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!!! TEST & FEEDBACK !!!
!! THIS IS NOT ACTIVE YET !!
!! DO NOT POST ANY ADS !!
posted the last saturday of each month
■ Any questions, comments, concerns, or rule breaking should be reported immediately to the mods here!
■ One character or idea per ad. Your ad should have specifics or make it clear what you're looking for. Ads should not be "I'm just here for anything" as your only request. These comments will be frozen and screened.
■ Comment subjects must be formatted correctly and ads must include the fields from the text form AT A MINIMUM, but you may remove any fields that include "OPTIONAL" in their description. You may add fields.
■ You are required to state in your comment header if you're looking for canon, cross-canon, and/or cross-medium. "OTA" or "all" are acceptable if you're open to any of them.
■ All ads must be for fictional characters only! There will be no real person or celebrity rp ads allowed. Fictional versions of historical figures and settings are allowed. (Ex: Leonardo da Vinci from Assassin's Creed 2)
■ No graphics or images, and extra coding should be kept to a minimum. Do not use excessively large fonts or effects, and ads should be readable.
■ Game advertisements or enable me ads are not allowed. Do not try to recruit players to games here.
■ Players may post ads for group PSLs but must include contact information for all other players currently involved.
■ Comments that are missing the necessary content or break the rules will be frozen/screened and the player will be notified. The mod will leave all responses from the mod to players viewable to the public at all times to ensure transparency.
■ IP logging is enabled. IP logging will only be used to identify any problematic players or repeat offenders.
■ If including specific NSFW terminology and descriptive scenarios in your ad, please place NSFW in your comment header. NSFW ideas and descriptions must be put under a collapsible section.
■ NSFW icons should not be used when commenting!
■ This is not the place to stir drama or air your grievances with another player. These types of behaviors are an instantly bannable offense and will not be tolerated.
■ Anon comments are not allowed at this time. You may use a sock account to post your ad.
REQUIRED!
All comment headers should use the following format:
NSFW (if applicable, remove if not) - character name, canon name - canon/cross canon prefs - optional keywords for ad (ex: shippy, au, adventurers, post-apocolyptic, etc.
THE FORM:
REQUIRED!
All fields from the form must be included in your ad.
REQUIRED!
All fields from the form must be included in your ad.
COLLAPSIBLE ELEMENT:
The code to create a collapsible section is below. You MUST use it for NSFW requests. Optionally, you can use it to shorten your ads by placing your content under a section players can open and close.
The code to create a collapsible section is below. You MUST use it for NSFW requests. Optionally, you can use it to shorten your ads by placing your content under a section players can open and close.
!! THIS IS NOT ACTIVE YET !!
!! DO NOT POST ANY ADS !!
(frozen comment) IMPORTANT NOTE!
!! ANY TEXT IN ( ) OR RED TEXT WILL BE REMOVED ON THE FINAL POST !!
(FIRST COMMENT ON EACH POST) AD EXAMPLE - disney, donald duck - cross-canon/medium, au, adventurers
!! (FIRST COMMENT ON EACH POST) and this red text WILL NOT be on live posts !!
All comment headers should include the following in this format:
character, canon name - canon/cross-canon prefs - some keywords like au, romance, adventure, nsfw, smut, etc.
Character & Canon: Donald Duck, Disney
About: Donald Duck is a duck in many different Disney cartoons and films. He has three nephews he takes care of and a filthy rich uncle. He's got a short temper and is known to squawk at people when he gets upset.
Preference For: Cross-canon, Cross-medium, AU
Seeking: I'm looking to do an Indiana Jones kind of story with Donald as an a professor who goes to look for an ancient civilization no one believes is real. I'm looking for someone to play his guide, his partner or assistant, or someone from the ancient civilization. I'd like to include lots of escaping different traps, discovering treasures, and some monsters they have to work together to escape.
(EXAMPLE COLLAPSIBLE SECTION) Adventurer Donald
I'm looking to do an Indiana Jones kind of story with Donald as an a professor who goes to look for an ancient civilization no one believes is real. I'm looking for someone to play his guide, his partner or assistant, or someone from the ancient civilization. I'd like to include lots of escaping different traps, discovering treasures, and some monsters they have to work together to escape.
Not Interested: No shipping or smut, please.
Notes/Info: My time zone is eastern, and I can boomerang most days! I'm a-okay with backtagging
Contact: PMs, please!
Links: Open post
(frozen comment) THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER
WILL NOT BE IN FINAL POST!
(frozen comment) THIS IS ANOTHER PLACEHOLDER
WILL NOT BE IN FINAL POST!
(frozen comment) THIS IS ANOTHER PLACEHOLDER!
WILL NOT BE IN FINAL POST!
(frozen comment) IMPORTANT NOTE!
!! ANY TEXT IN ( ) OR RED TEXT WILL BE REMOVED ON THE FINAL POST !!
