Thoughts on Creating new Sub-threads

[Inika]

guess we cant make everyone happy.

[Ciona]

Originally Posted by Lorelyen

Well, that's because the middle of the 3 questions is sloppy. It subsumes people don't know what they'd like changed so can't contribute to the discussion, so their non-ideas can't be taken into account. I think that score should be scrapped. A good question would be "I'd like change and I have suggestions". If someone can't be bothered to think the future of this section through, is the vote valid?

Likewise the last question is limited to people who'd like 2 sub forums. What if someone wants 1 or >2? Maybe with sub-sub sections.

I still can't see any outcome will make any difference. I read this up a couple of posts:
There are a lot of great threads that don't interest the majority of people here but don't have a home elsewhere.

You could say the same of almost every section of the forum. Take any section and look at the topics and number of responses per topic - from 0 to many ,000s. However, it is a forum. Will anything be gained by narrowing the minds of its users.

It's been my experience that the moderators will move a topic if they think its placing unsuitable.

There's also several forums which already have sub-forums. Affirmations, Divination, Past Lives & Reincarnation, to name a few. Should those be closed?

Originally Posted by Sister Moon

There's also several forums which already have sub-forums. Affirmations, Divination, Past Lives & Reincarnation, to name a few. Should those be closed?

I wouldn't honestly know. It would be up to the site owners with input from users of those sections. Has any user questioned them of late? They aren't sections I'd visit.

BTW, you misquoted me.

[Ciona]

Originally Posted by Lorelyen

I wouldn't honestly know. It would be up to the site owners with input from users of those sections. Has any user questioned them of late? They aren't sections I'd visit.

BTW, you misquoted me.

Sorry about that, hopefully I've got it fixed now.

[ForgedInFire]

really? 10 people so far like staying the same old and fear change? thats ok.. its your choice..but so is mine to not participate here while many stay in their repeat cycle of hope and misery while never evolving nor escaping the obsession hamster wheel.(the very mechanism that is intended to get you to do your self healing) have fun hamster wheeling away.

Hahahaha, What? FEAR change?
It's convenience and the grouping together of a general topic that increases their overall richness!

I'm one of the ones who voted keep it the same but that isn't about fear of change and complacency. I wouldn't be in the exploration of spirituality if I feared change or wanted to (spiritually) stand still. In the real world I wouldn't be a freelancer if I feared a break from regularity and procedure.

But as I've said, if I visit here at all it'll hardly make a difference. I'd visit the 3 or 10 or 99 subfora as I feel inclined...just that it's an admin overhead and may frustrate the rich interconnections to be enjoyed now. Hardly a hamster wheel. It isn't one now simply because of the variety and wealth of differences. It may become that if topics are funneled into separate vessels.

But that's just me, I honestly appreciate your views except that about "fear of change."
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[ForgedInFire]

oh my .. Lorelyen.. that was more directed to the flamers who are stuck in their ruts unmoving. So of course what i said wouldnt make as much sense to you nor really apply to you either.

I am curious as to why youd want this place to remain the same as is?

And really a freelancer eh? Hmm interesting i wonder what you write about then. Unless i am mistaken and thats not what you do.

Just like I say, that rich interplay will be lost. People, ideas, their joys, their woes, problems, solutions, all about relationships with strong spiritual overtones. Soul mates thinking they might be twin flames and vice versa, evidence that one might become the other. People telling their stories, asking, ranting, seeking support, giving support, opinion from deep believers and skeptics alike, proselyting as well as the pragmatic. Walling off sections will inevitably restrict some of this interplay.

But that’s just me. Others such as yourself feel the specialisation will serve separate communities better. The idea that some want things to stay the same from complacency is debilitating! If someone fears change they really shouldn’t be anywhere near a spiritual forum!

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[Ciona]

I really don't see how 1 or 2 sub-forums closes or walls off anything. It gives people room to explore, and all those same interplays and processes will come right along with them. Their spiritual states aren't going to change just because of that. Soul connections don't work that way. Authentic soul connections are very stubborn, as anyone who's had a real one knows. It opens doors, if anything. I would think it would have the opposite effect in that it would possibly help them sort and cut to the chase quicker. Which, anyone who's ever actually experienced an authentic soul connection also knows, the longing for resolution and assistance in any regard to any aspect of it in the journey, is a huge hand up in vibration and a relief. It's not actually just about lively, rich interplay or discussion in here imo (which would still be taking place regardless, at least that's what I believe). It's about evolving and impending soul families and very critical stages in people's lives. Maybe that's part of what makes this forum so different from some, certainly not all, of the others.

And of course, that's just my view. I also don't think, that those of us who voted that we wanted change but weren't yet sure what it should exactly be, should have our voices or votes thrown out even if the middle score gets thrown out, at least not those of us who came forward and offered real suggestions like me and Inika did. My reasoning for voting the way I did was precisely because I did choose to stop and think it through first, because I would rather do that than do the wrong thing in here. I do think that middle question could have been worded much better, I prefer the way Lorelyen worded her version of it, but I did the best I could with what I had to work with in the way it was presented to me.