Sex Listings: How Can We Improve Them?
 

We're about to make some changes to the coding of the Sex Listings. Before we get started, this would be a great time to get some input from those who use our Sex Listings about any improvements, additions or changes you’d like to see made. Please feel free to post your thoughts and ideas right here as part of this Message Board thread!

Keith

Hi,

My thoughts on the system, which I've been a fan of for almost decade, since I was a teenager:

I would really like a system that can help me keep up with what's new. Something such as a cookie-fed graphic that highlights new additions since my last visit, or perhaps the option to "show only messages that have been added since _____ date"

Also, is it necessary to erase old entries? I've had occasion to research places I've visited in the past, only to find that they are not listed anymore. This has even led to me making trips to places that are no longer in business - It would be good to have had a heads up here, first.

I would love to see the option on how to add photos to a listing.

Is it necessary to have the "read more..." link? I find it annoying to have to open another window just to read the last half of a sentence.


Thanks!
JT

JT:

These are all excellent ideas! Come on guys, please contribute your ideas, too. Many of you have emailed me some ideas, but sharing them here online so we can debate them could be more effective in making sure we get as close as possible to what our members want (or don't).

Keith

I would like to see a regional search option, for instance Central Indiana, Eastern Indiana, Western Indiana, Northern Indiana, Southern Indiana...... for example if your travelling through an area you might be able to alter your travel plans by a few miles to have some fun. If your unfamiliar with the name of a town but see it is in the region your in..... jusy a thought.

Improvements
 

What would be great to have is a site map that shows the locations on a map of all the listings, somewhat like the hotels do, you enter the town or section of town: like airport area and it show all the Hilton locations or other hotels with in the area.

Regional searches
 

Great suggestion and this has definitely been on our list of improvements. Zip code based searches with a distance radius is pretty standard as geographic search formats go so I'm hopeful we can accomplish it without too many snags.

My guess is that we'll still keep our state/region and metro pre-gathered Listings pages but offer this search as an alternative to selecting one of those pre-gathered pages of Listings. And I imagine we'll include this search option somewhere on each page of pre-gathered Listings so someone can narrow or widen a search without navigating back to the main Sex Listings page.

Mapping
 

Another good idea we've got on our list. Mapping is a big priority. I'd like to see area maps like the one you're suggesting as well as user-created maps specific to a park or location -- sometimes outdoor cruising spaces, like parks, are large enough there are several distinct places within it that are good for cruising. A map of just that park with these pinpoints would be handy.

And we're of course weighing just how specific info should be that's available to everyone regardless of whether they're registered at the site or not.