Do we need a gallery?

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Do we need a gallery?

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  1. Jens
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    I've been wondering, do we really need a gallery? I appreciate people like to upload their photos, but it's not really somewhere that gets visited often.

    I'm wondering if maybe having a forum section as a gallery would work out better, where people can create a thread with their photos.

    Hmmm. What's peoples thoughts on this?
     
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    Hello Administrator
    My opinion is that we need a gallery.
    A gallery is a great place for pictures are organized by albums following preferences of each one.
     
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    had a look for the first time today, i like it will be using it more often now
     
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    Oh yes please keep the gallery. I think too many images in posts make them difficult to read.
    Thanks
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    Definitely keep it, i found today that i cannot upload photos to my forum posts because they are too large so the gallery and then a link pasted in the post was the only way for me
     
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    I like the gallery.
     
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    #7 maid_carrie, Oct 2, 2014
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    Personally I don't look at the gallery very much at all but it is a useful facility. And I am with @philfred on the thread idea.

    Some use it to share photos of themselves, others show things they have found and want to share either with everyone or in private with selected people. And it seems countless people like to trawl through the photos - for their own pleasure no doubt ;)

    I am not sure how you arrived at your conclusion of a low number of visits. I was staggered to see that an album of mine showing a particular CB has had in excess of 3200 visits.

    Two changes I would be happy to see in regard to the Gallery is the requirement that members have to have made a certain number of posts before being able to view or use the Gallery - maybe 20 posts. There seems to be quite a lot who just come for Gallery viewing purposes and seem to spend all their time pressing the like button without actually contributing to the forum.

    The second change would be the removal of the like button from photos or a change such that the Recent Activity section does not pull through the photo that has been liked, or commented upon, into the list. Not everyone wants to see the photo, particularly if it just a cock shot. In effect it forces folk to see things they would possibly rather not have pushed in their face. If they want to see the Gallery they can go and look at it. And such activity is not truly a contribution to the forum in most cases.

    Speaking of which, I quite like the new profile personalisation with the ability to have a picture at the top - until it is of a rampant penis stretching across the top of a 15" laptop screen!! :0 Not to everyone's taste and I do wonder why it's free and rampant anyway on a site like this. ;)

    So that's my thoughts and suggestions :) - you did ask ;)

    Others may think differently obviously

    PS - there used to be a post restriction on the use of Lost and Found, in fact it is still mentioned I think - and comment has been made not too long ago that it may be a good idea to put that back in force if possible. And possibly similar with Items for Sale as some seem to just come in to sell without anyone knowing them.
     
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    Gallery service is the biggest running cost of this site?
     
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    I did wonder that also, as far as bandwidth is concerned - hence, partially, my suggestion of limiting access and browsing of the Gallery.

    Gallery pull through.JPG I rest my case on the pic pull through without any criticism of either of the members involved :)
     
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    To save money, using external storage maybe one of the solutions . Can we use Tumblr?
     
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    i likes piccys . it be boring if nobody had none.
     
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    I like the gallery keeps stuff in one place.
    Yes no access until 20 posts.
    For sale min 20 posts.

    Tumbler cool so long as it doesn't get hijack by ewank and the like ruined many a good blog .

    Xx Wendy
     
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    Chastity has a very big mental aspect to it that cannot be depicted by mere pictures. If you have seen one locked penis, you have seen them all. All others cater to other fetishes that use chastity as just one of its components and may not be of interest to pure chastity players. What I find very exciting are the captioned pictures found on tumblr. They feed the mental and visual aspect of chastity like nothing else. The few videos out there are kind of boring. After watching a hand job for 15 minutes, I cannot take it anymore. :)
     
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    I can only agree to Vinny. Chastity itself ... it is all about penis locked away. Seen one, you have seen it all.

    But i think a gallery is something for "personalisation" of someones profile. I cant really decide.
     
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    I like the gallery
     
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    I voted yes, but have reservations, in that pix posted to Chastity Mansion before a prior update (including some of mine) , have not been pulled through, though one did become my current avatar. For which reason I have not posted since.I should (a) like to see all the back ones restored and (b) there to be an assurance that if/when this site has another re-make the pix will be retained.
     
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    I feel that we need "galleries" ideally. One for locked willies (predominant) and those for Mistresses or non-cb pics. That gives an audience a choice of looking at locked willies or other things!
     
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    Sorry about that I did not intend to have my penis shoved in everyone's face. I was trying to demonstrate a point in a thread but was restricted and unable to post that picture in the thread so I had to put it in the gallery with a link in the thread. Sorry for any offence caused
     
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    Oh no @Mandyman , no criticism of you or the picture intended in any way shape or form - as I said in my post.

    Your pic was totally valid as you had concerns (IMHO). My using yours was just a coincidence used to demonstrate that if someone makes a comment it pulls the picture through too - or posts a new pic. I know some ladies in particular have commented that it starts to get a bit like a locker room and that mood seems to pervade some of the threads too.

    Can't understand why you couldn't post it in the thread. Was it possibly too large a file?

    What isn't clear from @Administrator asking the question, is whether it is a data usage matter or just a change he thought worth discussing.
     
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    I like photos of keyholders the most. Women who lead their relationships fascinate me and especially ones who dominate enough to lock penises. And these women, in all their shapes and sizes, are absolutely sexy and attractive. Still, I am in love with the one who owns me, my wife. So keep the galleries. I'd be glad to donate to the cause if we keep them.
     
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    @maid_carrie no offence taken totally understand and agree with you. ;) It said it was too large, odd as was just a standard iphone photo but there you go.
     
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    That is strange - I suspect the image size in messages may be smaller but equally the software on Gallery seems to fit to the page

    I am not sure my idea is going anywhere though - but thanks for your agreement ;)
     
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    I think there should be an option for people to say whether they want photos to automatically display on the recent activity feed or not. That way if you are offended by that sort of photo you don't have it flash up on your screen unless you click to view it
     
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    Would hate us to lose the galleries.
    I do agree with maid carrie regarding requiring a number posts before being granted.
    I appreciate the bandwidth expense issue perhaps if gallery contributers were to be a little more discerning about how many similar photos hey have on there it might help. BTW I am not getting at anyone in particular.
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    Or if members didn't just go through seemingly indiscriminately pressing the "Like" button - I have seen some do nigh on 60 in 10 minutes - they must be easily pleased :p
     
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