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How do we reboot the Tribe community?
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Joined: Apr 27 2010 6:48 pm Posts: 260 Location: Northern California 
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 Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community?no worries ... I got it! I've had one of those days too.
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| Mar 28 2012 3:55 am |
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 Joined: Sep 09 2009 4:32 am Posts: 366
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community?
Yes, this topic certainly deserves a thread of its own! _________________ On Twitter and Facebook: http://twitter.com/HSPtweets http://www.facebook.com/hsp.tweets We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. --T. S. Eliot |
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| Mar 28 2012 6:39 am |
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Joined: Sep 09 2009 4:32 am Posts: 366
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community?
Thanks, PB, for stating our case so eloquently and passionately! It's easy for posts to get off the radar. In upper left corner of any forum page if you click on "View unanswered posts" you get a long laundry list of many good topics that are still viable. If you click on "View active topics" you only get the last 7 days by default (you can increase the time span, but it defaults back to 7 when next time you sign in). If you requested email notifications to follow a certain topic you only get one email notification, and if you don't respond to it you don't get any more notifications for that topic. So its easy for conversations to get off the radar if you don't be proactive and look for them. By the way PB, I responded to your Tongue-Tied topic, but you may have missed it or not gotten to it yet. I think this is a good one to continue. I think it is good to continue to brain-storm  on how to encourage and inspire more participation. We get lots of visitors to this forum but we need to set good examples._________________ On Twitter and Facebook: http://twitter.com/HSPtweets http://www.facebook.com/hsp.tweets We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. --T. S. Eliot |
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| Mar 28 2012 7:44 am |
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Joined: Apr 27 2010 6:48 pm Posts: 260 Location: Northern California
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? GH, I didn't see your reply on the Tongue-Tied thread. Will look at it.
And yes, I usually just hit the "Active Topics" link ... will look at "Unanswered Posts" more often. Also I noticed recently we can start polls. Maybe we could do that more often so people can participate without too much exposure? I also started a "re-introduce myself" thread in the newcomer's section but didn't have the time to finish ... I'm rather busy right now but am making a commitment to you guys to check in more often! xoxox Lisa _________________ ... consciousness is contagious ... |
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| Mar 30 2012 3:50 am |
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 Joined: Jun 02 2010 6:56 pm Posts: 93 Location: Denver, Colorado
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? Hi all:
I too would like to keep the HSP forum going. I have come here several times to see what is going on and often find that not many people have posted. I am spending more time on FB in the private groups, but this forum seems more cozy. If that makes nay sense. I try to answer posts but if I feel I have nothing to contribute I will move on to another post. Anyway, let me just say quickly that after my last trauma I haven't been able to look for a job. That was six years ago. I am finally coming out of my vortex and am making steps toward recovery. _________________ You are a child of the universe. No less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. |
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| Apr 22 2012 2:09 am |
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Joined: Apr 27 2010 6:48 pm Posts: 260 Location: Northern California
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? Hi Sedusa, So glad to see you here! Glad to hear that things are getting better for you ... the hard work is hard, but the pay-off is great. I'm still in a healing process myself and its finally paying off.
Cheers! _________________ ... consciousness is contagious ... |
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| Apr 22 2012 5:52 pm |
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 Joined: Dec 27 2009 4:21 am Posts: 67 Location: Yorkshire
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? Hello folks,
It's two years since I discovered this place, and probably a year since I last posted. It's still on my bookmarks toolbar, never forgotten, but neglected - until I received Grasshopper's cry in my inbox that is! It's well worth reviving in my view - I'll be back soon to look in on the chats and catch up with everyone. With love Sally x |
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| Apr 30 2012 10:57 am |
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Joined: Sep 09 2009 4:32 am Posts: 366
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? Thank you for responding!
