A Bioenergetic View of Bioenergetics and Forum Structure
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The branch of bioenergetics is taking new shapes and the indiscriminate use of the term by the community is getting common. At this pace, it will soon turn into a warning flag.
It's bioenergetic this and that--here as an adjective rather than noun--and the overuse is somewhat degrading. If it sounds strange or generic without the bio- prefix (An Energetic Soap), it's preferable to ditch it. Just an opinion.
If we limit it to the name of the forum, frame it as 'lively' and minimize its addition to anything, it should be fine. And it's not an exclusive space for bioenergetics as a discipline anyway.
Below is a bioenergetic suggestion for a bioenergetic forum structure.
It looks segmented in bioenergetic excess, but it's justified if the forum ends up having a lot of bioenergetic content to be organized and bioenergetic volunteers that can distribute the public posts available in their respective bioenergetic directories, which would be filled fast. Otherwise, expand this bioenergetic model as wished and needed.
Nutrition
Macronutrients Protein Amino acids Alanine Arginine Asparagine Aspartate Cysteine Glutamine Glutamate Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Lysine Methionine Phenylalanine Proline Serine Taurine Threonine Tryptophan Tyrosine Valine Peptides Carbohydrate Monosaccharides Glucose Fructose Galactose Disaccharides Maltose Sucrose Lactose Polysaccharides Starch Fiber Fat and lipids Saturated Monounsaturated Polyunsaturated Cholesterol Phospholipids Calories Micronutrients Vitamins B-vitamins B1 - Thiamin B2 - Riboflavin B3 - Niacin B5 - Pantothenic acid B6 - Pyridoxin B7 - Biotin B9 - Folic acid B12 - Cobalamin C - Ascorbic acid Fat-soluble N/A #toxicbileapocalypse Quasi-vitamins Betaine Carnitine Choline Inositol Lipoic acid Ubiquinone Minerals Major minerals Sodium Chloride Potassium Phosphorus Calcium Magnesium Sulfur Trace and ultratrace minerals Boron Chromium Cobalt Copper Fluorine Iodine Iron Manganese Molybdenum Nickel Selenium Silicon Vanadium Zinc Foods Cereals Rice Oat Wheat Confectionery Chocolate Dairies Milk Yogurt Cheese Cream Butter Eggs Fruits Apple Banana Grape Orange Melon Pineapple Strawberry Dried Legumes Beans Lentils Peas Soybean Peanuts Meats Red meat Poultry Fish Shellfish Organ meats Collagen Vegetables Roots and tubers Carrot Beet Cassava Potato Sweet potato Taro Yam Leaves Nuts and seeds Mushrooms Culinary herbs, spices and seasonings Cinnamon Garlic Ginger Turmeric Vinegar Beverages Water Juice Tea Coffee Soda Meals Recipes Dietary models Cookware
Light
Sunlight exposure Ambient illumination Artificial light therapy
Sleep and the somnosphere
Good practices (sleep hygiene) Shift workers Issues Insomnia Nocturia Daytime sleepiness Dreams
Physical activity (physical activity > exercise > gym)
Walking Hiking Bicycling Running Sprinting Strength training Calisthenics Stretching Dancing Yoga
Environment
Altitude Climate Toxins
Hormones
Asteroid hormones Corticosteroids Glucocorticoids Mineralocorticoids Sex steroids Progestogens Androgens Estrogens Venom D (linking to ex-vitamins) Nonasteroid hormones (proteins, peptides and amino acid derivatives) Pituitary Growth hormone (GH) Prolactin (PRL) Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) Luteinizing hormone (LH) Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) Oxytocin Pineal Melanin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaRVvAKoqQ) Thyroid Thyroxine (T4) Triiodothyronine (T3) Calcitonin (CT) Parathyroid hormone (PTH) Adrenal (medulla) Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) Adrenaline (epinephrine) Pancreas Insulin Glucagon Eicosanoids (prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and others)
Respiratory physiology
Oxygen Carbon dioxide Therapies Devices Air quality and pollution
Tests
Blood tests Urine tests Stool tests Hair, skin, and nail tests Imaging
Afflictions
Articular Auricular Cardiac Circulatory Dermal Diabetes Endocrine Gastrointestinal Genital Immunological Infections Metabolic Muscular Neoplasms Nervous Neurological Nutritional Olfatory Oral Respiratory Sexual Skeletal Visual Weight
Supplements (non-nutrient) (..)
Activated charcoal Caffeine Cascara sagrada Creatine Herbs Hydrochloric acid (HCl) Probiotics Whey protein
Drugs
Analgesics Antacids Anticancers Antihistamines Antiinflammatory Antimicrobial Antibiotics Antipyretics Astringents Bronchodilators Cardiotonics Carminatives Contraceptives Expectorants Mood stabilizers Purgatives Stimulants Tranquilizers
Therapies (..)
