50 replies to this topic

[kurt9]

No, the medical establishment is not about to do anything useful about aging. I neither trust or have any confidence at all in the medical establishment. It's up to us to do something useful about it. That's why I come in here (longecity).

[adamh]

I missed the notice of the meeting. Scheduling it just a day before seems like poor planning. Did I miss anything or was it just a repeat of what was already said? I'm sure mind would not answer my questions same as he ignores them here. 

 

Has anything been done? If nothing is done its fairly clear that the site will continue to dwindle. Advertising revenue coming in can be used to place carefully crafted ads for this site. There are other things that can be done but as I pointed out before, inertia is the default state of all groups and individuals. In order to get beyond that and actively try to fix things requires awareness and understand of the problem, focusing on a solution, and implementing the solution like for example ads. Next must come follow up and adjustment.

 

We are at the first step, trying to understand that there is a problem. Will anything come of it?

[Kabb]

Which other sites are members going to now that Longecity is slowing down?

[QuestforLife]

The wider point is that the internet has been fully 'captured' by functional monopolies like google and amazon, so people will only go where directed, in this case by google. And that would be reddit. The discourse there is far inferior to Longecity. I think the only thing that can solve this, ultimately, is for search engines like google to have their power limited, perhaps by being declared a monopoly and being split up into smaller, less dominant search engines. 

[dlewis1453]

The quality of dialogue is so inferior on Reddit. On reddit, any post about longevity usually receives many comments from people saying that longevity is bad because it will enable billionaires to live forever. Then you get a bunch of people making stupid puns, trolls, and people who don't know anything about science. 

[Mind]

You can certainly engage with good debate and discussion here at LongeCity. For anyone who is on Reddit and notices some sharp people discussing rejuvenation, let them know about LongeCIty.

[Veniomina]

     

[Furniture]

I'll add my two cents. What about restructuring or updating the website itself? For example, merging together or cutting down on some of the subforums? 

 

Personally, I think the sheer number of subforums (and sub-subforums) and the way they're structured might not be efficient anymore, especially now that traffic is low. 

 

For example, why if I create a post in one of the three Brain Health subforums (Mental Health, Nootropic Stacks, or Neurointerface) does that post not appear in the main list of Brain Health posts? Shouldn't "Brain Health" be a sort of superordinate aggregate of the subforums within it? Does this not reduce the visibility and reach of posts? Maybe in times past, when there was a lot more activity on this site, it was better to have discussion categories structured this way. But now that barely anyone is here, I think it might be doing more harm than good. 

 

 

Edited by Furniture, 01 June 2026 - 04:47 PM.

[dlewis1453]

I'll add my two cents. What about restructuring or updating the website itself? For example, merging together or cutting down on some of the subforums? 

 

 

 

I agree completely. I find the current forum setup to be difficult to use and counterproductive to the goal of encouraging dialogue. Threads are excessively segregated by topic, making it hard for people like me who just want to look at all the latest active threads and jump into new discussions, regardless of what the topic is. I think it would be better to have a single forum, with the option to tag a thread with one or more topic identifiers. A user could then chose to view all active threads at once, or sort the active threads by topic identifier. For example, a user could sort existing threads to find only those that have been tagged "Brian" and "Protocol."

[Furniture]

I agree completely. I find the current forum setup to be difficult to use and counterproductive to the goal of encouraging dialogue. Threads are excessively segregated by topic, making it hard for people like me who just want to look at all the latest active threads and jump into new discussions, regardless of what the topic is. I think it would be better to have a single forum, with the option to tag a thread with one or more topic identifiers. A user could then chose to view all active threads at once, or sort the active threads by topic identifier. For example, a user could sort existing threads to find only those that have been tagged "Brian" and "Protocol."

 

I'm glad to hear someone else agrees with this! I'd love to hear what the admins/moderators think. 

 

I do like the idea of a comprehensive forum; a section that aggregates all posts across the forum into a single spot where you can see the latest activity and also filter by different tags or criteria, exactly the way you've described.

