A category for adult oriented material/topics.
*unavailable to users under 18*

Just wanna say, I'm really hype for this. Maybe replace religion with spirituality to make it a little broader? Also, a 'food' category might be wise.

No scissor section?

Can you make A Mythology & Folklore Category & An History Category

I feel it needs a way of separating the fun stuff from the serious stuff as some people do still wish to vent,seek advice without being nade fun of or told to lighten up!

I know this is not the point of this post but id like a way of seeing when your friends have posted, like a notification as if youre not online when they post its easy to miss what yr pals post.

Instead of 'questionable' and 'illegal,' do 'sus' and 'impostor' pls.

I’m surprised music isn’t one of the top-level categories 🤔

Oh wow. Would this allow me to block Politics and Religion as an entire category from my feed?

I think you need a Miscellaneous in there

What about a section for creative writing, fiction, and/or poetry?

Why not just label one as romance /intimacy/sex. Obviously there is a lot of sexual subject matter posts on here , would it not be better to just acknowledge the elephant in the room and post them all there so that those who wish to avoid them could ?

If I could make a broader suggestion, I believe one of the major reasons people leave is they come here looking for connections with like-minded people, and often find smut and random porn cluttering up their feed (or worse, posted on their stories and questions). It was less of an issue on EP, because people couldn't post images on questions/replies. The effects of this are vast on the general vibe and conversation (and therefore, quality of connection), just like any movie would lose some of its magic and meaning if random scenes of porn are spliced into it.

If SW can create a controlled environment where individuals who want to express themselves through writing feel confident they will find meaningful replies and interaction, they'll stay and they'll create a community atmosphere that will draw in new users. The smut people can't do this for SW, their stuff might be titalating but not compelling.

I can imagine how difficult this is to control, since people can mislabel their posts and create new profiles when banned, but perhaps these 2 suggestions are possible?

1. Gives users the ability to block out posts with images, except for people they approve (eg friends)

2. If a user's posts are continually flagged for inappropriate content, have their posts quietly hidden away from people who have indicated they don't want to see nudity etc. Don't nuke their account, that'll just encourage them to create a new one, just have the users with question marks next to their content muted until an admin can check out if they should stay muted or not

Wheres my anonymous confessions section?

Question is: what's preferable:
(a) a jungle, wild, chaotic, dark, loud, messy, with doubious creatures lurking in the thicket; or
(b) a zoo, well-defined, easy-to-read signage leading to the attractions, a safe place for everyone, with a built-in ice cream parlor?

A category for memes 🤣

I just wish you'd creat a filter on the profile page, where people could filter stories from questions, because it's all a big mess now, and there is no way I could go back to revisit my old stories, because they are all buried in a pile of questions. The same with other people's profiles.
You have sorting by "nudity" and "all audiences" now. I wish you would get "Stories" and "Questions" filters as well.
Regarding the groups, would be nice if we could create our own, or could make it as a VIP feature, so everyone wouldn't flood the site.

Just toss in "Confessions" if ya can somehow

Kind of hard to comprehend, EP had some futures which were a head of their time. On the other hand one can't go back in time now. Each profile on EP had function where one could see same or similar groups one had in common with each and every member.

It would be nice to have a science and technology section, as well as an arts section.

Hobbies

(Which might include drawing/painting/cooking/gardening/knitting sub-groups)

Music? I assume under interests but maybe worthy of its own high level category. I'm biased as it's my passion but others may agree.

Could religion be Religion / Spirituality to encompass those with a strong spiritual sense but who are non religious. Immediately below that could split in sub categories into recognised religions and spiritualality etc.

Good luck with this and thanks for the work you continue to do on sw.

I think what you're suggesting looks good! You might want to consider making two additional general groups:

Nudity: where it's automatically listed as both adult and nudity so the options to check aren't left up to the individual. Some people don't check those purposefully because part of their kink is to shock and upset. In addition, people are given the option to block that group title if they don't want to see it.

Fetish: Where all the diaper, poo, pee, role playing, etc... stuff should be listed under. If it's an adult looking for other adults, we don't have to guess if there are children involved.

Both groups should automatically be hidden from anyone under 18 who signs up.

With those generalized headings, it would be easier to monitor & flag someone for placing a post in an incorrect category. It also makes it easier to find pedophiles or anything that might be deemed illegal and against TOS.

I really wish you'd SEPARATE the Qna from stories/experiences! I know this post is about groups(sorry) but I can post almost anything from community or miscellaneous and the " SEPARATE the Qna from stories/experiences" issue is a big pne. Thanks for your post🙂

I preferred the more specific groups that EP had. I think this did a better job of helping me see only the posts I wanted to see, based specifically on people who had gone through the same things I have. For example, I was in a group called “I Write Poetry.” When I visited that group, I could almost guarantee that I’d be reading other people’s poetry. I was also in a group called “I Have Seizures.” When I went there, I only saw stories about others who have seizures.

With this “broad strokes” format, I believe I’ll actually see *less* of what I want. If I visit the “career” group, I won’t necessarily see posts to which I can relate, like people with the same career as mine, but stories about all sorts of careers. I’m not interested in banking, so why should I have to see posts from bank tellers when I don’t care about that career field?

