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papermoonriver in reclaiming_sex

General community questions:

Apr 29, 2009 23:22

I want to begin by saying a big THANK YOU to everyone who has joined, and especially to those who have jumped right in posting and commenting!

( Boring stuff about potential icons and the current page layout. )

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moonlitdorian April 30 2009, 07:09:18 UTC

I just skimmed over the interests you listed. "Tranvestistism" is probably going to be considered an offensive word by most people who it might apply to. I think a more neutral word to list in the interests would be "crossdressing." And maybe do a search to see if more people on LJ have it all as one word or hyphenated, as I've seen it both ways.

papermoonriver April 30 2009, 07:19:03 UTC

Thank you very much for pointing that out to me! Exactly the kind of check-up I was looking for.

crumblingredsky April 30 2009, 16:50:29 UTC

i've got the same concerns with the layout that you do, but i mostly read communities from my own friends page and will honestly rarely see the community's journal itself. Plus, i have OCD and if i get started messing with a journal layout, will never finish.

If i had to pick a sort of icon that i'd like to see associated with this community, it would be something like a photograph or painting of a landscape, a sky, a rainstorm (like your own icon)--something neutral and kind of calming. It doesn't have to scream The Reclaiming Sex Community--it could just be something that cues me to feel good and safe about posting.

papermoonriver April 30 2009, 22:17:06 UTC

I am SO the same way about messing with a journal layout (minus the legitimate OCD diagnosis, if you were referring to an actual condition and not just using a euphamism). I'll keep changing and tweaking forever, which sure, I'll do to my own journal. But for a community that tons of people are looking at, I'm sure that would get annoying.

I feel the same way about the icon. I'll keep it all in mind, and hopefully something will surface.

crumblingredsky April 30 2009, 22:38:38 UTC

Gosh, thank you so much for your respectful reply about my OCD. You don't know how comforting it is to finally, finally not hear from a relative stranger to whom i've just disclosed, "OMG really i have it tooooo! i organize everything all the time!" Oh, that definitely reinforces my initial opinion that this'll be a good safe space.

By the way, i got here through a recommendation from my good friend kisekileia. i wish you good luck in first time modding, and i hate drama and lj-angst, so i look forward to making this a calm and safe place to discuss stuff that we all deal with in learning and growing towards happy and healthy sexualities.

papermoonriver April 30 2009, 22:59:04 UTC

Wow, doesn't that just show how it's the little things that make a difference to people? I do *not* have OCD, but what I do have is a strong interest in psychology and a husband with an anxiety disorder that has very likely developed into agoraphobia and a` mild form of OCD, from what we can tell. (He's not had good luck with finding trusted therapists, so this is very unofficial.) I can certainly imagine how frustrating that must be for you, that every dang person who uses a lot of hand sanitizer or really likes to be neat and tidy thinks that has anything to do with being obsessive-compulsive. It's like having a wonky PMS mood swing day and calling yourself bipolar, or seeing a thin woman and calling her anorexic. I guess I have a little personal agenda about public perception of mental health. It's either taken *WAY* too lightly, or people are freaked out by it and hurtful. Anyway, I'm glad that today I didn't have to fall into that category of people that aggravate you. Just goes to show how important syntax truly is ( ... )

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1st_of_5 April 30 2009, 18:04:20 UTC

the format is a bit iffy. it's hard to read individual comments as they're not delineated very well. and then the column itself is quite narrow and therefore longer than it has to be. i don't have any issues with the colors, just the layout of the text. that's my $.02 anyhow.

papermoonriver April 30 2009, 22:33:56 UTC

Thanks for your input, I'm going to see what I can come up with tonight.

alline_mathin April 30 2009, 18:31:50 UTC

I'm not a huge fan of the layout. It's nice, but difficult to distinguish between comments, and which comments go with which thread. It does seem too narrow too, now that you mention it.

papermoonriver April 30 2009, 22:18:25 UTC

I think I'm going to tinker with it a little bit today. Thanks. :)

kisekileia May 1 2009, 04:01:19 UTC

I like this layout better than the other one. But it's a little too white for my taste, and for this community the bird reminds me a bit too much of a dove, which is a Christian symbol (albeit a peaceful one often used by liberal Christian groups).

papermoonriver May 1 2009, 04:39:17 UTC

Ah, yeah, you're right.
Here's another I was considering. If you happen to still be on, what do you think about this one? Does it make sense to you like it does to me? :-/

kisekileia May 1 2009, 04:50:18 UTC

Yeah, it does :). The people in the image look female, but that's kind of balanced out by the blue and brown.

papermoonriver May 1 2009, 04:56:04 UTC

It's pretty feminine, but It looks like there are some men in the background. I'm hoping that the iconic image outweighs any lack of gender neutrality it may have.