99% Straight = Gay?

[HappyBoi]

I may be completely wrong in this, but I believe the system we aim to move to will eventually be based on the images/videos themselves and not the users personal percentages (though they may be used as an initial starting point)

As Rob has said, the new system will allow for the "tagging" of individual media, and sorting based there on, so it would very much come down to the image, not the user.

Awesome! :biggrin1: It seems easier to work around what's in the images itself, than the viewers preferences.

 

[B_bi_mmf]

There goes Rob again, the one-man rapid-response team!

His new classification is equitable in terms of straight versus gay, and that is a vast improvement. It also acknowledges the existence of us bisexuals!

As a consequence of the priority Rob has given to keeping the 100% straight category separate, he has probably ended up classifying considerably more members as bisexual than would self-identify as such.

Thanks to Rob for his prompt attention to this issue.

These are the new categories:

All, Women, Men, Straight, Gay, Bisexual

Straight is only 100% straight.

Gay is only 100% gay.

Bisexual is some percentage straight and gay.

 

[NoH8]

Yikes! I love LPSG and I don't want it to change. It's great because everybody can talk and share together, straight/bi/gay and male/female, that's what makes it much MORE interesting than any other site because the sex talk and pics are shared between people who often can't be so open in real life with each other. I've really learned stuff from listening to straight guys and women here. I'd hate to just see the gay male point of view like every other site. Somehow (and I think I'm right) I get the feeling that all the straight/bi and undecided guys and girls here ALSO really enjoy sharing and learning from OTHER points of view.

Strictly personally speaking, the absolute best relationship advice I've read here was from experienced straight guys talking to young gay guys. The best advice about love and emotions was from bisexual women. The most candid and touching sexual expression was from gay boys who've only recently come out. The most courageous defence of personal ethics and responsibility was from a guy who was 80% straight 20% gay (and the stereotype of bisexuals is that they can't be trusted!). The most beautiful sexy and erotic male photos are from straight guys!!! One of them has even created his own professional quality blog devoted to male nudes and male models. Another straight guy has his own tumbler blog totally about nothing but great photos of really huge cocks!

What am I talking about? I'm saying that this is one damn site that BREAKS DOWN THE WALLS between us and in out own heads! This site should not be about putting up more barriers.

Now in the photo galleries it's divided ALL | Female | Male | Straight | Bisexual | Gay - I really feel that division beyond Female | Male is totaly unecessary and is actually stupid and destructive. (I won't even get into what percentages are used to separate the various sections of the male galleries!!!)

Can we get the mods/admins to reverse this decision please?

Please don't tell me that it's just like the Straight Porn Sites | Gay Porn Sites | Everything Else Porn Sites division because it's not.

 

[Kotchanski]

Can we get the mods/admins to reverse this decision please?

I just wanted to make clear that this decision is not one made by the mods nor admins. It was made by the site owner on the back of the demands made by the membership when the old gallery system moved to the new album system, which removed the ability to sort.

Again, it is worth restating that (As far as I'm aware) the system Rob is developing will not divide the membership, but it will allow for more accurate sorting of the media, not to protect the delicate sensibilities of the homophobes, nor to protect the eyes of those who feel women have no place here, but to allow those who are looking for something specific, to find it quicker and easier than going through each and every submission.

 

[NoH8]

I just wanted to make clear that this decision is not one made by the mods nor admins. It was made by the site owner on the back of the demands made by the membership when the old gallery system moved to the new album system, which removed the ability to sort.

Can we get the owner of the site to reverse this decision or to make a commitment that the current division of the galleries is a temporary stop-gap measure?

Again, it is worth restating that (As far as I'm aware) the system Rob is developing will not divide the membership, but it will allow for more accurate sorting of the media, not to protect the delicate sensibilities of the homophobes, nor to protect the eyes of those who feel women have no place here, but to allow those who are looking for something specific, to find it quicker and easier than going through each and every submission.

Tagged content is a good idea but it will take a long time to put up. (Who will tag the entire archive?) Also, not every member will use the tags in the same way, if at all. My concern is that the temporary division of the galleries will become permanent if the project to tag all content fails.

What constitutes a demand made by the membership?

With respect to those volunteers who work hard on the site.

 

[Redwyvre]

First of all I want to say, "Hat's off to the owner of LPSG for creating and maintaining the best social media site on the Internet." That being said I miss the earlier gallery system where the screen was filled with random little pictures of dicks and a few token pussies, seemingly organized only by time of arrival. I liked the big potluck quality of that system and wish it didn't have to change. Guess that makes me a conservative. Hard for me to believe I just wrote that line. Okay as the site becomes more popular it will have to become more sophisticated, but will it still be fun if it must accomodate pussy intolerant and/or homophobic members?

 

[AlteredEgo]

this is obviously a political stance, rather than one of classification.

Logically, if there is a set separating those who self identify as 100% straight as the only set qualifying as 'straight' ... then there should be the same qualification of only those claiming 100% gay as qualifying as "gay".
That would leave the vast majority claiming some admixture out of both sets....

but it is disingenuous, or plain ignorant, to make being straight an absolute and being gay a widely inclusive gray zone.

Either treat both extremes as extremes... or admit that you have a belief set that anyone professing the slightest degree of bisexuality is "kidding themselves" and is really gay but have not come to grips with it yet ( a popular myth in the gay activist community that seeks to include larger numbers of men on their "team" ). The latter option is actually professing an agenda... so cop to it.


But, if you are going to create sets... then you should apply the same standards to both polar extremes.
(i.e. 50% or more gay is in the gay set, 50% or more straight in the straight set.... OR, a gay, a straight, and a bisexual set)

Bisexuality is not only real... it is by far the closest we come as a species to a "norm".

QFT

 

[AlteredEgo]

What constitutes a demand made by the membership?

Have you seen the Questions forum?

 

[D_Andrew Jackerson]

i do miss the old gallery system too. it was random lol

 

[BlackIsKingSize]

I think a simple solution would be either

Allow people to select which category an album is labeled with when they create it. I don't know if it'd be possible to add this onto existing ones though.

Or separate pictures by who's in the photo: solo man, solo woman, man-man, man-woman, woman-woman, group. But that would involve going through the pictures to see what's what which would be time consuming for sure.