"Ideas" are a cool name for our ads, but they're not what people look for. They're looking for something called ads. They'll come across the "ideas" thing, and probably go "this is neat. Where's the ad section though?". They're also not always actually roleplay ideas: they're just as often "hey I'm a cool person, message me".
We call them ads on the front page, we should call them ads elsewhere too.
If we want, we can distinguish actual roleplay ideas vs personals, but both should be called ads.
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created: 16 January 16 at 07:12 AM (build: 10/1/2015 4:20 PM beta)
I agree the messaging should be consistent, but calling it a "roleplay ad" would be ambiguous; every roleplay can have an ad, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll show up in the ideas section.
I'm not totally across how ads work here and find it pretty confusing to be honest, but: if a roleplay doesn't show up in the ideas section, it won't show up on the front page right? So it wouldn't actually have an ad at all, would it? (Apart from, I guess, a box titled "ad" on the roleplay itself, but what would you use that for if it wasn't an ad?)
It crosses my mind it might be more useful and clear to have a "Short summary (will show up in lists)" field, and a "Description" field than "Ad" and "Setting". Makes it really clear why they're separate and what they're for and which one shows up in lists.
Yes, although, "Short summary (will show up in lists to entice clicks)" already has a super short convenient label: "ad".
I'd be open to other labels we can find for it if we think it's driving some confusion based on people's prior experience with the terminology on other websites.
Yes, although, "Short summary (will show up in lists to entice clicks)" already has a super short convenient label: "ad".
I don't think it's all that convenient actually. Let's put it this way: the goal should be to tell me what the field is for and how it's used. I've been active here for over a year and created lots of roleplays, and only just learned what this field's about. It's inconveniently super short, it failed to communicate. I'd really prefer more words that communicate what's going on, than two letters which don't.
Oh, since I just missed it: "Short summary (will show up in lists)" is all I'd suggest. No need to mention "entice clicks". I wouldn't even be trying to entice clicks, just give it a description that'll show up. If someone wants to entice clicks, they can do that too, I might do that sometime in a public roleplay where I want people.
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