"Not The Dark Spot Archives"
OK, OK, I'll come up with something. It will probably have "Archives" in it though, because if it isn't your own work, that's what it is...
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Dark Spot II - El Coyote
- Thread starter Otto Von Herunterhängen
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OK, OK, I'll come up with something. It will probably have "Archives" in it though, because if it isn't your own work, that's what it is...
I got the add-on. It''s older, but it still works. Want me to install it?
Put it on the development site, let's see how it works before we put it here.
"Not The Dark Spot Archives"
"Archives" implies it was previously posted here and then preserved. TDS has a forum called "Found on the Web". IMO, that would be more appropriate. Or, here are 10 other suggestions I just had Venice.ai whip up for us using this prompt:
i need a title for a forum section for members to share work that isn't theirs. give me 10 suggestions.
Here are 10, ranging from plain to playful:
- Not My Work — blunt, self-aware, impossible to misread.
- Found & Shared — signals curation rather than authorship.
- The Repost Rack — casual, a little retro.
- Borrowed Brilliance — leans into the "someone else made this" angle with a compliment.
- Elsewhere — short, mysterious, implies "found out there."
- Curator's Corner — frames sharing as a role, not a claim.
- Attribution Station — nerdier, but tells people to credit sources.
- Somebody Else's Genius — funny and unambiguous.
- Great Stuff, Not Mine — conversational, zero ambiguity.
- Shared Finds — clean, neutral, works for any medium.
Two quick notes: Not My Work and Shared Finds are the safest if you want zero confusion about authorship, while Attribution Station quietly nudges members to link sources — worth pairing with a pinned "always credit the creator" rule regardless of which title you pick.
That's a good list, I'll post a poll with it to see what people think then pick one from it. I'll stick a "always credit the creator - attribution mandatory" label on it no matter which one it turns out to be.
Doing so now. Then I'm playing some more EVE Vanguard. The family is fed, dishes are done, it's play time. hehe
TailsWin
Well-known member
When you do use the tag plugin, I suggest setting up the tags manually beforehand, i.e. without the ability for the users to create their own tags. Because that just leads to a mess with duplicate tags with typos or rephrased etc. Make maybe 10-15 or so tags that indicate the broad category from maybe 2-3 perspectives.
Something to indicate category of work, type of content and maybe style or triggers or such.
You know what I mean... I don't wanna be too specific since we're in the non-adult section heh
Btw, Dolcettish uses "Net Findings" for the forum for... Net findings. I propose "Lost & Found".
Something to indicate category of work, type of content and maybe style or triggers or such.
You know what I mean... I don't wanna be too specific since we're in the non-adult section heh
Btw, Dolcettish uses "Net Findings" for the forum for... Net findings. I propose "Lost & Found".
Put the other suggestions for names over on the Poll thread, vote "other" just so I have them all in one place.
I'm probably going to use categories for the post types, those can't be edited by users. I like categories for that better than tag clouds.
TailsWin
Well-known member
Can you pick multiple categories at the same time?
You can also setup "Prefixes" for threads so a user can choose what their thread is going to be about via prefix. Those can't be edited by users either.
No, we will still want tags.
TonyB
New member
Hi everyone, TonyB from DS1 and 2 and too many historical 'genre' sites to remember! Great to be here and to see so many DS2 members signing up too, thanks for having me Otto, I must let a mutual friend with the initials FF know the sad news about El Coyote too...
Cypher
Gasper Whisperer
I think it's worth emphasizing that this site has its own identity and that we refugees are merging into that rather than taking over even a portion of it.
Like any immigrants we will bring over our favorite foods and other customs, but they should enrich what we find here rather than rework/replace it. Just my $0.02.
Like any immigrants we will bring over our favorite foods and other customs, but they should enrich what we find here rather than rework/replace it. Just my $0.02.
A number of us, including me were on both sites. We posted more on this one because of the huge amount of problems El Coyote was having with the software, things are a lot more stable here. Philosophically they are pretty close.
I do need to get more of a fit for the different fetishes involved without going to huge numbers of forums, so people looking for any particular genre (I can't get more specific since we are in general forums) can find it. We're working on that.
But the two places really aren't all that different, TDS2 had a lot of artists posting original artwork.
MCDesigns
Well-known member
I for one am enjoying all the new members and seeing their work! Hopefully you all like it here and stick around!