Dilbert1234567

how's it going getting it back to the way it was with out EZ visible?

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DaveOrion

Thats just it, many women are turned off by hard core porn. We cant afford to lose more female members. I shudder at the thought of a board full of hard legs only!

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Sorry, but I don't really think that statement is true.
Women like porn.

Maybe not all, but here at least, most do.

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abaya

Hey Dave, I didn't say that I didn't like porn. In fact, hard-core porn is one of my favorites to watch, and I'm very glad that it exists on TFP.

I just don't like the porn showing up on my Search requests, because it's just plain annoying to see the rather stupid titles "nice tits and ass" "cornhole getting banged" or whatever.

If I want to look at porn, I know where to find it... but most of the time, when I come to TFP, I just want to hang out and read the regular posts and find something to respond to. I'm hoping that the Search board will go back to the way it was, or that the filter function will be fixed soon.

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Jove

I don't think this is complicated (after searching through the usercp functions for a minute), but maybe Halx needs to be a tutorial on how to filter out threads?

*checks new posts * Well, it doesn't work just yet. *looks around*

SecretMethod70

No, Halx known how to exclude some forums from ALL new posts searches, but he's hoping to give everyone the option to *choose* which forums they do and don't see.

Anyway, it's a holiday weekend, give it some time.

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JumpinJesus

Honestly, we're complaining about the presence of porn or porn searches on an adult site?

Remember, this is an adult site. If you're cruising adult sites at work, what do you expect to find? Instead of complaining about content on an adult site, maybe you should refrain from viewing adult sites while at work.

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ShaniFaye

oh great advice there, thanks for that (yes Im being extremely sarcastic there)

we've had years of those not showing up now all of the sudden those of us that could care less that there is porn on here are inundated with it....I dont think " complaining" is unthinkable in this situation.

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spectre

Hal set it up so that each user can customize the new posts to fit what they want. Some people want the porn. Some don't want the discussion. Right now, Hal is working on fixing it, but you need to be patient.

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ShaniFaye

I was being patient, I just dont appreciate jumpinjesus remark one bit. Some of us are allowed to surf at work as long as we stay away from naked people. For 4 years (for me) up until last week that wasnt an issue here and to be told that we should just "stay away" is bullshit.

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Psycho Dad

As a useless side note, last time I refreshed about 20% of the new threads were from EZ (your mileage may vary). That's pretty telling IMHO what an impact pr0n may have on tfp as far as bandwidth and such.

Right now there is another post from halx about getting out of the EZ and using some of the other areas. I think this explains why he has to make those posts.

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Willravel

I'm 'cruising' a site that is about current events, politics, philosophy, and entertainment. I'm not here for pornography, especially when I'm at work. I post in TFP while I'm on the phone, typing up reports, or whatever I'm doing at work. I love using TFP at work in that it keeps me sharp yet relaxed.

TFP isn't about pornography. It's about discussion, debate, and evolution of self.

Frosstbyte

This is a total threadjack, but am I the only person who browses this site in its entirety and leaves all the forums open and just clicks his way to threads/subforums that interest him? I guess so.

shesus

Nope, that's what I do too. There is an option not to have the new posts show up for you. If you're having issues, go back to just seeing all the forums and surfing through the forum. When I surfed at work, I didn't go past Tilted Creativity. At home, I don't go to EZ unless I want to see porn. I'm not affected and obviously a lot happier for it according to the outrages in this thread.

I don't see what the big problem is. If you don't use the new posts feature, you can still see new posts because of a little symbol by the post.

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JumpinJesus

Let me reiterate that this is an adult website. Adult websites contain adult content. That's why no one under 18 is allowed to join. If your patience is wearing thin, then do what a lot of members do and not use the "new post" function but browse the board in its entirety like frossbyte does. That way, you can avoid any naked people that might appear in the erogenous zone.

Also, my earlier post was not directed at you, so any hostility you feel from it is self-created and not my fault.


let me put this in layman's terms: There's a thread in the Hall of Fame forum where somebody asked about the origins of TFP. It can be found here:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showpos...42&postcount=8

It might do a lot of us some good to remember what this site is and was about.

And, really this is for everybody: is the constant complaining about a problem that we're told is being worked doing anyone any good?

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MexicanOnABike

I can wait for the porn problem to be fixed. It's really not a problem. with FIREFOX, you can do a search and highlight every word so i do that for the TB and i just avoid those because they are highlighted.

I seriously want this function to work for more than just the porn. I want nonsense to be available all the time and if I want, the porn as well.

For about 1 or 2years, all I did was go from forum to forum looking at the new posts that way. it's really not that bad and i still do that once in a while.

if you have problems at work, then don't use the site at work. TFP is the only place (out of my daily sites) that I never checked at work on regular hours because theres too much things that are NSFW including avatars, signatures, text and of course, pictures.

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ngdawg

Nah, I have it that way too because I never knew there had been a choice and I'm not one to fiddle with that stuff any way. I can see what's been added since I last visited.

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Willravel

You may want to have a talk with Halx if you think this site, in it's current incarnation, is about pornography. I've had a few conversations with him about TFP, and I don't recall him saying TFP was about porn. It's in the TFP Green skin: "The Evolution of Humanity, Sexuality, and Philosophy".

Just as fishing isn't about the bait, TFP isn't about the porn. It used to be about Unreal (Halx is crazy at Unreal). Then it was about whatever. As more people joined, Halx developed the rules and it turned into the TFP we all know and love today.

ShaniFaye

maybe its just me? but the link we were asked to read specifically says to me that it was a community that was wanted

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Ourcrazymodern?