_________________ On Twitter and Facebook: http://twitter.com/HSPtweets http://www.facebook.com/hsp.tweets We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. --T. S. Eliot |
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| Jun 19 2012 4:52 pm |
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 Joined: Oct 02 2009 2:03 am Posts: 265 Location: Port Townsend, WA
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? ::: deep sigh :::
I love this place, these people, and Butterfly's vision for a community and magazine to exist in tandem. Back "in the day," she and I had many long conversations and brainstorming sessions about the future of Tribe. "Community building" is one of my "gigs" and has been, for a long time... since the early days of the web. The bottom line here is very VERY simple: "Participation begets participation" 15-odd years of doing "this" with HSPs has taught me that we work a little "differently." I have owned, managed, moderated, administrated, supervised, prodded, inspired and even gotten thoroughly disgusted with something on the order of 30-odd HSP forums, listservs, groups, meetups and other related projects. HSPs are-- to use one of Elaine Aron's own metaphors-- the "cautious deer" who stand at the edge of the woods, waiting to make sure the meadow really IS safe. That works well, in the broader world. But not so much in an "HSP only" community... because how do you make sure the meadow IS safe, when everybody is standing at the edge of the "woods" waiting for everybody else to take the first step? If you are someone who comes here regularly and reads and sometimes posts... don't worry, I'm not talking to you! If you're someone who comes here now and then and READS and NEVER posts... then I AM talking to you! And if you're someone who signed up as a member but then never did anything-- even though you thought this was a great idea? I am REALLY talking to you! In the 16-odd year history of "HSP-dom" there has only been ONE HSP forum that hit "critical mass" and took on a life of its own. It had 4500+ members and growing rapidly; 100+ new posts per day. It died-- sadly-- an untimely death due to a massive hosting screwup. A few people here may remember it. I was very hopeful because Tribe came along at about the right time to step into the void it left. At this time, the "HSP Global" group on Facebook is the closest thing to a replacement. But anyway.... My experience with HSPs-- as a demographic group-- is that we are "happy participants" but VERY "reluctant instigators." Nothing wrong with that. Not a criticism. However, for an HSP forum, that means that "active management" is ESSENTIAL. I have a number of "regional" HSP groups, some of which are 10+ years old... to this day, if I don't post "new topics for discussion" a couple of times a month, they would fall into complete silence. Lack of interest? No. If the topics/questions are THERE, conversation happens. We basically LIKE to talk with our fellow HSPs and connect. I know I do. So why don't we post? I'm afraid nobody will respond, and that will feel weird. What if my topic is not interesting enough? I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself by posting something stupid. I don't have any original ideas, but I like responding to others. Again, nothing "wrong" with that. It just isn't conducive to community building, UNLESS there are some very dedicated people to constantly stoke the fires. New members join because a community appears to be "thriving," and people want to be part of that. That includes HSPs. And when a community thrives, others "hitch their wagon" to it... and it thrives even more. That "big" community I mentioned got to growing so rapidly because it was linked TO from 50-odd web sites, as THE discussion forum for HSPs. An archive of a half MILLION posts on every conceivable topic relating to being an HSP. So... what to do? If you find something interesting, come here and POST it. If you have an idea, an experience, an insight, a story, a link to an article... POST it. I think most HSPs actually PREFER this type of community forum over Facebook. Yes, there are multiple and large HSP groups and pages on Facebook... but for one thing, they don't "tread" and spool older posts in an easily visual format like this. There are also no ads here, and nobody posting their latest FarmVille quests. The Facebook pages are generally not searchable, either... OK... peptalk over! ~Peter _________________ Visit the HSP Notes Blog! I'm also on Facebook and Twitter-- look me up and say hi! |
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| Jul 17 2012 1:06 am |
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Joined: Oct 15 2009 12:05 pm Posts: 1078 Location: England
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Re: How do we reboot the Tribe community? Ooh! I remembered my password!!
I think the trouble is, people including me, see this forum as a stepping off point. 'Oh, I'm HSP, now I can go off and do something with that knowledge.' We need to have more fun stuff here to attract people once they find out about HSP-ism. Because when you first find out its a bit of a shock and you think 'oh no, what am I going to do about this'. Lots of HSPs have said this to me. We need something like practical advice to help us cope. |
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| Jul 19 2012 1:12 pm |
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), but I invite people to! I was astounded when I noticed how many views there are on any given conversation vs. how many replies ... which is why I posed the question ...|
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