Do you want Doll and AI threads separate?

AI is not for everyone. But I have noticed that this forum has turned more into a doll/AI hybrid forum. But it's thriving because of it I feel, AI has a huge presence here, as does the doll posts. But they are pretty much mixed.

If there is enough interest, I can have new threads ask if the thread is for just dolls, or just AI, or a mixture of both. That way, AI and even mixed threads of both can be filtered from the latest posts list, so you just get doll threads. I would assume the content would be HUGELY reduced in that case though, like is was when AI wasn't a thing on the site a few years ago.

Did you know, you can turn the AI forum off right now on your settings page? For the entire site, last time I checked only one person had turned AI off! So most members don't mind the AI, or at least tolerate it. Perhaps we could have an AI tag on certain threads to indicate that AI is present in the thread?

I could allow people to send me a report asking for AI to be removed from their threads if they have it set to Doll pictures only. Did you know, you can turn media OFF on your own threads right now, so that only YOU can upload pictures on your thread? You have a lot of control on what is posted on your thread, or turn replies off altogether if you want!

Anyway, let's discuss what you want, i need multiple people telling me they want AI seperated more from Doll picture posts. It will be a huge update to achieve it!

I thought that's what the Ai forum was for..? That's where I've been putting threads that are largely Ai related. Anybody not into Ai can just avoid that section, like I do with the chile area.

Occasionally there's a little Ai in other sections, just as there is a little chile on threads in the main forums sometimes, but doesn't seem to be enough of it to warrant further actions than what's already in place. If there's a thread outside the Ai section with a lot more Ai than regular pics, just move it over to the Ai forum.

I feel that having an AI warning flag will be better than pushing everything into the AI forum.
If only the AI forum approach was used there would be a lot of threads and posts there and not so many elsewhere.
A lot of the posts in the lounge owners forums are AI so just an AI forum would be a big loss to them.

It dosent bother me, a mixture of both is cool. Also my girls dont have skeletons and cant pose, so all you would see is them laying on my bed, looking pretty or on a background changer.

Also i feel Ai makes our ladies ' come to life more ' but i enjoy both and Ai helps folk create stories for their dolls and some folk may struggle to move their TPE ladies around.

I’ve been posting all my most recent AI stuff in the specific AI forum. I don’t think I want AI photos mixed in with actual Doll photos as I think that could be frustrating and offputting to many who don’t want to see AI.
I think that if people create threads outside of the AI forum, which contain AI images it would be useful to have a warning tag of some sort at the beginning to indicate the presence of AI - for example, I can understand Bobby creating AI images of his three plushy girls, but wanting to post them in their own threads on his own forum. As he has his own forum, there doesn’t seem much point in him trying to post everything he then does into the specific AI forum, but he has every right to post all that he does in his own forum.
I know that there are many who don’t like AI and I don’t want there to be a situation where images are being mixed and they get frustrated and end up leaving the forum.

Well i do did create a Thread on my forum, called just chillin, but i guess i didnt make it obvious in the Title it was a non ai Thread, just ladies in their original forms chillin on or in their bed, doing activities, like reading, drinking, eating, listening to music. Its for original photos of ladies.

So for folk who dont like Ai post away, if you need access to my forum, just ask. Buffy is there waiting. Also you girls can be dressed or undressed, but in your original form

My fault, i should have made it clear in the Title, thats probably why no one has posted or commented except for a smiley

Myself don’t do ‘pretend’ things , if I take my doll out I take her out , not pretend in silly little made up images and false backgrounds , like wise I keep out of the chilli thread as it is of no interest to me , unlike a few words that seem to up set people .

Thats cool, Set track ive seen your posts with Carly and at events, unfortunately i cant drive and dont have a car, but when i go to the Open Day next year. You will see Buffy and Thea doing stuff. Also in some of my stories i made i actually took some of the photos of the event or where i was and used a background changer and added the lady into the scene, so the photo was real.

Unfortunately though i might get some strange looks taking a plushie out to dinner in real life or to a Toby carvery. Thats why i use Ai, but maybe a group of us should try it one day😂 😂

But i love seeing Carly out and about🙂

In the past, as you may have seen, i have spent £lots£ on large scale backdrops then put the girls in front of them.
That has worked but it is rather static and there never seemed to be a backdrop that was right for what the girls wanted - pool side, night club etc.
AI does add lots of options for posing and placing the girls in different places, but...
I feel it it still critically necessary to create the basic images for the AI scenes using real girls in their real clothes. All be it initially against a plain background.
In some cases, where i no longer have the girl AI is the only way to remember her but luckily i have a reasonable archive of real photos on which to base her new life.
It would be too trivial to simply generate an AI girl - that is certainly not what this site is about.

As Polly said and Mr Story suggested i feel it would be helpful to those wishing to avoid AI by adding a flag to any posts with AI in them so they can be "filtered" out.

I think separate threads would be a better idea as a lot of people use doll threads to revue new models in the real world and not fancy makers photos.
my 2 pence .

It all sounds pretty complicated.I only look at threads that catch my interest ( AI or not) However, I Admit I am guilty of posting non AI doll photos in AI dominated threads. I guess I should stop doing that.

The lounge owner can upload what they like in their on forums. As long as Chilli content is flagged as per the rules, I do not mind Bobby, or anyone else who earns a lounge using it as they wish. Perhaps i can put a checkbox on lounges so that their content does not appear in latest post list, for those that don't want to see content. I can't imagine anyone using a facility like that though? Chilli stuff in the lounges are hidden in the latest post list unless they are Chilli members.
Yes it is, and most people use the AI forum exclusively for AI content. The content of this forum can be tirned off in the settings page so it doesn't show in the latest post list. Nobody turns it off!!!!!!! Afraid of missing something LOL.

I don't see the need to change anything, those that don't like AI can turn the whole lot off. It would not make much difference to me, I tend to read the thread title, then decide if I am reading it, scan reading it, or just not reading it.