Forum Style Groups

I just want to first say this isn't something urgent, and I LOVE the discord style groups we currently have. I'm just thinking of possibly renaming the discord style groups to "chatroom" and then including forum style groups as "groups".  

If this is implemented, then maybe group owners could choose between creating a Forum Group or a Roleplay Group. If they choose a roleplay group, members including the owner could create a small character profile when joining (character name, short bio and a profile image). These changes will only be present in the group. 

. Also giving the owner to ability to give tags

Honestly the main reason for this suggestion is my sudden urge and desire to roleplay as my characters 😭 

i have a (kinda) similar idea with the forums/groups here

what if

- users could create their own board
- perhaps initially limit it to one board per user idk
- and they could then set up their own intro threads
- their own topics (e.g. memes, random, blah blah blah, etc.)
- like a scaled down version of the forum itself
- and what if they had an option to make those public/private/invite only
- and it still had all the core features the forum does
- e.g. post count, custom css, threaded replies etc.

what if that was a thing :3

gtg work but will come back to this thread later with a visual outline of my ideas <33

I like this idea a lot! I've had the roleplay itch as well, and I definitely think having something like this would be the best and cleanest way to handle it, making sure that everything is able to be attached to single accounts and keeping everyone accountable when it comes to something as messy as roleplay can be 👍 Definitely best for moderation, if nothing else! 

I agree with this!!!!!!!!!

I think for the people who for some reason want a Discord-like system on a site like this vs people who want a more accurate experience of older MySpace with the bulletins and what not.. separating them into two different things would probably be the best outcome

yeah i will say i was very disappointed when i realized the "groups" here were pseudo discord servers. i'm not against chat rooms and sometimes i do want to chat, but i kinda thought the point of groups were to have multiple discussions on a related topic at the same time on its own separate forum for extended discussion.  

it would also be fun to be able edit ccs for the visuals on the group forum. even if it was just something basic like changing base colors and adding a background only, it would be nicer than just what i can already do on discord. 

ADDITIONALLY, is it possible to create a chat room or group w a specific age limit? i want to make an elder emos server for 25+ to try to make friends, but i feel like random kids are going to butt in and crash the party which i don't want. 

Yea I agree, even if the roleplay aspect isn't included, it would be nice to see forum style groups make a return. @mallrat I would say right now you could make your group "approval required" so before accepting someone into your group you could check their age. 

bumping cause all of these are damn fine ideas which i really hope come to fruition <333