Help! I'm addicted to Bhuz!!!

[bintbeled]

I could resist the old Bhuz.... but the new Bhuz, with the ability to see just the new posts?? I am helpless, I have to keep seeing what's new. It's fascinating! But I am addicted to Bhuz now! The new set-up makes it so easy to navigate... too easy, tee hee!

Anyone else have this problem?? It might be something Rosey can't fix!

[kina]

who you tellin'? I've been addicted to bhuz for years. It slowed down when we changed over and I was able to resist it better (don't particularly care for the bells and whistles) BUT it's the content that keeps brining me back.

Oh. and the costumes.:Awhatchutalkingabou

[Lauren_]

Ditto! I was way more addicted to Old Bhuz (but then, I used Active Topics so I was always looking at what was new.)

I come to New Bhuz more out of habit than enjoyment any more. Knowing it's probably going to hang up my browser & force me to reboot keeps me away lots. I'm bored with making the extra effort to check on 'groups' and finding no real action there.

The content seems -- i dunno, fluffier somehow lately. Less hard cultural, linguistic, music & technique info, more gossip & costume stuff. I'm as guilty as anyone there, maybe it's a Spring thing?

[kina]

Originally Posted by Lauren_

Ditto! I was way more addicted to Old Bhuz (but then, I used Active Topics so I was always looking at what was new.)

I come to New Bhuz more out of habit than enjoyment any more. Knowing it's probably going to hang up my browser & force me to reboot keeps me away lots. I'm bored with making the extra effort to check on 'groups' and finding no real action there.

The content seems -- i dunno, fluffier somehow lately. Less hard cultural, linguistic, music & technique info, more gossip & costume stuff. I'm as guilty as anyone there, maybe it's a Spring thing?

I think it's because people keep wanting to post the stuff, but think it's going to be better received in a specialized group, and it doesn't happen.

I'd prefer to see the meatier topics on the forum -v- the groups, and that way I get my costume fixes as well

[bintbeled]

Originally Posted by kina

I think it's because people keep wanting to post the stuff, but think it's going to be better received in a specialized group, and it doesn't happen.

I'd prefer to see the meatier topics on the forum -v- the groups, and that way I get my costume fixes as well

I'm all for meatier topics too! I don't want to be addicted *and* shallow!!!!

[danielabellydance]

To me it seems like there are way more things being posted in the "Swap Meet" section, but then I think it's only because those new posts are all mixed up in the the rest of the posts, whereas in "active topics", they were by themselves at the bottom and I didn't need to see them if I didn't want to.

I'm still addicted to bhuz, but I hate the fact that if I forget to "mark forums read" I come back to 17 pages of new posts....

[Lauren_]

LOL - I think the conversations go in waves. Lately, the swap meet has been INSANE -- one gorgeous thing after another. I've never seen such bounty.

Who can think about weighty topics when they're surrounded by rhinestones? Not me!

The deeper stuff will come up, meanwhile we'll play!

[elljay]

Maybe its because the format is so spread out now? I haven't been on Bhuz nearly as much as I used to. I can't understand the purpose of "groups" and I get lost easily.... so basically I just follow Lauren around, hee hee!

[ChristinaRizkallah]

I'm addicted to bhuz, too!

[Lauren_]

Originally Posted by elljay

Maybe its because the format is so spread out now? I haven't been on Bhuz nearly as much as I used to. I can't understand the purpose of "groups" and I get lost easily.... so basically I just follow Lauren around, hee hee!

Oh, is that YOU back there, Elijay? Ummm, sorry about the

[danidance]

Bhuz has always had times of hot topics and times when watching the paint dry was more interesting. I think there's a definite pattern to it.

Originally Posted by Lauren_

LOL - I think the conversations go in waves. Lately, the swap meet has been INSANE -- one gorgeous thing after another. I've never seen such bounty.

Who can think about weighty topics when they're surrounded by rhinestones? Not me!

The deeper stuff will come up, meanwhile we'll play!

[jawahir]

i too am addicted...it's like my me time, but i'm hanging out with my girlfriends but i don't have to go anywhere or really feel all that social. when terra goes down for a nap and hubby goes to work, i read and read and read on bhuz and then i wonder if i will go blind. i also read and read on tribe and myspace. i am addicted to internet communities!!!! i don't have tv so maybe this is like my tv...hmmm. i don't have tv because i hate tv, but now i'm wondering just how different this is! uh oh

[mish_mish]

Originally Posted by danielabellydance

To me it seems like there are way more things being posted in the "Swap Meet" section, but then I think it's only because those new posts are all mixed up in the the rest of the posts, whereas in "active topics", they were by themselves at the bottom and I didn't need to see them if I didn't want to.

I'm still addicted to bhuz, but I hate the fact that if I forget to "mark forums read" I come back to 17 pages of new posts....

I said it before and I'll say it again, I do not like swap meet items mixed in with discussion.

[suzyq52]

I, too, am addicted to Bhuz. I enjoy reading the posts of a number of the topics and I especially am addicted to the Swap Section!!!! I keep looking and looking and it's hard to resist buying because I am a shopaholic!!!!

[sumayasaahir]

addicted? join the club lol. Im eating breakfast and bhuzzing, lunch and bhuzzing, I get home from work and bhuz. Over the summer, I dont work....and its even worse. I dont know how I manage to get any actual bellydance done- but I do! Shrugs. I guess bellydance is my life outside of work and hubby.

[sumayasaahir]

Ok, at least I eat dinner with my hubby. but I'm getting off now to practice my routine and drum a few times before work.

[rosey]

Originally Posted by mish_mish

I said it before and I'll say it again, I do not like swap meet items mixed in with discussion.

We have been looking for a way to sort the new posts by forum. It is surprisingly hard to modify the code , but we are still working on it. We will figure it out eventually.

[phillyraqs]

*waving madly at Latifa*
Hi Latifa! I am one of Habiba's students!

Welcome to the club. Most of my dance friends, (and Habiba, too, probably) are sick of me saying "Oh, I bought this off of Bhuz" or "I heard on bhuz that....." or "Yeah, I've seen her on Bhuz..."

Now when I open my mouth, a troupe mate jumps in with "Let me guess? Bhuz?"



(Also, I just wanted an excuse to use the smiley above.)

[bintbeled]

Originally Posted by phillyraqs

*waving madly at Latifa*
Hi Latifa! I am one of Habiba's students!

Welcome to the club. Most of my dance friends, (and Habiba, too, probably) are sick of me saying "Oh, I bought this off of Bhuz" or "I heard on bhuz that....." or "Yeah, I've seen her on Bhuz..."

Now when I open my mouth, a troupe mate jumps in with "Let me guess? Bhuz?"



(Also, I just wanted an excuse to use the smiley above.)

*waving madly back!!*

Great to meet one of Habiba's students! She is fabulous, but you already know that. Tell her that Tifer says hi!

[leylalanty]

Originally Posted by rosey

We have been looking for a way to sort the new posts by forum. It is surprisingly hard to modify the code , but we are still working on it. We will figure it out eventually.

Yaaaaaaay!!!! That will make Bhuz even more addicting!!
I've been waiting a long time to use that smiley!

[meissoun]

Hey, I just came back from 8 days of non-Bhuzzing! Did you miss me?

Of course it helps if one can walk around Istanbul instead and if the free internet connection in the hotel lobby is situated in a very windy corner.

BUT I did some "live bhuzzing" with Emma from Sweden, so it wasn't all that bad.

Now I will have a lot of catching up to do! AND work?

MEISSOUN
long-time-addict

[rakgirl]

i'm addicted too. i can't go a day without checking in