Hello! I’ve been a long-time reader of Rapamycin.news, brand new member, and decided to turn the earlier polling questions by admin into a full survey, that can turn into an ongoing, public database that we can all benefit from! (All credit to the hardworking admins who created the initial surveys, they are very insightful!) I just think we could do more comprehensive analysis via a database than individual poll/questions.
I’m happy to share my longevity website I’ve launched for those who want to learn more about me - I just am concerned that if I put it in this post it could be interpreted as promotion. (I can respond in the comments, if that’s permitted.)
I’ll also share survey updates on this website, so you don’t have to ever visit my website.
I’m just a humble longevity enthusiast, excited about the prospect of longevity possibilities, and the growing promise of this particular medication! (I have not started taking Rapamycin yet, but am looking into starting soon.)
I know people are understandably suspicious about new accounts posting, and am happy to share more about myself in the comments, just be polite. I have no scientific background, so there’s not that much to tell just yet. I’m an enthusiast who is interested in learning as much as possible about this drug before starting my journey (so I can make the most informed decision.)
Edit: I tried embeding the Google form as an iframe multiple times, so you wouldn’t have to leave the post, but it still won’t show up, so my only option now is to include the link to the Google form https://forms.gle/inw2kYgJbHKq3YT1A
I like the idea of more detailed database-driven surveys that allow deeper analysis and data aggregation, and sharing of information but I’m not clear on how you’re suggesting you are going to solve this set of problems / challenges. Are you a software engineer, or database specialist by training?
I checked out your website (listed in your profile) and reviewed the survey you’ve created using Google forms. I suspect you’ll run into a few challenges with your current approach with regard to the audience we have here on the Rapamycin News site:
As you mentioned, you’re new here and so people aren’t going to trust you with their data necessarily; it takes time to build up trust.
You talk about an open public database - but as far as I can tell, right now it seems that people are just giving you information via this public survey, but getting nothing in return. So, I suspect you’ll see very few people willing to invest the time and effort to give you information when there is very little “in it” for them.
Getting ongoing engagement in surveys is really hard. We don’t get very good engagement here at our site, even with immediate feedback and sharing on the site of our poll responses and results… (see the polls below; people respond, then instantly see results from the entire community). It doesn’t seem like you’re providing that sort of benefit to users right now - or am I missing something?
We are a very science-oriented website with many users who are very scientifically or medically inclined (and trained). Looking at your podcast, with the recent one on “meditation for longevity” suggests to me that perhaps you are not as scientifically inclined as most of the people here; to the best of my knowledge there is no good data that meditation actually helps in longevity; are there any clinical trials? any animal studies? any good data at all on this? I’ve never come across it, and I follow the longevity field very closely, so I don’t think it exists.
I’m not against meditation; I’m suspect there is good data for it helping some conditions like stress / anxiety, etc., but proving it helps with longevity is a whole new area that would take a lot of validation by human studies.
Anyway - these are just my initial thoughts on your post. Here (below) are my initial surveys I created for the site. I think at minimum you need to create a “win/win” type of situation when you ask people to share detailed information, so that the people providing the information get some sort of immediate benefit (like seeing how their results compare to all the other people in the survey). Otherwise you will get few participants.
Thank you for your welcome, and for all the work you do for the site.
Do you know the best person to reach out to, regarding technical issues embedding html code when posting? My link just shows up as read when insert the iframe into the html section/option in the post setting. (I know this will allow people to become more comfortable so they don’t have to click a link.
I fully agree that it will take time to earn trust. I will certainly be doing so, and contributing where I can and when I can.
Even though I will be providing the results quickly, it is not as immediate as your polls.
Regarding the legitimacy of meditation on longevity, I’ll share a few links. On a basic level, it has been shown to reduce stress and cortisol levels, which ultimately improve overall health. We can have a longer discussion if you’d like. Also, on the first episode of the podcast I mention that I will be going into the health protocol and epigenitic data that I’ve already started collecting on my website from a more general longevity survey that is already shared (though very new), aligning with many of the protocols and topics mentioned here.
Meditations & Longevity Research
P.S. I just got the first submission, and will be sharing the data this evening, since I have to some appointments at the moment.
I understand your concern. I’ve included the fuller link in the post. If you feel more comfortable, I also created a link at Goaly.com/rapamycin
If I can provide any more reassurance, please let me know. I’ll be participating in more forum posts as well, to help show I’m genuinely interested in contributing to this community.
I’m a little confused about what you mean about giving a useful answer that benefits wider learning? Every experience people share about their Rapamycin experience informs the general community how this medication could best be applied to them.
The more organized and detailed this information is, the more we can analyze it better across a variety of dosages, frequencies, and general health scenarios.
If the hundreds of replies and posts about personal Rapamycin experiences on this website usage were organized in a database, for example, it would be a lot easier to find out the information of people in similar situations to yours (or extrapolate more overall trends).
Hi! They just shared their epigenetic test data (DunedinPACE), which has been confirmed by TruDiagnostic, so I thought it might be interesting to through them in the mix. It doesn’t matter to me whether someone is a celebrity or not - it’s all about the data
The information as to interventions and outcomes does not fit your questions. What is really hard is handling the question of multiple interventions. Pretty well everyone who posts on this site has more than one intervention.
There has been a lot of discussion here about this so I hope you take time to use the search and look over past posts. There are a lot of ideas.
It’s just kind of a running joke about how trendy longevity is becoming. All of a sudden everybody wants a piece of the action…including the Kardashians. We’ve had New York Times journalists…what’s next? the New York Post? Perez Hilton? @RapAdmin needs to start practicing in front of a mirror (like Taxi Driver).
I’m not sure if you saw my list of questions, but they do include areas for people to enter details regarding other interventions. I assure you that I’m well aware that most people use more than one intervention, and I intentionally additional questions/sections so that information could be captured as well (if people were comfortable sharing).
I totally get it - The trendiness is quite something these days (I’m definitely looking over the many great discussions you mentioned, and if you’re aware of something already doing this kind of database idea, please let me know. I wouldn’t want to try and reinvent the wheel. I was mainly inspired by the admin’s survey polls earlier.)
Thank you for your welcoming response and I look forward to chatting more in the future!
