[itsanother]

I have been a member of this group for some time now. While I am no different than anyone else - I like a little stimulation from time to time.
However, when reading I prefer little or no sex.
The number of message from this forum make it very difficult to find the 0.5% of non-sex books.
Could we come up with some way to designate this in the subject line?

Of course ANY other suggestions would also be welcomed.

[Weelee]

I think most of the group knows the authors who add little to no sex ...the Young Adult LGBT and writers like Hollis Shiloh

You can also do a search on Goodreads for different levels of sex/porn

But your idea has merit ..let me think on this a bit

Lee

[James3490]

I think that is a great idea...

[botmtl]

More information is always better but I there is so little incentive to post books that adding anything else to the poster's already burdensome workload (finding the cover, uploading it to images.mobilism.org, finding a description for the book, finding a description for the author, tagging the book with appropriate tags, uploading the book to a file sharing site, creating new links when old ones die, and on and on).

Going forward with this idea would mean that now we want them to read the book, make a summary evaluation on the amount of sex in the book and also determine if it's "too much". Along with that probably answering private pms when a member or another believe they got the evaluation wrong.

I say no.

This is base on books ive encountered, avoid books with Half naked body covers esp. Publishers like siren, evernight, bookstrand as they cater to mostly erotic books. and sometimes MLR.

Dreamspinner and Riptide, ninestar, pride are some publishers that are mostly romance. Lt3 books too.

Plus, If the genre says Romance most probably it is safe. Though it really depends on the author.

The listing/identifier wold be a great idea. Sometimes, I just want a really good read with little to no sex. On other occasions, I want something that makes me . . .ahem.

Thanks for the identifying a genre that's more than YA, includes intimacy and a ton of affection.

[itsanother]

More information is always better but I there is so little incentive to post books that adding anything else to the poster's already burdensome workload (finding the cover, uploading it to images.mobilism.org, finding a description for the book, finding a description for the author, tagging the book with appropriate tags, uploading the book to a file sharing site, creating new links when old ones die, and on and on).

Going forward with this idea would mean that now we want them to read the book, make a summary evaluation on the amount of sex in the book and also determine if it's "too much". Along with that probably answering private pms when a member or another believe they got the evaluation wrong.

I say no.

I would hope that whoever is posting books knows what the content is. Otherwise how can they be sure the content is appropriate for this group? Or give the appropriate warning that something may be a trigger etc. I get that some people are bulk posters, but should still have an idea of what they are posting.

I didn't ask for review of the type or quality of sex, I asked for a simple "Has sex" "No sex," not that complicated.

And then there are the hours it takes to go thought the inbox. Not everyone has a lot of spare time.
And a final thought - I thought this group was in support of all LGBTQ, not just those who want their porn fix.

[botmtl]

And a final thought - I thought this group was in support of all LGBTQ, not just those who want their porn fix.

Wow, victim much? :thumbdown: That was a cheap shot, but I'll still answer positively, as if you didn't write that.

I really cannot see how my comment could be read as in support or not in support of porn fixes. Was I really that unclear? To reiterate, the point I was trying to make is that the reason mobilism works is because we have wonderful people that - with little to no incentive at all - spend tons of time bringing us books. Anything that adds to their workload needs to be considered really seriously.

Any proposition that lightens their workload I will not only support, but I will help to make it happen. I recently dabbled with the Mobilism Premium feature, I could help code some other stuff. Just propose the feature you want by moving the responsibility to the book downloaders, not the book sharers. Ask for a social tagging feature where users like you and me could contribute by tagging books with useful information for example.

[airdragon]

More information is always better but I there is so little incentive to post books that adding anything else to the poster's already burdensome workload (finding the cover, uploading it to images.mobilism.org, finding a description for the book, finding a description for the author, tagging the book with appropriate tags, uploading the book to a file sharing site, creating new links when old ones die, and on and on).

Going forward with this idea would mean that now we want them to read the book, make a summary evaluation on the amount of sex in the book and also determine if it's "too much". Along with that probably answering private pms when a member or another believe they got the evaluation wrong.

I say no.

I would hope that whoever is posting books knows what the content is. Otherwise how can they be sure the content is appropriate for this group? Or give the appropriate warning that something may be a trigger etc. I get that some people are bulk posters, but should still have an idea of what they are posting.

I didn't ask for review of the type or quality of sex, I asked for a simple "Has sex" "No sex," not that complicated.

And then there are the hours it takes to go thought the inbox. Not everyone has a lot of spare time.
And a final thought - I thought this group was in support of all LGBTQ, not just those who want their porn fix.

Do I get this right? You are short on time (who isn't?) and because of this you want other users, who post a ton of books for us all in THEIR free time, to use even more of THEIR time to spare you time?
Sorry, but I think it's kind of outrageous to get tons of books for free and then complain that you need to much time to get what you really want! You see, when I buy my stuff from a publisher or a re-seller and spend my money on books, then I can complain about such things like warnings or tags or what else, but NOT when I get all this books for free!
A little personal responsibility should be taken for granted. If you want a special kind of book, then go to goodreads, or Amazon or some other source of information and inform yourself and don't expect others to do it for you. (I think that's the way all the rest of us is doing it!)
To be honest, I don't get what your problem is to begin with. When there is to much sex in a book for my liking (not enough plot in between all the sexscenes) I do skip the sex-scenes. And when authors write all the time that way, I skip the author. And search for another one. End of problem.

[itsanother]

Everyone - thank you your responses. This was meant as a simple suggestion not a personal attack on those that work so hard providing us with books. I am sorry if it was taken that way.

I think that this idea has merits. Maybe a hashtag can be added in the review of the books letting people know how much porn it may contain.
I've seen this done in some groups and I think it can be done here too, it's just a little something like this: *WARNING: this book contains heavy sexual scenes meant for mature audiences* or sometging like that.
But that may be adding another burden on the people who write and post those book reviews...

Just stumbled across this. Here are my thoughts.

No, do not impose an additional burden on the uploader.

Comments added to the release post should be able to provide this feedback. Yes, No? Maybe?

My take on sex in books varies with the books. Some of the author use sex very well, know what their writing about, and develop a relationship in the story based on meaningful and interesting sex. Some take the 50 Shades approach and throw in sex that would never happen, is there for shock value, or is there because they can't fill pages with a good story so pad it with lots of sex. I could point to authors like Lucy Lennox et. al as examples, but the people I don't like I stop reading and they may have gotten better. Similarly, pointing to authors I enjoy doesn't help because Avon Gale, as an example, is someone who's books I typically enjoy. Her last book (a collaboration with Piper Vaughn) Off the Ice was one of the worst MM books I've ever read. The relationship wasn't believable; the sex was meaningless, inappropriate to the story, and relentless; and I couldn't really find a story there. For books like that I'd definitely have wanted a heads up to keep me from wasting any time reading it. But if someone's going to share the book I don't want to require them to provide more. Perhaps if the release isn't open to general comments from users it would be possible to add a general (and optional) comment section all uploaders could use to provide trigger warnings, ratings, sex alerts, or anything else they wanted to comment upon.

[burntleaf]

Just a thought, how about a thread for recommendations for books with low explicit sex content (some days I just need to dial things back), where those who want participate can list books/authors they've read that have low to no sex / high romance, and see similar lists from others. Keeping in mind everyone's boundaries are in different places.
Those of us interested in the books listed can choose to purchase, download, or request as per usual.
Doing this means there is no additional requirements on active group members.
Not sure if this would work it's a thought.