 

However, I don't think this should entirely replace subforums. Doing so would be moving too far in the opposite direction in my opinion. I think we still need some structure and organization to the forum. It's just that the current state of the forum suffers a bit from over-fragmentation. 

[Avatar of Horus]

Regarding the "latest active threads", there is something like this, the: RecentTopics, in the Menu under Search, but it is only available to registered users, perhaps it could be made public, or something similar to it.

[Furniture]

Regarding the "latest active threads", there is something like this, the: RecentTopics, in the Menu under Search, but it is only available to registered users, perhaps it could be made public, or something similar to it.

 

Ahhh I was not aware of this feature. That's pretty darn close. 

 

When I opened it though, it was defaulted to the filter "Content I have not read". So it did not display this thread or any recent threads I've been engaging with. I had to select one of the other time period filters to see everything. 

 

But that's still a great feature. I will be making use of it. If only it were integrated directly within the Forum district. For example, it could be the first section displayed on the main forum page above all the other subforums, so that it's easily accessible and new members do not miss it. 

Edited by Furniture, 01 June 2026 - 07:52 PM.

[Mind]

Thanks for the suggestions. Hopefully we will be upgrading the forum software soon.

[adamh]

I note that pecksniff on the first page who was enthusiastic has posted only once outside of this thread since and has apparently abandoned the site since 2024.

 

It seems to be up to mind what will happen and he likes posting in his doom threads. 

 

There is a lot of doom to spread around. The human race is destined to go extinct at the current rates of childbirth. We are going into a severe recession and depression world wide. Idiot in the white house is pushing for ww3. Climate is changing for the worse, ocean currents we depend on are changing, sea levels are rising and the economy is crashing. And a few minor things like drought over most of the world including usa which means food will become very scarce and expensive. On the bright side we have AI which gives us fake videos full of misinformation

 

Speaking of which, netanyahu is said to have died in march and appears only in AI videos now and is supposedly running the war. Or those who speak for him are running things.

 

Any advertising being placed? 

 

 

[Furniture]

I note that pecksniff on the first page who was enthusiastic has posted only once outside of this thread since and has apparently abandoned the site since 2024.

 

It seems to be up to mind what will happen and he likes posting in his doom threads. 

 

There is a lot of doom to spread around. The human race is destined to go extinct at the current rates of childbirth. We are going into a severe recession and depression world wide. Idiot in the white house is pushing for ww3. Climate is changing for the worse, ocean currents we depend on are changing, sea levels are rising and the economy is crashing. And a few minor things like drought over most of the world including usa which means food will become very scarce and expensive. On the bright side we have AI which gives us fake videos full of misinformation

 

Speaking of which, netanyahu is said to have died in march and appears only in AI videos now and is supposedly running the war. Or those who speak for him are running things.

 

Any advertising being placed? 

 

 

Do you not see life extension, transhumanism and health optimization as profoundly underestimated tools in solving exactly these types of crises? And therefore the importance in the continuation of this community?

 

You sound like John B. McLemore in his final months.

Edited by Furniture, 04 June 2026 - 04:16 AM.

[InquilineKea]

I'm so sad, everything is falling behind walled gardens. Forums were my native platforms and they're being platform'd out.

Agents will just make all of this worse.

https://www.fabricat...now-it-is-dying

Edited by InquilineKea, 06 July 2026 - 06:07 PM.

[adamh]

dlewis1453

"I agree completely. I find the current forum setup to be difficult to use and counterproductive to the goal of encouraging dialogue. Threads are excessively segregated by topic, making it hard for people like me who just want to look at all the latest active threads and jump into new discussions, regardless of what the topic is. I think it would be better to have a single forum, with the option to tag a thread with one or more topic identifiers. A user could then chose to view all active threads at once, or sort the active threads by topic identifier. For example, a user could sort existing threads to find only those that have been tagged "Brian" and "Protocol.""

