Spanking Needs

Ever thought that spanking was just straightforward? There are a few ways of going about it, yeah, but can you talk about it for weeks and weeks? Spankingneeds is breaking that mold of holding back what kinky people feel inside. Their site is made as this expansive forum. Each area is a little bit different. Spots for official posts, user discussions, and hangout spots for music and other topics. A place like this is a great way of thinking to get people to share.

Some have that exhibitionist side in them. Or people who want to meet others like themselves. Spankingneeds provides so much on both those fronts for people who love showing their spanked ass and wanting to meet people like them.

Design - Clean Forum

There's only so much one can do when designing a forum. They all pretty much have the same sort of structure because it's become the base of what forums are. Spankingneeds doesn't get too wild with their forum but settles for a very clean and modern look.

The landing page of the forum is very clean and very detailed. I'm able to see what's going on in each section without feeling like they're too cramped up against each other. Just because forums have their areas stacked, it doesn't mean they have to be so tightly squeezed together. It's good to see Spankingneeds taking the time to make sure you can read everything.

Getting into these sections is even more clear. The horizontal thread listings are very spacious. I have enough room to read everything without feeling like the font size is too small so they can save some virtual space. The only issue I find is that some information is written in this gray font. The background to these threads is also a close gray so it makes it feel like the words are fading into their background.

Other than that issue, Spankingneeds has created a very easy-to-manage forum for spanking. On mobile, it shines very well. Forums always do good on phones - granted the site managers care enough for it.

Content - Community Fueled

With any forum, the content that comes out of it is entirely dependent on the community. If the community is active and engaged in the topics, you'll have a pretty active, alive forum to get into. The main page provides a quick look and description of everything Spankingneeds' community is talking about. The top bit is standard, it's all the information the managers of the forum would ever need to talk about. They even provide a typical area of allowing people to create an introduction thread.

After that is where Spankingneeds really shines. You'll get the biggest bulk of the content, which is probably where everyone spends most of their time. You have their General Discussion. A General Discussion is just a large hangout spot where people can bring up anything and talk about it. Just by looking at it, it's easy for me to tell how popular it is. Though that doesn't take away from everything else they offer and the community talks about. In that same bundle of spots, people can bring up relationships, spanking in the news, and what roles they enjoy.

I then came across their "Foundation" section. This, to me, feels more like a quiet sit-down for spankers and those who love to be spanked. People can reflect on the times they were spanked or when they felt so forced to spank their submissive partner. They also offer a safe space to talk about health, too.

In other areas of Spankingneeds, I found a chatroom for members to sit and chat with one another in real-time instead of using the forums. There's a gallery where people can share their spanking photos and others can interact with them. I then found "clubs." Now this, if the community didn't seem tight enough, took the site to another level. Members have created clubs for their respective states, cities, or even tastes. And they're so colorful, too. People are really putting themselves into these clubs where they can hold discussions with others in the same city as them.

There's even a blog in this forum. At first, I thought it would be dealing with the managers of the site posting some information for everyone. The blog is a safe, open space where anyone in the community can post a story. The work has to come from the user who's posting it or, as the site says, if they had gotten permission from the original author to post it, they can. There's even a specific writing section in the forums where people can discuss their erotic writings which is really amazing to see in a place like this.

Firm Spanks (The Positives)

Spankingneeds is such a well-built community. I get the sense that the site was built with an idea in mind but then members joined. They then became the ones who poured life into Spankingneeds on their own. They started discussions in General Discussion and made clubs through the tools available.

The biggest positive would be how open people are. There are threads where people are expressing who they are and there are threads where people are talking about the site and how the community is. You have alternate paths to take when it comes to expressing your love of having your ass spanked. Or your love of having a submissive who loves getting their ass spanked. There comes options where people are willing to sit and chat about your past encounters or even talk about sexual health, too.

Then comes their clubs' area. Something like this births a whole other side of kinky communities. Spankingneeds allows its members to create their own groups with like-minded people? While it's understandable why some people would be against it, there are a lot of others who have always searched for people like them. Members are able to create groups for cities or states and that finds its way to others who are interested and are in the same area.

It is a Forum... (The Negatives)

It's difficult for me to grab, like I'm grabbing a fat ass, the things wrong with Spankingneeds. Not because there aren't issues or things for them to expand on. More for the reason that it's a forum. This reason could be a big turn-off for a lot of people. The thought of needing to interact with other people and share details. Sure, you're anonymous since you're over the internet. But trying to muscle up that courage is difficult.

People who have a kink or a fetish aren't exactly searching for a place that's all about discussion. They want to see the spanking in action. They want to see his hand slap her ass so hard it makes waves. A lot of typing? A lot of text to read? That's probably not going to be many people's cup of tea.

Expand Some Features (My Suggestions)

Forums are difficult to find expansion with. They're pretty contained when it comes to what they offer. You make threads, make sections, title them, and let the members run wild. How do you make it better or more engaging? In the end, the content truly comes from the users of the forum. But the managers of the forum can still have some sway.

One of the areas I see that could do with some kinky expanding is their "chat." Bring out more of the kink that spanking is and the people who really like it. Maybe create a space where people can hold cam sessions. Allow it to be like a set show. At a specific time for a certain or several, a couple will be there for a spanking session. Maybe sex.

There are plenty of ways to allow the people in the community to become closer to experiencing their fetishes with one another. If Spankingneeds is looking to be dominant in the kink game, they can win on talking alone. But when it comes to other exciting activities, they're falling behind.

In Conclusion

Spankingneeds is like a book club that meets every Saturday. You come in, it's quiet, there are some drinks like coffee and tea. But, once that front door closes, the panties come off, asses are bent over, and all one can hear from outside are hands clapping some cheeks. It's a forum built for like-minded spanking lovers. They can come, enjoy one another, and talk about the one thing they have in common.

But there are some areas where I just feel they can expand upon. Spankingneeds have also trapped themselves in a very narrow room being built as a forum.