TDL!!
TDL based off feedback:
- Change wording to one idea/character per ad- Change text color for header requirements- Clarify optional fields- Add pairings/kinks as optional fields in the form- Make new example with nsfw fields
- Note keywords are optional- Fiddle with layout for text boxes(frozen comment) FEEDBACK!!
Please post a new comment with any constructive feedback, suggestions, or questions!
Anon posting is temporarily enabled to allow for feedback if you aren't comfortable doing so longed in.
- Any typos, misspellings, or grammar issues! Please (gently) let me know!
- Do you think the rules are fair or that any should be added?
- Does the information presented make sense? Is there anything you think should be included that isn't already there?
- Would you like to have a "kinks you want to play" or "pairings you want to play" sections?
- Based on the example: Do you think the ad format works? Should a field be added to it?
- Is the comment header for ads easy to understand?
- Should anonymous commenting be enabled for anon ads?
- What is your time zone and what is the ideal time for the post to go up for you?
- Is there anything else?
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(Anonymous) 2025-03-21 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)no subject
If you're attached to header keywords or one per, would it be okay to thread comments under a header?
Ex: tai
First comment under tai, character one
Second comment under tai, character two
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Thank you both for the question!
Answering out of order here but:
Keywords: I can edit to make the keywords an optional part of the comment header, I'm not at all dead set on that or anything. It was more with the intent to make it easier to find something of potential interest instead a bit more quickly, similar to the rp with me and kinks you want to play sections on rpa. Also, keywords in headers could be a way to catch the attention of someone who might have just glossed over an ad otherwise due to lack of familiarity with a character or canon. I know some canon names (and character names) can be lengthy, though, so I'll add that to my TDL for changes!
One Character: I'm not sure if either of you are familiar with PSL Call, but it operated in a similar fashion of one character per ad. I wanted to keep it this way (with an amendment I'll get to in a minute!) for a few reasons.
I'm not looking for this to be a copy paste of EMP where players throw a wider net and hope to catch someone that might be interested in what they're playing. The idea is to make this post for specific requests whether that be either for your character or for ideas. While I understand it will be extra leg work to post multiple ads, I do know some people (myself included) that find the approach of throwing everything in one basket for one post can be a lot to wade through. So focusing on "I want to play x with y" is front and center, and it can (hopefully) save people time when it comes to plotting and getting into their freshly found PSL.
That said! Another player below mentioned changing it to one character or idea per ad, and I think that's a much better idea than limiting it just to a single character if you're open to playing the idea of different characters.
Player TL and comments under: At this time, it should be a TL for every ad, not a TL for a player with individual ads underneath.
PSL Call involved a lot of posting TLs, another comment being placed under that TL, and then another comment for the actual ad. I'm moving away from that model to make it easier for players to simply scroll through a page to find something of interest vs expanding comments for potential partners once comments start collapsing or having to search under different TLs to find one thing.
Also from a moderator perspective, keeping everything as its own TL makes it easier for me to scan through and quickly identify any kind of excessive coding, pictures, game ads, surprise NSFW icons, etc.
Let me know if that answered your questions! Thank you again for your response. 😊❤️
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I do understand what you mean, and that can definitely be helpful! Having a keyword entry optionally at the top could work too, otherwise in the header makes sense.
The reasoning for one per ad and no nesting also makes sense! I hadn't considered that, and keeping it narrower in scope (ala KYWTP, which is for specific scenarios) absolutely fits the one idea or character per ad system.
Thanks for taking the time to answer!
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-You say 'ads must include all fields in the form at minimum, your ad will be hidden until you fix it' but also 'links field is optional.' For those of us who don't have links to ready-made posts/comments, can we delete that one? ('Must contain all non-optional fields at minimum' would be a useful clarification, if so.)
-Otherwise the information presented makes sense. I think 'kinks/pairings you want to play' would be good OPTIONAL fields, so people looking for shipping/NSFW PSLs have an easier time finding what they want - but again, optional, so people setting up gen PSLs don't get dinged for removing/not using the fields.
-Leaving anon commenting on may make more work for you in terms of spotting potential problem players, but I'm not going to tell you 'I don't think you should do it.'
-I'm a Central US night owl, but what's the most convenient time for you to put up the post? Once it's up, people can comment on it whenever.
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- This is a great point, and I'll be editing to say "one character or idea per ad"!
- Yes! That field is labeled as "optional" in the text box. So players do not need to include that field.
- Ah, this makes sense! I can add those fields in there as well and mark them as optional. I'll also mark on the mod example post that those fields are optional and don't need to be included if they aren't relevant to your specific ad.
- Yeah, that was my thought as well. I'm not keen on the idea of leaving anon enabled, currently.
- Noted! I'm an early bird myself, so I'll think on a time that would be good for people in other time zones (as good as it can be, anyway :c).
Thank you for your feedback! It really helped. I'll make a note for those changes.