Is this forum dying?

Do you mean we could get an interview from Mishlove?

edit: To be clear I mean we ask him questions and post the answers here.

Well any interaction would be good. I think most of us here enjoy our anonymity (I certainly feel more comfortable that way) so we can't really do an interview. Perhaps we could add something to our top menu - such as "Kindred sites". Hopefully he would do something similar for us.

David

[Laird]

Perhaps we could add something to our top menu - such as "Kindred sites".

That's not a bad idea regardless, although picking which sites to include might get tricky.

Hopefully he would do something similar for us.

Perhaps, but we couldn't expect it.

I do think we might be one of the very few places that tries to discuss the philosophical import of Psi & Survival. I don't know if that's a major selling point because interest in said topic seems to be minimal heh...

Hey, it's definitely a strength of ours, and it's worth playing to one's strengths. 👍

I have been reading afterlife discussions on r/afterlife lately, and I noticed that there are 21K members on that subreddit. So, there are a lot of people who want to discuss about the afterlife, and some of them probably want to have deeper discussions about these matters. Philosophical and spiritual discussions are definitely one of the strengths of this forum and while reading some discussions on that aforementioned subreddit I kept thinking how those people would get much better answers to their questions from here. Therefore I support these two options:

Attract new members like the ones we have

Establish ourselves as a venue for professional discussions

[Laird]

I've split out the discussion of social media accounts into a separate thread:

PQ social media accounts [split from: Is this forum dying?]

[Laird]

I've also split out the discussion of SEO and site structure into a separate thread:

SEO and site structure [split from: Is this forum dying?]

[Laird]

Therefore I support these two options:

Attract new members like the ones we have

Establish ourselves as a venue for professional discussions

Do you have any ideas as to how might we pursue these options?

I described the second you've quoted as the most ambitious of the four I listed, and it might even be described as somewhat audacious, so I'm especially interested in ideas related to that one.

That's open to anybody to answer, of course, not limited to Raimo.

[Laird]

I've also just started a related thread based on posts in the current one:

New mission statement? "To discuss the philosophical import of psi and survival"

I have been reading afterlife discussions on r/afterlife lately, and I noticed that there are 21K members on that subreddit. So, there are a lot of people who want to discuss about the afterlife, and some of them probably want to have deeper discussions about these matters. Philosophical and spiritual discussions are definitely one of the strengths of this forum and while reading some discussions on that aforementioned subreddit I kept thinking how those people would get much better answers to their questions from here. Therefore I support these two options:

Do you feel like it would be worth reaching out to people on Reddit? Perhaps DMing the few who seem like they might want to discuss stuff here as opposed to putting it out more openly?

My take on Reddit was that it had a lot of pseudo-skeptics who fled there after New Atheism as a larger evangelical movement collapsed...

I’m still here 

Life gets in the way often. But also had taken a turn towards materialism which for some reason I had convinced myself was the sober end game of all rational beings. 

Then my life became absolutely miserable. My energy levels literally dropped and I struggled with getting up in the morning and performing my responsibilities.

I did not like this person that I had become!

Now, slowly reconnecting with my intuitive and spiritual self has given me more energy again. I remember all the anomalous events in my life (many of which are documented in this forum) and know that, there is something there that needs to be further experienced.

I wonder if the enigmatic Silence still visits the form? No doubt also that Doug keeps an eye over proceedings in this world and in here!  😁

Do you have any ideas as to how might we pursue these options?

I described the second you've quoted as the most ambitious of the four I listed, and it might even be described as somewhat audacious, so I'm especially interested in ideas related to that one.

That's open to anybody to answer, of course, not limited to Raimo.

No, unfortunately I don't have any ideas beyond those that have already been mentioned. However, in my opinion we don't actually have to do anything audacious. I think it is a good option to continue as we are, but with minor improvements. Perhaps it is not possible to establish ourselves as a venue for professional discussions yet, but it might be possible to take some small steps in that direction. Even the brief visits from professional parapsychologists or the already suggested interaction with Mishlove could help in achieving this goal.