Hey folks,

As the subreddit continues to grow, it’s become increasingly common for people to come here to ask relatively introductory questions about the wild and wacky thing that is the NYC gay world. Additionally, we’ve noticed that this sub has a considerable amount of traffic from nonsubscribers, particularly from mobile web browsers that I can only imagine are people coming from Google. As the web landscape has shifted, for better or for worse, Reddit has become one of the main sources for online information, and this subreddit has become a primary repository of info on the NYC gay world.

We’d like to propose the idea of us hosting a themed discussion post each week focused on some particular event, venue, or general life topic (dating, making friends, drag shows, cruising, non-nightlife social organizations, etc) that’s pertinent to the NYC gay scene, with themes being chosen by the community each week. My thought here is that each post would essentially become the primary reference for our views on the topic, containing reviews, personal experiences, practical advise, etc., which we could then refer people to whenever someone comes along asking about it (assuming they don’t just find it on Google before). We’d also collect all these posts on to a page in the sub’s wiki that would serve as a great general FAQ resource for anyone. My hope is that, beyond building a really useful reference, it would also help to hugely cut down on people asking repetitive basic questions like “What are some fun bars? What parties are cool? What does this disco have to do with horse meat? Can I still go to Wrecked if I didn’t get a ticket? How do I find a boyfriend? How do you make friends? What’s GBU and why couldn’t I think to search through the hundred existing posts asking this same question?”

Drop a comment with any thoughts and topic suggestions, and I’ll try to get this rolling in the next week or so assuming it’s not universally reviled. My loose aim is that from topic suggestions on this post, I'll choose a popular one to be the first theme and include a poll of some kind to select the next one. Definitely open to any procedural suggestions, so again, let us know your thoughts!