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18+ Board (Poll)

If you are 18 or older, would you enjoy an Adult Board?

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Gotta agree with Jennifer, Jason, Kaiaa, and Horus(especially) on this one.


It wouldn't turn out the way you're thinking it should. And to be honest, I don't want to have to spend my time moderating it.
 
ForgottenT said:
Is it really that hard for people not to swear?
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It's not so much swearing that's the problem, in some cases.

As Tina mentioned ( & yes I remember that Tina =P ), sometimes on Mumble we have those 18+ conversations where we use words ( that day we mentioned the word " boobs " which made the person ask us to stop and then they just ended up quitting because of the argument that followed - I'm pretty sure they are 13 or 14 ) and it makes the younger members feel uncomfortable. It's happened more than once even on Mumble itself. I mean, sure we could have used the word " breasts " instead, but I doubt that would have made much of a difference really. Some younger members aren't ready to hear conversations like that on Mumble.

But yeah I guess this is a little off-topic from what's actually being discussed here. Hehe.
 
iLoveYou said:
It's not so much swearing that's the problem, in some cases.

As Tina mentioned ( & yes I remember that Tina =P ), sometimes on Mumble we have those 18+ conversations where we use words ( that day we mentioned the word " boobs " which made the person ask us to stop and then they just ended up quitting because of the argument that followed - I'm pretty sure they are 13 or 14 ) and it makes the younger members feel uncomfortable. It's happened more than once even on Mumble itself. I mean, sure we could have used the word " breasts " instead, but I doubt that would have made much of a difference really. Some younger members aren't ready to hear conversations like that on Mumble.

But yeah I guess this is a little off-topic from what's actually being discussed here. Hehe.
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They should not even be on a forum or mumble if they can't stand some words being used, it's not really a good reason to split the community, and people under 18 will use it anyways, and they will continue to whine about stupid crap.
 
As much as it would be nice to have an 18+ board, I don't think it would work on here. I've seen a board over on another forum I'm on that works ok, but given the differences in maturity in members who are 18+, it might not be the most practical. I'm over 30, by the way.
 
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I think the point needs to be made.


When we try to have mature discussions in the IRC and Mumble, certain members who are FOR the mature discussion board complain and leave, because their idea of mature discussion is drugs and sex.

Sorry, but all I'm seeing with this suggested board is a hangout for the cliques to post nonsense in. You'd be better off just making your own IRC channel or something.
 
Yeah, true, but we need that nonsense board or whatever rather than just one general discussion or several niched in Brewster's imo.
 
Prof Gallows said:
I think the point needs to be made.


When we try to have mature discussions in the IRC and Mumble, certain members who are FOR the mature discussion board complain and leave, because their idea of mature discussion is drugs and sex.

Sorry, but all I'm seeing with this suggested board is a hangout for the cliques to post nonsense in. You'd be better off just making your own IRC channel or something.
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Probably because there is a difference between "Mature" and "Serious" discussion, and it's important to clarify which type is being requested here.
 
This has nothing to do with cliques? You only heard thread topics from me that I thought up on the top of my head. You know I'm not the only one allowed to post threads, right? Everyone seems to be on board for it (no pun intended) besides the staff. Just because you have to moderate another board. I'm so sorry you have to do your job. Truly, I am.

I think the staff has a misinterpretation of what I'm trying to propose. I'm not just trying to enable the topics of sex and drugs. That's not the big picture. It's more of a principle of creative freedom. It'd be good to get it out our system, but I'm sure it [Sex/Drug Topics] would just become one of those things that wouldn't pop up as often.

If you think it's just about talking with our friends, we have other ways of doing that. It'd just be nice to have a decent discussion with people who actual give a ****, instead of blindly posting for the sake of post count.
 
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Probably because there is a difference between "Mature" and "Serious" discussion, and it's important to clarify which type is being requested here.
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The people I'm referring to are neither of those, so regardless of what they request it's going to be pointless. lol

If I could see it working out I'd be all for a serious discussion board, though. Just nobody has really proved that the majority of the site who wants it could handle it.
 
I can understand the desire to have such a section, but on a forum that's general purpose is Animal Crossing related topics, is it really necessary?
By that I mean, will it be worth singling out a subset of the community (of which is 5 years worth), for the sake of having a "mature" conversation?

How do you define mature? Discussion of Politics? Science? If so, the younger generation may appreciate such topics; in which case has a position in the already available general discussion forum.

If it's truly a mature discussion, that age group have the right to have an input.
If it's what some people deem "mature", the chances are it's not relevant to this site...
 
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spamurai said:
I can understand the desire to have such a section, but on a forum that's general purpose is Animal Crossing related topics, is it really necessary?
By that I mean, will it be worth singling out a subset of the community (of which is 5 years worth), for the sake of having a "mature" conversation?

How do you define mature? Discussion of Politics? Science? If so, the younger generation may appreciate such topics; in which case has a position in the already available general discussion forum.

If it's truly a mature discussion, that age group have the right to have an input.
If it's what some people deem "mature", the chances are it's not relevant to this site...
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This, 100%.

Hence the distinction between Serious and Mature. And there's nothing stopping people from posting serious threads in Brewsters. It just seems there is generally no desire to discuss such things anyway.
 
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(Ignore my last post, I hadn't properly read the OP then)

After reading more of the posts I personally think that people who want an 18+ board should make a group for now and 'serious' posts should still be made in Brewsters and if that doesn't work then maybe a serious topics sub-forum could be made?
Though my idea of 'serious' topics are support threads (such as the already existing LGBTQA support thread) or major news threads (such as natural disasters, etc.). I can agree slightly that an 18+ board may eventually become a place for the cliques and deviate from its original idea if it is not monitored properly.
 
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KarlaKGB said:
This, 100%.

Hence the distinction between Serious and Mature. And there's nothing stopping people from posting serious threads in Brewsters. It just seems there is generally no desire to discuss such things anyway.
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There has been multiple serious threads posted in Brewster's, one currently active example would be the LGBT thread. I'm inclined to agree, a lot of these mature threads could go in the other sections of the forum just fine, the only issue is that sometimes they get very controversial and argumentative.

And as also stated multiple times, the kinds of mature discussion you're probably thinking of; sex, drugs and alcohol isn't suitable for the forum wherever it's put. We're much more lax about these topics in IRC and Mumble as it's often only friend groups in these areas and it's hard for somebody to innocently just stumble into these conversations. That's not to say things aren't enforced if everybody in the chats aren't enjoying the discussion though.
 
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Proof that this will work
 
I think that the idea is absolutely ridiculous! I honestly don't see the point of something like that at all! I mean, we already get into inappropriate discussions from time to time! Having an entire board dedicated to it would be completely unnecessary!
 
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I'm nowhere near 18, but I'll put in my two cents because I'm not voting.

There's no need for an 18+ board. Like everyone has said, this is an Animal Crossing forum. Why would anyone need to discuss anything only suitable for adults? I mean, look at me. I'm not even a teenager and yet people mistake me for being 20+. Just because you are young does not mean you are not mature, because you are not mature does not mean you cannot be allowed around serious topics. You can easily start a group for this kind of thing, not a whole board that probably won't get much use.
 
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