Sex In The Public Square - What kinds of content to have - Comments

TOS/FAQ

Elizabeth — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:40:21 -0700

I think a TOS for a site like this ought to encourage people to argue and disagree but make it clear that there will be certain rules of decorum. For example, no personal insults or name-calling. (Back in the BBS/listserv days we used to call that "flaming" -- I don't know if that's still what it's called.)

Also, there needs to be a no-child-porn, no illegal content kind of statement and a no harassment and no spamming rule.

I'd like to make it clear that while sexuality intersects with all kinds of other things, the main focus of the site is sex and sexuality, so content that really strays far from that theme might be moved/deleted/what-have-you.

How should we encourage people to get involved as members and moderators?

And as for a FAQ, we'll definitely need some info about using different parts of the site, and about how drupal works. The most helpful thing here would be if we each kept track of whatever problems we've run into. (And if we've solved them, then the solutions as well!)

FAQ

Chris — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:35:32 -0700

I think that one thing we need to start working on is a FAQ to answer questions that users will inevitably have, like the "I'd like to link to my blog" question. We should also start working on some kind of Terms of Service/Mission Statement that will state what's allowed for people to be able to keep using this place.

Distinguishing kinds of content

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:41:52 -0700

Given that Drupal seems, on the front page, not to
distinguish clearly the different kinds of content (e.g., book review,
blog post, forum topic, etc.), it *all* sort of looks like blog posts.
How does that seem to folks? (EAW)

Kinds of content we can provide regularly...

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:40:25 -0700

That's a great question. I can provide, regularly, the kind of content
I provide on my blog. In addition, we can either syndicate from other
blogs, or we can contribute posts from other blogs on a post-by-post
basis like Vivian does (http://viviane212.blogspot.com) I love your
news roundups, Chris, and so if those could become a regular feature
that would be great. Things like book reviews and movie reviews or
reviews of organizations or blogs might also be cool as regular or
semi-regular features. I'd *love* to have a sex advice column. A
commenter on my blog intends to start a sex-advice-blog with some
friends over the summer, with a clever title: Sex Calumny. Perhaps we
could syndicate that.

What kinds of content to have

Chris — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:38:41 -0700

What kind of content will we have when the site is launched? And what
kind of content can we provide on a regular basis? Are we just going
with blog entries, or do we wanna have magazine-style "feature"
articles and regular items/columns? (CAH)