!!! TEST & FEEDBACK !!!

[pslfinder]

!! THIS IS A TEST LAYOUT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM PLAYERS !!
!! THIS IS NOT ACTIVE YET !!
!! DO NOT POST ANY ADS !!

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PSL FINDER
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.

COMMENT HEADERS:

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.

<b>Character & Canon:</b> Their name and canon <b>About:</b> A small blurb, info post, or wiki link for your character. Please also note any specific canon points or versions you will be playing if relevant to your specific ideas <b>Preference For:</b> Canon, Cross-canon, Cross-medium, AU, OCs, OTA <b>Seeking:</b> Ideas, dynamics, characters, desired CR, etc. you're looking for (ex: "I want to play Donald Duck against other bird characters" or "I'm looking for a body guard and guarded scenario with (details)". (OPTIONAL) <b>Pairings You Want to Play:</b> List any specific pairings you're want to play(OPTIONAL) (OPTIONAL FOR SFW - REQUIRED FOR NSFW)<details><summary>NSFW title/idea note here</summary>(OPTIONAL) <b>Kinks You Want to Play:</b> (OPTIONAL) Any specific kinks you're looking to play. IF INCLUDING THIS IN ANY PROMPT, IT MUST BE UNDER A COLLAPSIBLE SECTION</details>(OPTIONAL FOR SFW - REQUIRED FOR NSFW) <b>Not Interested:</b> Any specific dynamics, characters, etc. you are not looking to play as part of your idea. (EX: no shipping, no Donald Duck, nothing before season 2 for canon points, no one line tags, no indepth worldbuilding, etc.) <b>Notes/Info:</b> Information you'd like to share with perspective partners to include permissions posts, time zones, tagging style/speeds, etc. <b>Contact:</b> How you prefer to be contacted. (OPTIONAL) <b>Links:</b> (OPTIONAL) Include links to meme toplevels, open posts, or museboxes people can post in.

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.

<details> <summary>put title/idea name here</summary> put your text and description here </details>

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!! THIS IS A TEST LAYOUT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM PLAYERS !!
!! THIS IS NOT ACTIVE YET !!
!! DO NOT POST ANY ADS !!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm curious about the rule of one character per ad. What is your reasoning for that?

[neighsaying]

Gonna gently plus one this. i assume it's because of the requirements for keywords in the header, which i personally find kind of needlessly nitpicky (typing on my phone so if anything comes off short it's not intended). I'd say to at least move them into the post body itself, as titles do have upper limits and some names/canons run long.

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

[pslfinder]

Hi!

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. 😊❤️

[readsagain]

Same person as neighsaying above!

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!