute proof.

That said, I don't really wanna get involved in the photo debate, mainly because I know it's pointless. Guys are gonna keep posting them regardless - and if Forum rules changed to require permission from working girls, posters are just gonna SAY they got it, whether they did or not. How could it possibly be policed? I would just like to ask people to think about the damage that could be done to a girl's life, before they post their photos. Especially if you are posting her picture in order to recommend her after receiving a great service - is that any way to thank her for blowing your mind?

How would you guys feel if I took photos of myself engaging in sex acts with clients and posted them on the net to promote my services? What would go through your head if you were in one of those photos...what if the police see it, what if my wife sees it, what if my boss sees it, what if my children see it???? Sex workers have always followed a very strict code of ethics with regard to client confidentiality, because we understand the damage disclosure can do. It would be nice if you guys could extend us the same courtesy.

[Ezinho]

Definately the photos,

To take and publish on the internet someones photos without their written permission and even worse to take the photo with the intention of putting it on the net without the subjects permission is terrible.

Photo boards should require the written permission before Jackson allows the photo to be published.

Or at least the photo should also have the face of the client who took the photo, or is that an invasion of privacy.

First of all, I'd like to start off by saying that Jackson has done an excellent job with the forum. I did vote for the "posting larger photos" option, since I am a photo poster myself, but that's really more of a suggestion than a complaint.

It seems as if this topic of posting photos without permission has been coming up quite a bit lately on this site. I'd like to start out by saying that the best course of action for those who oppose the posting of pics without "written permission" (Sasha Coffee, Bimbo Boy, etc, etc...) should probably from now on just e-mail or PM their complaints to Jackson. Those of us who post pics are really starting to get tired of this pointless argument by the "Pic Police" over and over again. Each posted report has a link where you can notify the Moderator; if you're offended by the posting, just do that please. If Jackson decides that a forum rule has been violated, or feels the photo is inappropriate, then he can remove the photo. But there is no reason to clutter up the photo gallery with posts from the "PP".

Or, if you wanted, you could start your own version of the ISG. You could be the moderator and make all the rules you'd like; no posting pics, no cursing, no farting, etc, etc. You could legislate to your hearts content.

Oh, and one last thing; Sasha, you mentioned that the photo should also include the client as well, an argument I've heard many times before. May I ask how that contributes to the stated purpose of this forum, which is "to facilitate the exchange of information between men who are looking for sex with WOMEN"? I mean, really, how would a photograph of a monger achieve this?

Now, if you're talking about a web site where providers submit reports on their clients, then OK, that's fair game. But that's not what this site is about.

[Routard]

No other forum can compete with ISG regarding quality and quantity of info.

Problem is to find the info among tons of irrelevant reports from members posting as if they are on a chatroom, not to mention the numerous serial antagonists messing up the forum. Jackson, you cannot moderate alone a forum of 150 000 members, you definitely need to get others help you.

With different moderators for each part of the world, it will be more easy creating new threads like those asked in the FKK thread, maintaining some kind of FAQ on the major destinations, preventing flame wars and so on.

I'm ready to help in this, and no doubt other senior members are ready to help too.

Routard

[Toscana]

What keeps me returning is the effort to foster quality information and writing on the forum. It achieves that better than almost any other forum I read, and rarely sinks to chatroom style exchanges. Appreciated.

Sometimes the response to changes requested or proposed could be quicker. The German FKK forum has long been waiting for additional threads, a proposal in fact originally made by the moderator! Don't know where the blockage is on that, or have I missed something?

I will vote on this poll when some feedback comes on that. LOL.

[Sasha Coffee]

Definately the photos,

To take and publish on the internet someones photos without their written permission and even worse to take the photo with the intention of putting it on the net without the subjects permission is terrible.

Photo boards should require the written permission before Jackson allows the photo to be published.

Or at least the photo should also have the face of the client who took the photo, or is that an invasion of privacy.

[El Austriaco]

One are we need to enforce and deal with it is members sharing the forum and photos with providers. I think this should be the harshest of punishment. A complet search on IP addresses and prevention from future use. This sharing of information is completely opposite with the stated purpose of the board.

Let me see if I understand this correctly. Mongers take pictures of P4P providers and publish them here on ISG. Obviously, this is done WITHOUT their knowledge: because if these pictures were taken with their consent and knowledge that they will be published on the Internet, this wouldn't be an issue, right? So in your opinion, it is OK to post them on ISG for tons of OTHER people to see, but it is definitely NOT OK to tell the very same people that pictures of them have been published, especially published against their will and without their consent?

Wow. Talk about shooting the messenger.

And obviously, this sharing of information between mongers and providers doesn't take place on the forum, anyway. So IMHO, contrary to the claim that this "sharing of information is completely opposite the stated purpose of the board", this is simply a moot issue.

Personally, I feel that immediate corrective action (banning) should be taken against mongers who publish fake photos (you know who you are) or not taken by them personally without clearly disclosing this. IMHO, this does run counter to the stated purpose of the forum, which is "the exchange of information between MEN regarding sex with WOMEN", considering that this information is second-hand at best and deceptive/fake at worst. I think everyone that posts pictures should be under obligation to clearly state whether the picture was taken by themselves or not.

EA

[Regulr Travlr]

The forum has been immensely helpful to me in my travels. I try to give back as much as possible.

I responded to the choices you gave in the survey only as opportunities for improvement. I belong to a couple of other boards and without a doubt this is the most active and also the most current. Keep up the good work.

My number one opportunity for improvement is removing the delay on Regular Member posts. I sometimes miss some important info because I do not scoll back to see a post that had been added.

One are we need to enforce and deal with it is members sharing the forum and photos with providers. I think this should be the harshest of punishment. A complet search on IP addresses and prevention from future use. This sharing of information is completely opposite with the stated purpose of the board.