As always, thank you for being a part of the community! We have a few updates from the past few months to share with everyone today. If you’re not already a member of our online Discord community, please join us today!
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Thank You to Our Donators
Special thanks to our newest Community Guardians: Anthony A., Agnosia, Sean, and Johnny (on Aug. 29).
We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our newest supporters, abear and izzy Kokoro, and to all our other current monthly supporters: awendela, Sarah B., Ouistiti, rudra, Peru S., mc, rustybikes, acidjames, and Krish.
Meditation Mind operates 100% on donations, so this community would not be possible without you. See a full list of present and past supporters here, now with our long-time supporters and community guardians featured more prominently.
Community Milestones
In mid-June, we reached 14,000 members, and we’re quickly approaching 60,000 hours and 90,000 sessions of meditation tracked using Bloom!
On March 26th, Delfine achieved a 365-day streak. Meanwhile, Nineven (July 8th) and sa_ (July 29th) both achieved a 730-day streak, becoming our two newest š½s!
New Tickets and Birthday Bots
Development of our previous tickets and birthday bots had stagnated, and both were plagued by stability issues, so we have switched to Tickets v2 and Birthday Bot.
Tickets v2 supports threaded tickets, which makes accessing previous tickets easy. With the switch, we have phased out DM and slash command tickets, which did not work well and were largely unused. To create a ticket, visit #contact-us!
Existing birthdays have been migrated to the new birthday bot, but if you’d like to add yours, just head over to #bot-commands and use /set-birthday!
Channel Changes
The #deep-dive channel is now opt-in, meaning that it will not be automatically added to the channel list for new members. To opt in or out, head over to #Channels & Roles and select the Deep Dive option from the Customize tab, or toggle the channel directly using the Browse Channels tab.
While this has resulted in slightly lower activity, it has also reduced the number of new members stumbling into the (sometimes daunting) channel without understanding its purpose, which was the intended outcome.
Bloom Bot Updates
We’ve made several updates to our community’s custom bot, Bloom.
And finally, glossary commands can now be used everywhere! Depending on the channel, the response may be ephemeral to avoid interfering with discussion.
Automatic streak repair only works for single-day gaps. If you have a larger gap that needs repair, feel free to ping Nathan or another mod for assistance.
Odds and Ends
For those who would like to practice yoga together, we have added a newĀ @yoga with meĀ role. Just ping the role inĀ #yogaĀ and invite others to join you in one of the VCs!
We addedĀ two new helpline directories, including one specifically for youth, to our #mental-health channel. If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, please make use of these resources.
And that’s it for our August update. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to get in touch via #contact-usĀ or /suggest!
