New Pornstar Interviews - [more]
Chloe Temple Interview

"I’ve hooked up with multiple people in one day, just bounced from one to the other."
All Forums > The Porn Pool > The Porn Pool Forum Page 200 > What's the quickest way to update Data18's info?
AuthorPost
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 20 2015 : 11:34PM
I have a very long list of actor identifications and updates to give Data18's database. If I include them all on the Contact form they have on their website, will the changes actually be made? There are a few actors in particular whose scene histories and connections are woefully incomplete.
leatherface
Senior Member

1258 Posts
7/07
Posted - Jun 21 2015 : 6:06AM
they need for sure a fast way to add informations about performers as IAFD.
Edited by - leatherface on 6/21/2015 6:07:42 AM
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 21 2015 : 12:17PM
Definitely. I have over fifty (yes, fifty!) updates that need to be made on their database. I have a feeling that if I use their "Contact Us" form, whoever reads it will be overwhelmed by the large number of updates and just ignore the message.
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 21 2015 : 3:25PM
Not sure if anyone from the Data18 team browses these forums, but here's a recommendation:
Implement a feature which allows people to suggest edits and/or label actors with the proper identifications on the site, and then simply require those suggestions to be verified and approved by a moderator before they appear on the database. It'd be similar to how people are tagged in pictures on Facebook.
The site has lots of potential, but right now there are just way too many omissions.
Edited by - Billdude on 6/21/2015 3:26:02 PM
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 22 2015 : 11:27PM
Anyone from Data18 read these forums?
 
JigglyBoobs
Senior Member

1614 Posts
3/12
Posted - Jun 23 2015 : 2:46AM
Have you actually contacted them with a proposal to help them update their site?
You may be right in thinking they'd ignore an email with loads of updates assuming it's spam but if you ease in gently and they accept, they'd at least be prepared and know the updates are coming to them.
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 23 2015 : 8:54PM
I actually volunteered my own time for these updates if they wanted it. It doesn't really help that the Contact Us form itself is rather vague and isn't properly formatted for update submissions. They don't even have a forum like PornTeenGirl does.
It sucks because Data18 is the only database with lots of galleries, connections between performers, and which covers both DVDs and internet porn, but yet there's no easy way for others to suggest all the corrections needed.
kinguntermensch
Senior Member

1260 Posts
7/14
Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 3:59PM
Then don't send in 50 suggestion at once, make 3-5 every week.
Or make one suggestion and see if they actually update it.
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 9:43PM
Tried that. Nothing. They don't seem to respond to inquiries either. I can't see how they can manage a database as vast as theirs without outside feedback. I wish someone would create a more interactive alternative to that site.
charn
fubar

2880 Posts
12/09
Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 12:01AM
^They may be too busy managing a vast database with great features to respond to feedback, or maybe they have day jobs to pay the bills of a free site.
JigglyBoobs
Senior Member

1614 Posts
3/12
Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 1:02PM
^^ What do you mean by "interactive"? If you mean something open to Joe Public like a wiki page, that would require and investment of time and/or money to moderate.
Billdude
Member

60 Posts
6/15
Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 6:33PM
At least a forum for suggesting updates like PornTeenGirl has. Or a better form for submitting updates.



Jump To: