dawei Posted May 20, 2015 Just to catch up on some of the more recent changes: The Tao Bums >> The Dao Bums http://thedaobums.com/ Newbie's may not know about this but this was a rather significant change in Forum naming by Sean (owner) Daoist Discussion / Systems and Teachers Of http://thedaobums.com/forum/413-systems-and-teachers-of/ This area was added a while back to collect together certain systems and teachers. So far, it rarely gets a new thread started but has threads moved to it... which is ok. I know that folks like to start stuff in General or Daoist and usually after a few weeks I will move some threads so they don't just disappear forever when they could be collected to an area. Another challenge is whether they go here or the Group Studies. Generally, if someone is asking about a system or teacher's background I put it in the former. If it is focused more on the media itself (DVD), it will usually go to the latter. I will say the two overlap a bit... so enjoy looking at both areas General Discussion / Healing Circle / Food, Supplement, and Herbs http://thedaobums.com/forum/438-food-supplements-and-herbs/ This is recently setup and has been an idea for some time. My main surprise was that I found 8 pages of threads to move here. As a sub-sub-forum, it is less visible... I trust those that like this area simply know how to peek in at new posts The Garden: Nuwa/Women's Sanctuary : Mount Kunlun - Grotto Garden : Fuxi/Men's Haven http://thedaobums.com/forum/428-the-garden/ This is clearly the most significant addition and I appreciate the input from everyone. I will have to confess to all my past resistance to setting up a male area because the forum is already 99.9% male... it is a male forum for the part. I tried a Women's Cultivation area but it was clear I never really was able to provide the super-secret-double-handshake-shoulder-rub-tender-gaze-posting-in-privacy... and in order to do that, I'd have to extend that to men so they could do their own double-hand-slap-elbow-bounce-chest-slam-alpha-roar-posting-in-privacy as well... The main goals of these steps have been to make TDB more safe and accessible for females to come and post... and have a private area to boot. I think we are finally there and have also provided men the same. My apologies for the delay in getting here Forum and Tech Support / Rules and Use http://thedaobums.com/forum/436-rules-and-use/ This is mostly a house cleaning step since the past consolidation of forum areas... the F&T Support had so many pinned threads it was awkward viewing on page 1... so I created a read-only area where we can put the main rules and use related topics of the forum software. The Pit >> Hùn Dùn - 混沌 - Primordial Chaos http://thedaobums.com/forum/40-h%C3%B9n-d%C3%B9n-%E6%B7%B7%E6%B2%8C-primordial-chaos/ The Pit was changed to Hun Dun, although there is a much more interesting idea to call it The realm of the Hungry Ghost (鬼界). Wéi Wú Wéi - 為無為 http://thedaobums.com/forum/421-w%C3%A9i-w%C3%BA-w%C3%A9i-%E7%82%BA%E7%84%A1%E7%82%BA/ This is clearly the most significant change to posting on TDB whereby a topic starter can have "Owner Permissions". One member commented that it was rolled out much faster than expected... and yet, it is almost never used yet It was effected in: Buddhist Discussion -- Buddhist Textual Studies The Garden - all areas Wei Wu Wei The Buddhist area was extended it because it is intolerable to moderate it. So the topic owner can do so... in theory. I am somewhat pleased to say that has not shown any use yet (knock on wood). The Garden was a logical extension of this due to the private areas... and nature of gender cultivation. Wei Wu Wei was an experimental child and probably continues as such. Members request the permissions here and can explore open Ownership topics here. --- Maybe there should be a poll to say which areas folks connect with and like... but my main hope is that you find this is a place you want to come back to and discover some new topics and friends. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted May 20, 2015 CHAThttp://thedaobums.com/chat/ SNAP !!! I forget the most recent change... If you go into CHAT... you can click on a name... and then start a private conversation with them... Nobody will see it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) More than the superficial changes. I'm glad to see the moderation team has been girding their loins and handling disputes In such a skilfful and resolute way. The difference in the last year has been quite tangible to my eyes. Many thanks for the work done. Edited May 20, 2015 by OldChi 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basher Posted May 20, 2015 Ditto...............whatever he said. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) I'd still like to see Deep Thoughts by Songtsan moved to Mt Kunlun...as it is about cultivating opposite gender identities within ones biological gender...I felt slightly ridiculed there....was I being punished for posting too hastily in the Women's section? Did anyone ever think that maybe the reason that there aren't a lot of women on TDB is that women are already naturally themselves, and that Taoism is more for men to learn to be more at home? Could that be why more men want to become women, than women want to become men....just my views.... Edited May 21, 2015 by Songtsan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted May 21, 2015 I'd still like to see Deep Thoughts by Songtsan moved to Mt Kunlun... moved 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basher Posted May 21, 2015 moved What, truly, deeply moved ? Oh, I see....you meant the post, rather than yourself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Songtsan Posted May 22, 2015 I must admit, I have perfectionist/ocd tendencies when it comes to categorization... Thanks for putting up with me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