Hell, I thought humanity was about sexuality and philosophy.
...I've been wrong before.

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Daniel_

Another vote here for "don't want porn, coz I can't look at the site from work"

Also - in every forum BUT EZ we NSFW posts - in EZ all posts are considered to be NSFW.

Hard to look at the site to see what's happening when my boss (who I share an office with) walks past my desk and sees thread titles like:

@l$scan -Angela - fist in ass + pussy + bottle + gapes + amylee fisting her
"Suck It or Fuck It"
Monster Clit
ANAL MAXIMUM...(NOT FOR DIAL-UP)
Poll: not shaved, then shaved...you decide
"REAL" firm tits and some nice "PINK"
Tits and Ass....what could be better? (CAUTION:T/A OVERLOAD!)

Nuff said!

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abaya

Yeah, I don't even have a boss... those titles just annoy me. Once again, I LIKE porn... I just like to have it in a place where *I* can go to find it, not where it shoves itself in my face every time I check out the TFP.

Not to mention... for such a tasteful place (the rest of the site), why the heck do we have such annoying thread titles in the TB?... not a huge thing, just curious about why standards go down so far in the TB.

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mixedmedia

I think these titles are appreciated in the Titty Board for reasons having nothing to do with tastefulness and standards. Nor should they.

But like has been said before, Hal is working on the problem. Let's give him the chance.

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Daniel_

Just for the record - I have no problem with those titles (and even some of the posts are interesting and arousing, I'm sure - I've not looked at them all), but they are not of a piece with what I normally can comfortably have on screen at lunchtime.

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abaya

Point taken. Come to think of it, the titles never really bothered me when I only saw them within the context of the TB... but once they started showing up in the "regular" search for New Posts (surrounded by plenty of non-sexual titles), they struck me as being distasteful and out of place. So maybe that's where my reaction is coming from.

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The_Jazz

I've noticed several regular posters in the TB choosing names that seem to be a little more work-friendly. Certainly not all, but I think that the concerns are being heard by most of the members.

And the problem should be resolved shortly anyway.

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Willravel

I think it's working!!! Woohoo! Much thanks to Halx!

teflonian

Where is the option to change this under the User CP tab?

Willravel

It used to be under "Edit Options".

ubertuber

I don't think it is that the feature is working. I think teh EZ and Nonsense were pulled from the New Posts search scope. That's how it used to be, as I understand it.

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JumpinJesus

Trust me, there are daily conversations about the site. Thanks for the tip, though.


You're right. It was designed to revolve around adult topics, the operative word has always been adult. Adult doesn't automatically mean porn, but it also doesn't preclude it.

I still don't understand why people are complaining about having to turn away from adult content on an adult site.

Even if the porn disappears, we're still gonna have titles like "I want my wife to do me with a strap-on" and "Fisting" and stuff like that in Sexuality. Are we going to start crying about those when the porn is gone?

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Psycho Dad

I think maybe because it is content that they don't want to wade through unless they want it. I don't think most people would give two shits if there were porn available here or not.

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Willravel

Trust me, TFP isn't here for porn.
There is a marked difference between "Saudi Arabia and the arms deal" and " a real MILF !... Monica Bellucci (B. 1964)". A site being adult and a site being for adults have two very different meanings. Being for adults tells me that there will be conversations that require an ability to concentrate and that have a prerequisite of some schooling and some experience in the world. To me, that's TFP. Simply being adult means that there might be some tits.

spectre

will, I'm not picking on you, but this is the problem with this entire conversation wrapped in one single post. No one person can define the tfp because it's so general. Some people define it as a porn board, others as discussion, and the way I've seen this site evolve over the years, I think it's a combination of both. To deny either would cripple what this place truly is. Discussion is what we're striving for, but the porn is what brings in new members. You can define the site for yourself however you want, but neither the discussion nor the porn is going anyway for quite a while.

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shesus

This site is what it is. It's the best of the adult world: intellectual with sex involved. It is 18 and over, which I think is great because you can have not only intellectual conversations, but also sexual discussions without worrying about an underage audience.

This thread is baffling me. I'm not sure what the argument is exactly. There has always been porn on this site. Some people are suddenly surprised or embarrassed or shocked...I don't know.

There are ways to surf at work without going there. I work for the schools and came here safely with 7 year olds in the room. It is easy to filter the sex-adult out of this site. Do it. At home, enjoy it.

Always with the drama /end Sopranos quote.

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cyrnel

The current situation is disruptive. I bow down before a great tittyboard post but it distracts from the whole of TFP. I'd rather they not show up by default, even during a testing phase.

Why is this so difficult?

There are ways to roll out new features that smooth things out: Minimal exposure testing followed by full-scale roll over _afterwards_. Complaining about people noticing a screwup is childish blaming of the victim. Competent development includes more than coding.

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Willravel

I'm not denying TFP has a TB or that a lot of people visit it. But, as Halx has said, "Come for the porn, stay for the conversation". The pornography is the hook. The good stuff lies elsewhere. The TB is only one small part of the whole.

BTW, I'd never say remove the TB. A lot of people enjoy it. Even I enjoy it on rare occasion.

Frosstbyte

Why is this thread still going on? Its a new feature. It's bugged. They know you don't want to see it in your new posts. They're working on it. Soon! SOOOON!

ubertuber

Not to mention it was put back to the old arrangement. 5 days of semi-demi chaos out of 4.5 years of the new post button ain't bad. And to think it was a long weekend...

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Elphaba

I look forward to the new post feature when and if it becomes available, but I am also grateful for the step back to where we were before. Thanks!

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