Straybird

ChiDragon, We've had a lot of comments about reddit being a poor choice. Do you think proboards or forummotion forums might be a better choice? We'd like to do dedicated hosted but it's a large expense.

No analogy is perfect, but the one I gave was a fairly good one. There are a lot of people here who aren't comfortable being who they are, and having to self censor. Right now it's don't ask, don't tell.

I think it died out mostly because the site owner didn't have the time, money or energy to devote to maintaining it. A lot of people have made it known they don't like reddit, we are considering moving to a forum like forum motion or proboards.

Imagine you were gay, and you went to a university with a policy that any homosexual students would be expelled. If that were me I think I would find a different school, just because I would want to be who I am without fear of other people finding out. That wouldn't mean that sexuality would be the main focus of your new school.

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I've never been a fan of discord as a platform. The aim would be to create a community where others would share what they wanted within reason.

Nothing from reddit would transfer, but so far it seems people hate reddit and would prefer a traditional forum experience?

I quoted the owner of the forum. As far as I know this stance has not changed. Yes thedaobums.com is a great forum, possibly the best on the internet for discussing taoism and other spiritual traditions, but only for people with certain types of opinions, and beliefs. Right now it's a don't ask, don't tell situation for everyone else. Can a person ever really feel welcome if they have to self censor to such a degree? There seems to be a lot of pushback for us using reddit for the forum, do you feel proboards or forummotion would be better?

Think of this as the spiritual successor to originaldao.com. I and my friend do feel there is a need for it to continue to exist. To be honest it's not just about politics, it's about mindset.

Do you feel proboards or forumotion would be a better fit than reddit.com ?

Ideally it would be more than just politics, etc. It would be discussions on anything, but hopefully taoist, buddhist, and spiritual paths would be the main focus. Originaldao allowed for more freedom than is allowed here, but unfortunately it closed down. As to what my friend and I are trying to achieve is just to revive the spirit of the original dao community, as cheaply and easily as is possible.

Some topics can't happen here, and in my opinion there should be a place where they can. No one else has stepped up to provide such a thing since originaldao.com closed. I understand that maybe a main landing page and a subreddit are not as elegant a solution as a self hosted forum, but that costs a lot of time, money, and energy which is why the originaldao.com failed. Anything that reddit.com would find so offensive that they wouldn't allow discussion on is also something which wouldn't be appropriate for originaltao.com We could move from reddit to proboards or forummotion if you feel that have better aesthetics or provide some other benefit?

Well I am not talking about white supremacist nonsense, that wouldn't be welcome on originaltao.com either. Thedaobums.com owner has made it absolutely clear that certain points of view are not welcome here and those that want to express those views should go elsewhere. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/49572-no-more-right-wing-bullshit/ Unless he chimes back in and says he's changed his mind, then there needs to be somewhere else for people on the other side of the fence to talk about those topics. Originaldao.com filled that niche, and then some, but it cost too much, time, money and energy to maintain and that left those people with nowhere to go.

What I mean is that certain political ideas, and worldviews are not allowed here, these topics would be allowed to be discussed on Reddit unless they crossed over into territory that was considered abusive or illegal. Right now Reddit is just a stopgap, I mean I suppose we could register a free forum website if you feel that would work better? Reddit seems pretty ubiquitous, easy to use, and register though. Do you feel https://www.proboards.com/ would be a better solution than Reddit? As to it not being a true Taoist forum, I see no reason it couldn't be. In terms of community it will be hard to beat thedaobums.com, but maybe it would be nice to be around people who share your political beliefs and worldviews, or at least allow for discussions on them to take place. I think orginaldao.com failed because of the amount of time, money and energy it took to maintain it's existence. When I was talking with my friend we did our best to come up with a solution that was cheap, and easy to maintain. Please let me know if you have any ideas that can help.