Pop-up discussions are back! 😄

@Hope love this idea! Hope this brings on more who love leading discussions

@RumpleSteeleSkin

I also hope it brings leaders.

@Hope Love the idea

That's great.

Looks like something I'd wanna do.

Thanks :)

@Hope why the Room Supporters are not allowed to lead popup discussions? I thought they were for a long time now.. just have to ask a mod (or community mod) to set the banner for them. Has this changed? Should I inform my Room Supporters that they are no longer allowed to lead popup discussions?

@vivelespatates

Hi vive, I have made the changes to reflect that room supporter can lead. Thank you for bringing it up!

@Hope thank you, I was worry, haha

@Hope While I am on board for adding more discussions to the community, don't you think this would decrease the participation in the weekly discussions that are currently held? Also this would be increasing the workload for mods and doorkeepers in having to monitor the rooms and ensuring that each room is safe for members and listeners alike. If possible could you prehaps implement a schedule for these pop-up discussions to be held so there isn't a clash with the weekly discussions?

@CheeryMango

Hi Mango! I hear you, our aim with this opportunity is to allow a broader group to host discussions. Mostly people with busy schedules who can't commit to weekly spots. It beats the purpose if we ask them to schedule pop-ups. As for the workload, community mods will be available to open/close rooms and can be reached out to for moderation assistance if needed. We will be closely monitoring how this trial goes and if we need to make any changes, we can! Thank you for providing your perspective.

@Hope I didn't mean an actual schedule but rather a designated time slot for those pop-ups to occur for example between 8am-10am, 10am-12pm etc. It's just so there is better control and we don't have multiple sessions running simultaneously ot create confusion. Thanks for hearing me out.

@Hope

This is so awesome, thank youuu!!! Can't wait to see them back and alive in rooms!

Are users who host discussions already allowed to do this or will priority go to wannabe discussion leaders?

@KaylaDances Don't worry. I just noticed it is listeners only. I saw the room supporter part before "listeners" Ignore what I said please.

@KaylaDances

That is an error, fixed! Member room supporters can host

@Hope Thank you for letting me know. So any listener can host but only member room supporters can host?

@KaylaDances

The roles listed are all listener roles excluding room supporter which is a member and listener role. A listener needs to be a room supporter or has one of the other roles to be able to host pop-ups

@KaylaDances room supporters -including members- can host but need to ask help of a mod or community room to set the banner because they can't set it themselves.

@KaylaDances

They can!

@Hope This sounds amazing especially considering that it would really increase the member participation in the Group Support Rooms. Love it!

@Hope please can you remind everyone that popups discussions can only take place when NO OTHER discussion or event is taking place on ANY room, including scheduled discussions and support sessions, community or subcommunity events, and sharing circles. it has always been very important rule to ensure enough participations in discussions -both planned and popups-, support sessions and events. thank you

@vivelespatates good point!

@vivelespatates

Well, I think this is going to have to change if that is the rule because it's going to become outdated.

@Hope

@EvelyneRose this rule is there because we have a low participation in the discussions and that many discussions or events at once kills our discussions, and we end up by waste our time and cancel them due to no participation. this rule needs to stay, and people need to do their popups when there is no other discussions, support sessions or events ongoing.

@vivelespatates

I understand what you are saying, but if the rule is no pop ups while other discussions or sharing circles are going on, that doesn't make sense with the direction the site is moving. It basically eliminates pop-ups entirely if the rule is kept.

@EvelyneRose so maybe there is just too many sharing circles. I also had to cancel my scheduled discussions because they decided to put a sharing circle at the exact same time that i was leading, and now i am no longer able to have members in my discussions...

@vivelespatates

I'm sorry to hear that Vive! Like I said, the rule is going to have to change because it's unsustainable going forward, evidenced by your own experience.

I do think there's merit in having more than one at once. I know there's concern about participation, but in my opinion, I like having options of whether I want to go to sharing circle or a discussion/support session/event.

@Hope

Great idea!

@Hope

Looking forward to pop up discussions.

@jaedae me too :)

@jaedae me too

I want to lead a pop up discussion can someone help me make one?

@outcastshadows which topics are you interested in?

I'm not sure if we can offer a discussion topic if I cannot commit to room supporter at this time? If so or song that can be related to positive thoughts , happy time or providing strength and inspiration in one's life.@Hope

Ok, I get it, these pop-ups are supposed to be light-hearted, but it seems redundant with the sharing circles.

What would really boost the group support rooms to their former glory is more in-depth discussions like the site used to have. Surely, there has to be some of those good scripts left by former community leaders somewhere.

@tealPark1424 that makes sense. :) I feel like giving pop-up discussions back into sub community hands and let those who are interested in hosting pop-ups connect with the support team leaders would help to have more diverse quality pop-up discussions.

The point is some, communities have no leaders at the moment. The centralised approach seems to be a starting to increase the pop-up activity.

@Hope why popups in the other rooms don't count? are they less valued?

How do I get to become a room supporter?

@barncat hello, you can find the application form here https://www.7cups.com/forum/GroupSupportChatRooms_140/KatesCave_1395/NewRoleforListenersRoomSupporter_170262/1/

@kindSoul10- thanks- need to get my verified listener first. appreciate the feedback.

@barncat

you can also apply to be a room supporter as a member using the account you're on! you can find that here: information (click me!) and application (click me!)

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