Phytotherapy Immunotherapy Heat therapy (thermotherapy) Sauna
Art
Architecture Dance Film Literature Music Painting Sculpture
Companion animals
Cats Dogs Lions Rabbits Reptiles Rodents
- Junkyard: perhaps away from the view and below the fold?
- 'Case studies' can include logs.
- There can be a section to contain economics, history, philosophy, politics, religion and sociology.
- A subforum for mental wellness is missing.
- Spaces for random quotes and also maternity wouldn't be a bad idea.
- Ray resources could fall within something like 'Notable minds', where people could list more names. But emphasis on Ray is fair because the community exists thanks to him.
I hope this helps.
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I think there should be an AI powered tag generator for each post/reply and it could help group posts into tag specific heatmaps and the entire forum exists in this bubbly map of tags.
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@Amazoniac Are you suggesting each of the quoted text should be a subforum?
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Too many subforums is one of the many reasons rpf sucks.
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I agree with OP. Higher information flow -> higher structural complexity. It's just the bioenergetic thing to do.
Also how do I get to the Black Lodge subsection? I followed all the instructions but when I open my eyes I'm still in the phenomenal world.
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Yes, but if you find it overwhelming, it can be simplified. Something along these lines:
Health
Nutrition Proteins, peptides and amino acids Carbohydrates and fiber Fats and lipids Calories Vitamins and quasi-vitamins Minerals: major, trace and ultratrace Foods Cereals Confectioneries Diaries Eggs Fruits Legumes Meats Collagen Vegetables (roots, tubers, leaves, and others) Mushrooms Beverages Culinary herbs, spices and seasonings Dietary models Cookware Light Sleep Physical activity All-things respiration Mental wellness Hormones Corticosteroids (Glucocorticoids, Mineralocorticoids) Sex steroids (Progestogens, Androgens, Estrogens) Nonsteroid hormones Tests Afflictions Therapies Supplements (non-nutrient) Drugs MaternityEnvironment
Case studies and logs
The Greats
Antisocial sciences
Art
Companion animals
JunkyardI illustrated with the first, but you'd have to expand the other categories as wished and include what's missing. For some reason, parts of the text are appearing in different color or bolded, yet these weren't on purpose.
The regular forum searches are unreliable to compile relevant posts on a topic because of the irrelevant results that appear in between.
With simpler directories, we'd be relying on the tags system, and only part of members is fond of it; others prefer to navigate through menus. Those who prefer to search can ignore the subdivisions, pick a major category and the desired tags. If they're after random content, there's the page with recent activity. However, the persons who are into menus are discouraged without the existence of proper directories.
But some standardization must also be present to better organize the content in relying on tags. Without a list to select from (similar to what was proposed earlier), it's common to have different terms referring to the same matter (example: thiamine, thiamin, B1, vitamin B1). An incomplete structure along with an erratic tags system is an issue that's better addressed early on.
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@Hando-Jin I agree
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Guru
Would you prefer it be called the pro-metabolic forum ?
Does that make us professionals or maybe professors ?
What's with all the fat soluble hate it sounds like fat shaming to me but as for acronyms PMF doesn't roll quite off the tongue as BF then we could be BFFs works much better with formalwear -
I think that we're past naming, but for something unique related to metabolism, it could be Metabotropic Forum.
The way that the forum is designed (with a discreet search icon on top) induces people to explore rather than search. The landing page is not on all recent content and encourages navigation towards affinities, which is advantageous, but it's not divided enough. People have large buckets to dump their threads with minimal criteria.
A woman may have a relative in critical situation dealing with advanced cancer, browses the forum for hope, only to encounter:
- https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/368/cum-maxxing-the-holy-grail-of-cum/
- https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/44/thoughts-on-gelatinous-ejaculation/
- https://bioenergetic.forum/topic/619/dickmaxxing/
Without proper niches to contain these topics, people have no choice but to post them on grand categories and interests confuse.
- Forum > Bioenergetic Discussions
Compared to..
- Forum > Health > Sexual Health > Male
- Forum > Health > Sexual Health > Female
To make it worse, check the list of recent threads: only a minority are tagged (and without standardized terms). If you're horny and trying to procreate, it can be tricky to find information on sexual health from a sea of threads with different names in use.
A person may visit the forum interested in paintings, but what if the art category is dominated by music? It would be challenging to filter once the content piles up.
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too much thinking for a forum that costs 300$ a month and was made because of twitter community drama
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@Amazoniac Very good and rather pressing suggestion imo, unsurprising coming from a great poster from RPF. I personally like tags and advanced searches, but the present subdivision of this forum is lacking, especially if it was grow large.