I don't know if the devs will allow this, and even if they do, I don't know if it will work. It has worked very well for me in some other forums.
I'm posting some of my reactions here to other threads, for others to discuss with me, if anyone wants to. I'm not demanding that people use this thread only for that purpose, but I'm hoping that will happen naturally, as it has in other forums.
First I'll say again here what I said in another thread, that one thing that could sustain my interest here is finding others besides me who are trying to learn to help improve the community life in our neighborhoods, for everyone in our neighborhoods, on line and off line.
ETA: I would need to find at least one other person who is making sustained, systematic efforts to improve himself, and to learn to help improve community life for everyone, with whom I could exchange ideas and experiences. It would have to be someone who understands my concerns about marginalization and unkindness, and is making efforts to help improve the social environment for everyone in it, not only for himself and potential allies.
* Vision:
A growing and spreading movement of people learning together how to help improve the community life in a neighborhood, for everyone in the neighborhood. At the heart of the training is learning, through study and practice, to do things in the right spirit, for example with kindness, generosity, honesty, best wishes for all, humility, purity, and other virtues.
* Goals:
My current goal here is to explore the possibilities of helping to reduce unkindness and counteract its effects.
* Strategies
1. Practice my ideas for helping to reduce unkindness and counteract its effects.
2. Exchange ideas and experiences with others who are making sustained, systematic efforts to improve the social environment.
* Lines of action
1. Friendly posts to people I see being treated unkindly and getting no sympathy, preferably in other, less contentious threads, where they're posting.
2. Discussions, with anyone else who is interested, about our ideas, efforts and experiences, like in a support group.