 

Yes, I made similar suggestions in 2024 but nothing was done. We have heard of mysterious "directors" which this site supposedly has and you would think they make decisions but they are nowhere to be seen. Do they post, are they active anymore, do they do anything? No, it seems mind makes all the decisions and he likes things the way they are

 

 

I'm so sad, everything is falling behind walled gardens. Forums were my native platforms and they're being platform'd out.

Agents will just make all of this worse.

https://www.fabricat...now-it-is-dying

 

Yes, it seems everything is being reduced to reddit level. Lots of good suggestions have been made but nothing changes

[InquilineKea]

Longecity got drowned in spam/poor posting. Spam is worse than crsociety.org levels of activity.

And crsociety is basically dead (and they didn't ****ing care).

 

rapamycin.news/latest is better for now.

 

I just have my own forum (forum.longevitybase.org) and I'm just posting more of my content to organize my thinking

Edited by InquilineKea, 06 July 2026 - 09:53 PM.

[Mind]

See here: https://www.longecit...e-landing-page/

[Dorian Grey]

Google's MEDIC update August 2018 was the beginning of the end.  Someone decided no one but doctors and government should be talking about healthcare, and suddenly, no matter what you searched for, all you got was the Medical Industrial Complex and Pharmaceutical and government issued sites.  

 

I was a group leader on a busy MD Junction forum, and it seemed like it all ended with a flick of a switch.  The entire MD Junction, which consisted of dozens of individual forms literally shut down and the site went dark.  

 

Then with the COVID misinformation kerfuffle, I recall Joe Mercola MD's site was called the greatest source of misinformation in the world.  Forgot who made that accusation, but even Joe shut his public forum down and now exists behind a members only wall.  

 

This might not be so tragic if the Medical Industrial Complex had not been so effectively captured by the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex and the government doctors who rotate in and out of the pharmaceutical industry.  

 

My mom was a health food nut, and I still remember the distinctive odor when we'd go to the health food store and talk with the wise old man behind the counter.  I learned how to swallow supplements by the handfull before I was 10, and have continued and adjusted my stack on my own all my life. 

 

I turn 70 in October, and have no chronic disease other than a history of (post COVID) mild, transient angina; take no daily meds and have no trouble hiking for miles in the park with my wife every weekend.  I live in San Diego, which is supposed to be one of the healthier cities in the US, but it's truly shocking to behold all the sickness and chronic disease out there. 

 

I feel truly sorry for those who actually believe modern medicine is as good as it gets.  Healthcare costs are going to be our undoing, and no one seems to care.  

Edited by Dorian Grey, 10 July 2026 - 09:39 PM.

[Dorian Grey]

Google MEDIC Update AI Overview

 

The Google "Medic" Update refers to a major broad core algorithm update rolled out on August 1, 2018, named for its massive impact on health, medical, and wellness sites. It primarily targeted sites in the YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) categories by aggressively evaluating content using E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) guidelines

 

Key Takeaways from the Update

• The YMYL Focus: While the update affected many niches, it disproportionately targeted medical websites, health blogs, financial services, and legal advice sites—pages where poor information could directly affect a user's health, happiness, or financial stability

The E-A-T Shift: Google heavily penalized pages offering medical or financial advice that lacked authoritative credentials, medical oversight, or proper accreditation

 

Evolution to E-E-A-T: Google has since updated its Search Quality Rater Guidelines, expanding the criteria to E-E-A-T (adding Experience) to ensure content is backed by firsthand experience alongside professional expertise.

 

How to Recover and Optimize

Google does not offer a specific "fix" for sites that drop during core updates; rather, the focus is on broad, structural site improvements. To align your site with these standards

 

• Feature Medical Reviews: Ensure that medical, wellness, or health content is written or reviewed by certified professionals or organizations.
• Provide Author Bios: Include detailed author bios, credentials, and links to professional profiles to build Authoritativeness.
• Cite Sources: Link to authoritative sources, such as medical studies, peer-reviewed journals, and official health institutions