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Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do?

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:17:45 GMT

More information and How Tos here: New To Gaia-Tips to Settle In

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do?

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:16:17 GMT

Adding to the things that you can do if you're new:

Check out information given by group cultivators/mods here:

Groups / Pods we Love on Gaia

Specially ones that are for orienting newcomers:

Orientation

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? -- Seed System and Local tab

http://eternalquestion.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:40:37 GMT

Thanks OM Bastet....of the team with the lower "t".....I went to your recommended group and now know tons about seeds. Thanks for the info, and also the good info about the Location, too. Will try some of those tips. Michigan is really divided between the lower and upper peninsulas and it would be great to type in "Upper Peninsula" but that doesn't look like a current option. But that's OK! I'm not complaining. I'm still in awe of this great world of Gaia. Blessings back, Kathy

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? -- Seed System and Local tab

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:58:58 GMT

First, Centria: None of the above. No to all your questions. And they do not add to the recipients' seed count. The complete scoop on Seeds is in the Seeds Board in the How Tos and FAQs pod/Group. More than you ever wanted to know, haha !!!

And in the Gaia Networking Group we're team with a small t here, but not The Team !!! LOL !!!

Silverpony, I don't know the answer but I will find out. I never noticed the Local tab had a third option of a specific location before !!! I notice that mine is set to Boulder, but I live in Seattle !!!

So I went to my Settings page, and I noticed that there is, under Profile Settings, something called Location. This is independent, I think, of anything you input in the Location field in your profile, although one of them is the town I put in my profile, so maybe it got here from there. I noticed that I had two towns (nearby) with an option listed to "Make primary" and another location "Recently listed" with the option to "Save" it. So I saved it, and then clicked on the option for that town, to Make primary.

Then I rechecked the local tab, which still says Boulder, but I will recheck again because the change might take some time, even a week, to take effect. Whatever "effect" "Make primary" has !!! I have no idea yet what that is!!!

One could go to the How Tos pod and search for the term "Primary location." Someone could do that and report back here.

Meanwhile, I believe Marketplace and Events both have search fields you can plug in your town or state, so you can use that to find local stuff.

Why don't you try what I did and see what happens and we can both report back here??

Thanks to both of you for asking your questions ! Hope this was helpful.

Blessings, OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? Seed System

http://eternalquestion.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:15:15 GMT

I don't want to interrupt Silverpony's question, but would like to add another one. When you give "seeds" to another person, does that person get some kind of message or know who gave the seeds? Or do the seeds just add up on the other's count anonymously? For example, if you give someone "Big Love" (or whatever it says) do they get a message? Thanks, team!

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? -- number in () after name

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:05:02 GMT

Hi! It is how many Gaia friends that person has.

Love,

Nicole

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? -- number in () after name

http://silverpony.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:27:19 GMT

Oh yes, one more question 0o

When you go to Friends and you see the large wall of people, everyone has a number in brackets in light gray after their name. What does that mean? thanks!

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? -- Local tab

http://silverpony.gaia.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:25:42 GMT

I too have a little question that seems to be defying the easy discovery of it's answer. Up above among the tabs is the Local tab. How does one go about setting it to their hometown/area? I input my hometown and state correctly in my profile in the correct slot already. I live in Hawai'i, incidentally, so if this is something the site does automatically that may be why I'm having difficulty - so often Hawai'i and Alaska are excluded from automated searches and directories like that.

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ambersbug.gaia.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:17:08 GMT

I'm getting motion sickness from the INDENT thing... be careful everyone! If you scroll down really fast to get to something you wanted to reply to the screen gets all wiggly! OM I think the indent is obvious enough... please, if they make it any more indentier (made that up) I'm going to be ill!

OM, what's an RTP? Oh, never mind... Reply To Post.... I agree that an icon would be better on the eyes of those of us with vertigo!

Cross eyed but Smilin'
amber

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:34:17 GMT

Well I could have sworn it worked yesterday, but it definitely doesn't work now, so maybe I just saw the reverse option link and assumed the whole thread was on display below it.

Bummer. Thanks for reporting it. Seems minor compared to other problems, apparently, to the Team.

OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? Reply-post vs reply-thread

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:46:47 GMT

EXCEPT that it doesn't work for me; does it work for you, OM? I'd brought it to the notice of the Support pod ages back; and they suggested the best way is to open a new tab for reading the whole thread.

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? Reply-post vs reply-thread

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:13:29 GMT

Centria, I noticed yesterday (after only a year on the site!) that the show all posts in this thread option is available down by the Send Post button even if you hit Reply to Post....

Blessings, OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:32:58 GMT

Another RTP, see the indent is obvious now. The thing is, there could be a little icon or a much more obvious indent. Hmmm. The icon idea might be a really good one. Thinktank time !!

Well, the Smiler MAKER needs to receive a few, eh?

Blessings, OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? Reply-to-post vs to-thread

http://eternalquestion.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:06:17 GMT

Ummm.....well!.....This is an incredible amount of information for the "Threads for Dummies Manual". I am happy to be the dummy that facilitated it. :) I like what you said Amber about what your mother said about asking questions, but unfortunately I pressed "reply to post" and can't quote it back to you. I should just open another tab and see it, but I'm at work and really need to start working!! You guys are great. Kathy

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ambersbug.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:59:48 GMT

Well, your sharp eyes and attention to detail had you all over getting indentations that were already there we just couldn't see them! You get the BIGGEST HUGS OM for being the bestest you in the whole world! You made my day!

amber

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:21:02 GMT

OK, Amber, here's a reply to post of a reply to post. The indent of this compared to replies to thread ought to be visible.

ROTFL !!!! I myself did NOT "notice" the indent. I complained about no difference between RTP and RTT and the indent got explained to me. And don't think I didn't register a complaint about the invisibility of the indentation !!!!!!!

Blessings, OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://ambersbug.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:24:34 GMT

OM, seriously, I need your powers of observation because I don't think I would EVER have noticed an indent unless you'd pointed it out! Pretty cool until we end up indented clear to the other side of the page and half our comment are cut off! ~grin~

I think I just found a good How to on Photos in the Nursery of all places! I'm off to see what I can see!

Glad that you asked this question, Centria! One of the tenets of Non Violent Communications is to learn to ask for what you need. My mom is part of a group practicing NVC. You know when the asking for what you need becomes a demand instead if the person you ask says, "No" to your request and you feel angry, hurt, or rejected by the refusal. I'm still wrapping my brain around that one so I'm just typing it out as my mother said it to me!

Smiles!
amber

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? Reply-to-post vs to-thread

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:57:27 GMT

Meenakshi, I didn't understand your first paragraph. I don't think all the "if" conditions were met. I for example was replying to thread, and I can if I squint just right see a few indented posts above that, but the nested indents, where each gets bigger requires that each post be a reply to the previous post, not a reply to the first post that got replied to with a reply to post. Argh.

So could you clarify what you meant?

And I am not sure what "this" refers to in your second paragraph.

And good luck getting people to retitle their subthreads. that will have to be done by a mod who remembers !!

Blessings,
OM Bastet

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:43:58 GMT

Now THEORETICALLY, if each of us has been Replying to Post from Centria's original post, we should all have shown up as an indented sub-thread. Also, I should've been able to see everyone's posts from Centria's to mine, Amber's, OM's---but I don't. I only see OM's.

I would iike to indicate this [that this message is about reply-post or reply-thread] on the title of all our posts, so that future searches show up these important messages.

[Modified May 19th in response to OM's request for clarification- Meenakshi]

Re: NEW TO GAIA- what can you do? reply-post vs reply-thread?

http://eternalquestion.gaia.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:46:30 GMT

I think I'm having an ah-ha! moment!! Not only on Gaia, but my whole life, seems to have a lot of these moments. Thanks, Meenakshi for your explanations, and thank you Amber for that detailed response. I'm glad you had trouble figuring it out, too. :) Makes me feel not so alone.

I was going to just be silent and let the answer to the question reveal itself eventually (as you did, Amber) but decided perhaps there's others who have experienced the same question. And they might be reading through this discussion and say "ah ha, oh that's what it means."

Hitting "Reply to Post" and smiling, Kathy