Bullshit button

How would we know if what's written is actually BS?

 

If I " I call bs" then it's a suspicion. MY bullshit-o meter is in the red.... Its not an exact science.

The bs-button sounds like a good concept.
Is just internet points, so little harm.
And it would be an indicator for the starters of what is reasonable.
It would not be in the fiction section ofcourse.

It could be tested on a small scale.
Could be anonymous.
It could be a great deterrent to keep fiction where it belongs.
And if something unbelievable happened, to point out the context of it not being the norm.

 

Make it a SOBS button, suspicion of bull shit button...make it a bit lighter...with a upside down head on a stick.

Even better if you use the sobs button it will cost you one of your likes total.

Stop people from using it too lightly.

Of course if proven correct then you could get a trophy point

Doubt Lucy would be bothered with such a concept it would be to hard to implement.

 

Good point. I've read factual stuff that if you did not know for sure it happened you would think it were an insane fantasy

 

We could get lucy to send everybody pitch forks as well and little tiki torches.

 

Sorry Mistress.

 

This is pretty bad advice on a website largely catering to newbies to the world of chastity. If people post insane stories in their own threads or in their profile comments, then yes, roll your eyes and ignore them, but if they post fantasy or nonsensical bullshit in threads asking for or providing advice, then they need to be called out on it so that people don't get the wrong idea.

Hell, anyone coming to this site should ignore 95% of the things people say because group think has decided that certain things are or should be true even though they are hogwash. e.g. conflating selfishness and dominance, and saying that it should be all about what the woman wants rather than what is best for the couple.

 

Pretty strong suggestion for a new member .. this sight is full of good information for newbies thru understanding of emotions. We are all adults and should be able to sort thru people's fantasy world and enjoy the journey... Hobbits are not real earher

 

i dont think it very nice to say somebody is tell lies cos it migt be true and then they gonna be very very sad that nobody believes them. i think we shud be nice to folks.

 

Guess I'll cast my vote in favor of a bs or dislike button so long as it's subtle. I take most things here with a grain of salt, but some people really seem to go out of their way to tell everyone how they're hitting all the clichés. This isn't unique to CM by any means... Reddit's chastity community can be just as bad, except they actually do have a "downvote" button. Tumblr was even worse.

The only real problem I have with bs posts is how closely they associate chastity with other fetishes that - in my opinion- are not related. When the forums are filled with nonsensical fantasies, it gives newcomers the impression that chastity can only be a 24/7 lifestyle. It then starts to reinforce that FLR's, bondage, feminization, humiliation, and cuckolding are natural and even necessary evolutions of chastity play. As a matter of fact, my wife and I have been called novices and vanilla because our marriage doesn't incorporate these things on a regular basis, even though chastity by itself has been a part of our lives for 12 years.

So yeah, like @Unlucky said, I'm not bothered by people pushing their fantasies as reality in their own profiles or the relevant sub-forums for those fetishes. After all, I'm sure everyone here - including me - is at least a little guilty of posting while under the influence of horny-brain. However, it can be a bit off-putting to have so much of it on the Chastity & Orgasm Denial board (which already needed to have a stickied thread about this exact thing). I don't think anyone specifically needs to be called out, banned, or publicly shamed, but I wouldn't mind a button that gives me a quick, subtle, and non-inflammatory way to say "cool story bro".

 

I mod some Reddit groups, and the down vote button are used frequently, although not always correctly.

Sometimes people post things here that just don't "feel" right; it's endemic to the internet - there are entire blogs and forums with such stories.

My own approach, unless something is flat out wrong/dangerous, is to ignore them. Without feedback, most of those guys disappear.

 

I'm pretty sure a bullshit button would inspire trolls looking for bullshits instead of likes like some badge of honour.
Best to just ignore them and move on.

 

MS Lucy can check but I may be the longest active member. If not I’m one of them.

Being here almost since the site was created I’ve seen tons of stuff. Some true, some not, some I'm not sure. Hell someone I thought was female turned out to be a fake. so you just never know sometimes. Also being in IT and being on sites before the Internet (BBS and such) I have lots of experience ignoring things that will lead to flame wars (and of getting into them).

So I typically ignore things I’m not interested in. I think in the years I’ve been here, maybe once or twice have I called BS. And that was because it was so outlandish.

IMHO the best course of action is to take things with a grain of salt. Next, ignore what you don’t like. And if things really bother you so bad contact a mod.

I know all of that sounds crazy but I really is that easy.

Another thing one can do is to let the person know there is a fiction section. Now I don’t recommend this as calling folks out can and often does result in dramafests. A private message asking if the story is real and letting them know of the fiction section could be softer, but again it’s risky.

 

What wrong ideas are you worried about?

 

if you dont like whats on TV, change the channel

 

I'm against a BS button.

How about just replying with fact to counter what one might consider BS. Seems like too many people are quick to yell BS or point finger and blame these days without backing up their point with fact. And I'm not talking about here in this forum, just my social media obsession in general.
If you like what posted, like it. If you think it's not factual then start a discussion to counter the point.

 

BS!!

 

I call BS on your BS call

 

My point is that on any site like this, there are sometimes members who feel that some semblance of "fact" or "truth" can be divined and even more that it is their place to right things which are "wrong". It happens all the time on fetlife, and there are often armies of them who go on the attack against people who go against their notion of right and wrong. In my mind, they are just bullies.

I think that the OP needs to grow a thicker skin and just use the "ignore" or "block" functionality depending on the site if necessary, or just move on to another discussion.

 

Seems like many are adamantly against the idea of a dislike button. That's fine, I respect everybody's opinion even when different from my own. However, here's an honest question for the mob:

If we're not going to police ourselves when it comes to people pushing obvious fiction as reality, and if we're just going to simply ignore or tolerate or (in the case of some users) encourage this behavior...then at what point is it too much? Let's say if left unchecked, the vast majority of the active userbase and threads eventually become fantasy garbage, and newbies are, in essence, told that chastity is all about conforming to a lifestyle that few couples could realistically maintain in healthy manner. To me, that would look pretty bad on the chastity community as a whole.

Maybe that's just the slippery slope fallacy, but I'm still curious what you all think. At what point would we say enough is enough and start trying to discourage or filter the 'bs'?