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Feedback ยท Add the same interest to multiple lists, with different "willing to take/give" settings (accepted)

The core idea here is if the user adds a given trait to a list as "willing to give/take", the user should be able to then add the same trait to another list as "willing to take/give" (dependent on the earlier choice).

Obviously, if the user adds a trait with "willing to give and take", the user should not be able to re-add the same trait to another list, as 'both situations' are covered, so to speak.

This would allow users who find taking a particular interest to be core to their experience but aren't so sure on giving the same interest (or vice versa) to express this 'correctly', rather than making compromises.

(Of course, depending on the current implementation of interests, this might be non-trivial.)

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endorsement points: 25

created: 30 April 15 at 11:05 AM (build: 4/12/2015 6:11 PM beta)

Wrecked Avent Site Administrator

This would indeed be non-trivial, but my concerns are more about the implications of this in other ways.

  • What happens to searching?
  • What happens when we add forced/willing?
  • What happens when we add any other kind of per-interest thing?

My biggest concern is really what happens when we add more stuff. While it might make more sense to let someone e.g say they like giving forced anal sex but hate receiving willing anal sex, but also like giving willing anal sex, we get into a really weird zone.

Wrecked Avent Site Administrator

This has got some endorsement, so it is something some people want, but I would like some discussion on the implications of this before it gets endorsed much higher.

Wrecked Avent Site Administrator

The main problem though is if "it makes sense" to split up for give/take it will sure "make sense" to split up for forced/willing or whatever else we decide to add. Suddenly every interest has to be filled out four times instead of once, and that's pretty crazy to think about from a design perspective and from a user's perspective.

Wrecked Avent Site Administrator

I like the idea of this, but I think the devil is really in the details here, and if we're not careful about it, we could unleash a huge time sink for filling out profiles.

Griz

I think the best way to handle this is to tie the default of giving/receiving to a profile's d/s role. Submissive, everything defaults to receiving. Dominant, giving. Switch or none? Both.

Then, in editing, basically enter a "change receiving/giving" mode, where you would just have to click on your interests to toggle through the three settings from the default.

With Forced/Willing, make the default "both", so that users who don't want or need that kind of granularity don't have to mess with it. Give users the option to "split" an interest into a willing and forced. While in this edit mode, you'd select one level of interest, then click the interests to move a Forced version of it into the column.

So, for instance, you could have Death and Gore on the NO column. Click an Edit Forced/Willing button. Then, click a Core button. Click Death and Gore. The Core column now has Forced Death and Forced Gore, while the NO column has Willing Death and Willing Gore.

Or something like that. I think that the most important thing is that both are optional, something users can add to their profile, but not something that needs to be messed with. The second most important thing is that you can quickly mess with the all of them in bulk, rather than need to go through a series of steps for each interest.

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