And “life?” As opposed to what? That’s the broadest category that could cover literally all the other categories. Is religion not a part of “life?” Are struggles not a part of “life?”

I don’t mean to be overly critical, but this just seems like a bad idea that will make SW *less* like EP, the Web site I loved, not more. I say go back to the ability to create our own groups like EP did.

My other concern is to do with the separation of 18+ groups.......Frankly I think some are just NOT suited for this site, SW is NOT a fetish site, as far as I was concerned.

It's a COMMUNITY SAFE connection site.

So if you (SW admin) MUST keep kinks and fetishes around PLEASE let's just bear in mind that some of us actually do get physically sick and can't bear to even read those things that others find appealing.

Please, I urge you, to use common sense and at the very least, a modicum of DECENCY.
This site as it stands IMHO is much too much focused on SEX and all related stuff: 18+.

As YOU preach: SW members are to treat each other with respect not abuse, no name calling, no bullying, no harassment, no discrimination, etc.
The thing is that there are kinks and fetishes which literally ARE that: ABUSE, DEGREDATION, etc.

I could go on but, I hope I have made my point.

Thanks. L.

Where are we going to discuss bout Addictions?

And can we also have a Group called

Green Earth

Where we can have sub-groups like
Environment/Pollution/Forest fires/Climate change?

Ty! 💞

Fun and question would be good

Why not have a Category for TROLLS

Can we get a politics filter?

Recipes and Cooking Tips...Food. Can't live without it...🤣

Will there be carrots?

ould we make our profile unique whit vip or whit out vip back ground or color and make groups or aatar id like to personalize my page on sw tyy love the site xxoxoxo

The only point I would raise is the difficulty of fitting everything into pre defined boxes ... As you have just found out!
I would suggest one more category ...Other .... As there's a always going to be many something's that don't quite fit!

Good luck!

If you could make it so I never have to see a "pooping in my pants" post ever again, I would appreciate it. Why they show up in the general community is beyond me?

I hope to see an option for choosing between user types so user's experience more often like minded or notice those who share our same groups so it will be easier to notice our friends or new posts in these groups too.Also,many of that exist groups on SW are of that EP created groups and mostly useless so hopefully it will be be removed and will be we able to block.
Thanks Admin.

Ok you want top level. Yet you have a very broad base of top level on that list.

Many here have requested a separation between questions and stories. Some have even left because of that lack. So such a broad base without a separation makes no sense.

All the above can be condensed and categorized to a smaller top level and you can just as well make them tabs since there is only four. Then use all the other topics as sub categories.

This is how I would arrange it. .

Questions
Discussions
Stories
Common interests.

Please keep in mind this is just a suggestion and you did ask for suggestions. This applies the KISS principal (Keep It Simple Son). What you are suggesting is complex. Perhaps too complex for some.

I think an anonymous section/group would be great for those that want and need to share something without sharing their user name. 😎

Thank you @Andrew for involving the users in your decision making; that really speaks toward unity and best results for all.

Often, it can be difficult to select one category - I suggest being able to offer multiple category selections for posts, but allow for questions to be separate from stories.

I don’t envy trying to determine these categories, but if you run word search matrix from posts, that might be insightful.

A few specific categories I recommend are;
Music
Prose and poetry
Art and photography
Anonymous confessions

What about a category for the Arts? Poetry, music, short stories, books, quotes, artists, etc.?

Also, a category for Adult Topics (NSFW and not for under 18) would be great.

just get rid of the illegal pedo groups, and let me filter out politics and religion from my feed. i don't care how other groups are consolidated, or what they're called. thank you! :)

I think there should be one listed strictly as Adult. A lot of us here enjoy the adult/NSFW posts however some don’t and I understand that. It could include sexual, fetish, erotic, nudity posts. Just a thought.

My main wish is that stories and questions can be separated. It feels quite messy and cluttered now and is one of the reasons I have lost interest in writing and sharing. The whole vibe of it is not conducive for that an longer. There are far less quality stories now from others as well.

What of categories for..
Music
Poetry/creative writing
(Anonymous)Confessions

Thank you Andrew, for all you do.

Good idea to group! I miss a Family group!

And Sport should be under Interests...

This seems like a great idea :D and a good way to sort out all the disorganised groups

They seem like good broad categories (although Interests is especially vague - maybe needs to be broken down a little further although I’m not sure into what. And a family one would be a good addition!). But I think you should consider also having a ‘this does not fit into any of these categories’ option with a text box and the groups where this option wins the vote would be reviewed with new categories added for them. I’m sure there will be some that don’t fit these categories!

There’s also a lot of groups which are just a verb - ‘I Love’ is one I use a lot because it has a lot of potential meanings and when my post is unspecific this feels right. But that and a lot of others like them won’t fit well into categories like this at all, unless maybe there is a ‘verbs’ category but that might be weird? I’m not sure 😅

Either way I’m really happy to see you working on this and I can’t wait to see what you come up with! This seems like a great solution 🎶

Bring the questions section back. Please.

Well of course remove the "illegal" that's a no brainer