coronaboi40
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Personally I feel that organization is key when scanning through forums. Yes, it's nice to see a */F or a */M in the description when it's entered by the one who posts it. I'm sure a vast majority are good about doing that. However, if it was organized in such a way that people who browse have the option to select specific criteria based on limited options, it could not only simplify their efforts on a regular basis, but could make things far less intimidating for NEW members who may not have the time or patience to sift through ALL the postings.
I would not vote for a seperation, but perhaps an improved forum filtering system (and yes, I'm aware that the search option is quite helpful already as it is for narrowing down many of the forums - but only based on specific words). However, to have for example a member option to only display male(s) as ticklers, male(s) as ticklees, female(s) as ticklers or female(s) as ticklees would allow any member to simply check off all four options (which would be default anyhow) and still experience the very same as it is now - while those who are more specific could select only the options fitting their own current preference. I am new to the forum and I didn't look much into how old this thread is, or if anything has been done to improve things since, but if it would be possible to incorporate such a series of options - perhaps even more options with other criteria such as seekers, videos, questions or polls - it may offer a solution for those who have a problem with the forum's cluster of unified content.
Nobody wants to be disliked for suggesting what they look for specifically, but at the same time nobody cares to sift through millions of people to find thousands who like tickling, or sift through those thousands to find the hundreds who tickle with only men or with only women, or through those hundreds to find a few dozen who may favor a specific area or technique, or even sift through those dozens to find people who may or may not like aspects even more specific. When voting for a president or considering a new hire for example, people don't want to calculate thousands, hundreds, or even dozens of candidates. They want to only select among the few who potentially fit the most basic criteria first. And I'm not trying to stir up any arguments or discount anyone else's opinions, but I thought I'd make the humble suggestion in case it may offer some resolve.
I think you left out the separate forums for people who like male sheep ticklees, female sheep ticklees, male horse ticklees, female horse ticklees, and various other farm animals. Hey, and for that matter, let's make a separate forum for jews, blacks, whites, greens, yellows and muaves. Hey, and why stop there! How about a separate forum for republicans, and a separate forum for democrats, how about a separate forum for star wars characters? (NOTE TO THE HUMORLESS: this is supposed to be humorous and not to be taken seriously)
Why are some people so easily offended when they have to be in the presence of someone elses preferences, likes, and dislikes? When you go to a "straight" bar, it doesn't mean there will be no gays in it! I myself enjoy all tickling; male female or hamsters for god sake! I like being with my fellow tickle fans together in one place. I enjoy sharing the same vid clip forum where I can find TICKLING CLIPS period. I don't want to have to jump from segregation (disguised as "organization") to segregation to enjoy tickling. This is the most successful, most used tickling forum on the net because of what it is. There's NOTHING wrong with it. If it's NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!
Again, it's my opinion this thread was obviously started by a homophobe who basically wanted the homosexuals to go away, but didn't quite want to fully admit it. So segregate them is his way of keeping his little world closed minded and discriminating. He can't even stand to look at the tag "M/M". Every time he has to look at a thread with an "M/M" in it, it will remind him of his true, lifelong, deep-seeded homosexual desires which he's trying very hard to keep in denial and supression. I could be wrong, but I really doubt it.