Posted by Kath on August 18, 2000, at 0:15:51
In reply to Re: social/medical, and people to Dr. Bob, posted by Kath on August 16, 2000, at 10:56:23
Hi Dr. Bob,
Wondering if you've had a chance to give Cam's idea and my similar one any thought? It seems I'm not the only one to prefer not moving from 1 board to another.
: - ) Kath
> > Splitting the site into different categories of posts is a bad idea. I benefit (and I'm sure others do) from reading all types of posts - those giving info about meds, those with encouragement and support, those from people needing support and about all age groups. I know I will not be moving between boards. I feel comfortable here, and I do not want to have to 'uproot' myself. I also find one board enough to deal with! (time wise, energy wise, patience wise). It is the nature of human conversation to start in one place, and then evolve on to another topic. Even if you try to compartmentalise msgs, eventually there will be cross over due to people having conversations via posts here. Also, having all types of msgs in the one place brings everyone together - someone who may not be interested in medication, may see a subject about their medication that sparks their interest. The board evolving into a supporting, social, and still medical environment is not a terrible thing. It is the way of humans, and it is enriching to us all.
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> > I personally feel like my support line here is being taken away from me, and then degraded, like replacing a long, warm hug with a pinch on my finger. Not very comforting, or encouraging.
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> Hi Dr. Bob - The above describes my feelings pretty well. At first I thought separating the topics onto different boards might be good, but I realize I was just being a "good little girl" going along with something that scared me but being afraid to even realize how I FELT about it.
> Perhaps my idea that I wrote on one of the other boards (can't remember which) would work. Posts could all appear here, but be identified so that:
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> - those who want to skim through all types of posts could do that on one board.
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> - those who want to read only medical etc. posts could do so.
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> - those who want to read only social-type posts could so so.
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> - those who want to read only posts about child/adolescent issues could do so.
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> What do you think? Would it be too hard to set up? Could there be boxes similar to "add name of previous poster" that identify the type of post? (Sure it might take a while for everyone to mark the box, but people could be reminded)
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> Maybe this could work?
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> Kath
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