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July 2008 
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Hmmm … the site I joined is still here. Maybe cos I'm too 'busy' to notice those changes. You're right, I MUCH prefer pods to groups. I still refer to zaadz, not gaia.
There's a bit too much 'ring' to calling this Gaia .. still, here we are.. Here on Gaia. And on Gaia/Earth.
Nice to see you Here!
x
I've missed seeing your posts. Sorry to hear that change is so distressing, and I know you aren't alone, but I'm with Lynx - I think the site is still very much the same place. Some of the little changes I appreciate, some I liked better the old way (I liked the name Zaadz too!), but I can't see that that matters. It's the “same” community in the way that all communities grow and change all the time.
By the way, one of the changes I like is one you don't, the pod thing - the name always made me think of pod people…
I found the transition somewhat off putting, the site was really slow, no notifications, being directed to the mygaia page whether you like it or not, etc.. It still is slow while waiting for cemagazine and enero.net (the ad bottlenecks) and many times I just decide to leave instead of spending more time looking around.
Since this was my first experience with an online “community” I am still adjusting to all that entails – people come and go, and there is some uncertainty whether anyone is really who they say they are. Also, I was here more while I was in a small town in the Yukon, which helped me feel connected to the world (known as the “Outside” when one is up north). Now that I am back in Vancouver there are more distractions and less time. All in all it is probably more a reflection of changes in my life than changes here.
Pods made me think of pea pods or seed pods. Remember all the fuss about the seed system and the trust system, just introduced a month or two before the transition? It seems in retrospect bizarre to introduce that seed system just before ditching the seed name and theme.
I miss the old Zaadz too… I think resistance to change is inherent in us all and we need to learn to live with it, but there was something different about this change - Zaadz to Gaia. It felt strange. Alienating. As if someone has tried to give you a substitute for a best friend who has gone away.
yep, many are not coming back and some others rarely visit or parcitipate anymore, and others just pop in for few minutes and then are gone for a longer stretch of time, I just left a word with one who just did that.
I'm a little confused. I already have a homepage outside of Gaia so I never see the myGaia page. I don't get directed anywhere, I just link to posts I follow through my email and haven't seen the homepage here for months. It's nice that they have the option for people who want that though.
I do totally understand that there are times being online is bigger and times it's smaller because of how the rest of life goes. I've never bothered with any social networking sites before this one, but I can definitely see that in the Yukon I'd be on my computer maybe more often, yup.
But there is this petulant tone. I don't mean anyone here particularly, but I've noticed it randomly for awhile. Friends I like have left in a huff, whatever, I just don't really get it. I mean, leaving is okay, the internet is big, if one thing doesn't work for you there's lots of other things. But the tone is so often the sullen pissy-pants voice, I just don't understand. I'm middling tech savvy, but I couldn't put together a site like this and if I could I wouldn't have the backing for it. Someone else put this in front of me and I come hang out and talk to cool people I know all over the freaking planet. Cool for me. And the site is nice. I mean, the devs, they're just nice people. Like they're closet Canadians or something.
Stuff here gets on my nerves sometimes, I freely admit. Like, Siona, you promised to rename the “thoughtful spot” to something that doesn't sound like a Jack Handey parody of the website. Get on it. And that “oops, we've lit the incense and put on a pot of chai” message? I've sent it to all my friends who roll on the floor and don't believe I'm serious. But so what?
I get to talk to Farland, and Dawn, and Praveer, and Albert and Lil and Loraine and Bridget and so so many others. And to you. I love that. I don't see much big change on the site with the transition, other than a couple of words that changed. Am I missing something?
addendum - like that wasn't wordy enough? - I did suspect my friend Praveer who is a total grownup living in India of being a 15 year old boy in Laguna beach jerking my chain, but it turns out he actually is himself…