This is an interesting idea. I could very easily set up another section of the forum that is password protected - or one that only certain users have access to. Granting permission to 100s of people to view said section would be a royal pain in my ass, but ignoring that for a moment....
This may not solve the problem anyway.
Let's just say for example (and I am TOTALLY making this example up) that pshabi's mom doesn't want him viewing naughty sites on the internet. She allows him to visit TP.com, but gets very upset when she hears him talking about links he found there that go to an adult site. Now, pshabi never complained about said links (in fact, he quite liked them), and he even asked to be allowed into the grown up section. Yet here I am still having to deal with his angry mom, and then next thing you know, no more pshabi on TP.com, because he's grounded and not allowed to visit the site and shit like that. And in theory, it could be worse. If people were to (extreme example) link to something illegal, I could be held liable.
Again, just a hypothetical example, but the point is your solution doesn't really address this problem. I would think people would know (or tell their kids) to not click on links to external sites that are clearly labelled as going to an adult site if they don't want to go to an adult site (!!!), but like I said in another post somewhere, I apparently give people way too much credit.
So let's discuss this and come up with a policy as a community. Keep in mind, we're not saying what WE want individually or even as the majority... we are trying to come up with the solution that is best for the site.
Should links to adult content be allowed? If so, should they be in a dedicated section? Or should we just leave that type of thing completely off of this board, and stick to (mostly) poker.
Me - I'm leaning towards the latter, for the good of the site and it's future, but as always, I'm willing to listen to others' opinions.
Think about this though, real quick. Let's say some well known female professional poker player (take your pick, Robb) decided to check out this site someday. Wouldn't it be a shame if she was turned off by the adult stuff and decided to leave and enver come back, instead of becoming a contributing member? I think it would be. And I don't think the benefits (ooh, a couple of adult links - big deal) are worth the risk.
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