Posted by Dr. Bob on August 18, 2000, at 2:09:02
In reply to About civility, social/medical, and people, posted by Rach on August 16, 2000, at 7:15:06
> 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... 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).
First, I'm not sure what the best way to proceed is. I may post some more thoughts to my earlier thread, "More biomedical here, more psychosocial there"...
If someone benefits from reading all types of posts, why wouldn't they move between boards? If the posts on this board were just divided between two boards, why would any more time, energy, or patience be needed?
True, it would be something new to get used to, but change is part of life...
> 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.
It wouldn't be taken away, it would just be moved!
> if you really want us to stop posting social messages here, you should enforce that by deleting any posts you deem not to be pharmacutical in content.
I think you have a good point, to focus this board on medication, there would need to be a way to shift the other threads over. Otherwise, new non-medication follow-ups would keep coming here.
> And if you could see the board turning into more of a social forum than a pharm one, and you did not agree with that, why did you not request people to stop being social here sooner? Why now?
Being social isn't the problem, being busy is the problem. Labeling posts would also categorize them, but wouldn't make the board any less busy. It would still get archived just as often. Once it only took a week!
Bob
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