This and That ( new group )?

[Mandolinrain]

Putting this out there just to see if there would be an interest at all for a group called 'This and That'?

Thought it would be fun to have an area where we could share ideas,recipes, crafts, grandchildren, our pets, fitness,diet, music, art.. camping, hobbies...just about anything really.

Only rule would be no Political or religious debates....Actually, no debates would be perfect. Lets just all get along, be nice to each other.

?????  Anyone ???? 

If so and theres an interest, how to start??? Mark‌

[Mandolinrain]

Exactly that:)

[CommunityAdmin]

brittann3 wrote:

Mandolinrain I was just thinking about how it would be nice to have somewhere to go just to chat without it needing to be "smoking related". I have so much going on in my life right now that isn't specifically geared towards my quit. My quit is great and I credit this site of course but I would love to be able to share and hear about other stuff. I don't know if there is a specific group as listed in Mark's comment though... which by the way I didn't even realize were available either.. but I know there are times I'd like to share a blog or thought that isn't quit related and feel I shouldn't because I don't want to take up newsfeed from those needed for their quit.

brittann3‌

The many existing social groups are for that exact purpose.  Conversations‌ https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/chantix-ers?sr=search&searchId=81960b96-f6c8-43c5-b7c0-214... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/bupropion?sr=search&searchId=aef54f76-74bd-48fa-8b40-9ac1d... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/nicotine-patch-users?sr=search&searchId=fb786640-cf25-4df5... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/nicotine-lozenge-users?sr=search&searchId=84d28a62-ec3b-4c... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/nicotine-gum-users?sr=search&searchId=fb786640-cf25-4df5-b... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/ems-emt?sr=search&searchId=74148b46-fb11-41e7-9bbf-712f48b... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/bartenders?sr=search&searchId=b4686efd-154e-41b5-af3f-5229... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/alternative-therapy?sr=search&searchId=d13538b4-ca4a-436b-... is about getting quit.  Largely the rest of the community is for sharing about you and finding people like you on the site to stay quit.  https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/creative-and-crafty-quitters?sr=search&searchId=4732dcdf-3...‌, https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/cooking-quitters?sr=search&searchId=9cbc998c-5bfc-4f21-a73...‌ https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/andrenaline-lovers-quitters?sr=search&searchId=703ab19f-08...‌ https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/jedi-quit-group?sr=search&searchId=d87b6cb4-0219-47ef-8041...‌  https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/xbox-and-playstation-quitters?sr=search&searchId=639ffe3a-... https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/the-confession-cabin?sr=search&searchId=ee1ccd0e-0343-464c... etc is about sharing your interests

Your newsfeed is custom to you. Don't worry about inundating people in these other social groups.  Having activity in them gives people other places to get involved and protect their quit.  

Mark
EX Community Manager

[Mandolinrain]

Yep I agree, hope this works out:)

[Mandolinrain]

Hi mark and gang! I was just thinking on the same line as Bree 19....kinda just a general chat, whats going on in our lives like I said in my post, nothing specific, thats why I wanted to call it this and that. The other groups are more to topic where our group would be whatever is on our mind that we want to discuss as though we were all having a cup of joe together and sharing things in our lichees with each other:)

Gotta run, for now, company on the way over. Thank you for considering it:)

[MarilynH]

I hope it works out because it would be nice to have a chit chat over morning coffee.

[Christophina]

There is something I am not quite clear about with this group thing. I looked up some of the groups dedicated to sharing interests mentioned above and no one has been there for years.  Just saying.

[Bree19]

I thought it was me not knowing how to get to the real groups.  All those, as you say - no action for years.

Bree

[CommunityAdmin]

Yes on the old site the groups were a bit difficult to get to.  That's easier now.  We moved the groups over and consolidated them hoping they would take off again.  That sometimes takes a while.  So far some of the groups have started to take off again.  

I know the groups I mentioned weren't active. I mentioned them because I wanted to let everyone know they exist and can become active again. 

Mark
EX Community Manager

[Mandolinrain]

I think what I am trying to get at is that all those groups are more specific to a particular 'thing'

Can we just try a group called THIS OR THAT and see what happens? Allow ppl to just talk about whatever they want to?I understand the Cafe one failed. May we just give this a try? No worries if we can't though, I understand

[Giulia]

I thought  this "chat corner" thing was why the Cafe was started.  I had originally just thought of having a meeting place where everybody could go talk to one another.  Right now we're ending up talking to each other on other people's blogs.  And that doesn't make sense to me.  X person may start a blog about beating cravings and then someone way down in the responses will make a point about something else or a joke, and then someone else will respond and off we go on a totally different subject!  And it's lots of fun, but we get totally off topic.  I would love to see a group called The Chat Place, or something like that, but there would only be ONE point of communication in it.  Not a different blog subject for each listing, but rather ONE blog or One conversation where everybody would just jump in whenever they felt like it.  You wouldn't need things like Baristas or anybody in charge.  It wold just be a page where people could drop by and comment at will.