A Bioenergetic View of Bioenergetics and Forum Structure
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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 Maternity
Environment
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.