Posted by janejane on February 17, 2010, at 12:47:17
In reply to Re: topics brought up on other boards, posted by Dr. Bob on February 17, 2010, at 10:25:41
> > People are interested in these other topics, just don't realize that they are being brought up on another board.
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> They could check other boards, but you can also mention on one other board that a related topic was brought up there. Including a link might help them find it.
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> Choose one other board, don't post to multiple other boards. And choose either a related board or Social.
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> Would that be a reasonable compromise?
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> BobI think that what happened in this case is that Peanut posted to the social board and got no response so she later posted to the med board and got lots. I can't blame her for doing that, especially since I think what she wrote about could be med-related, though she didn't frame it that way. The problem is that most babblers just don't bother to look at other boards so if she just posted to social, it would never have taken off.
What I think you're suggesting is that she should have started a new thread in meds with a link to the one in social. Is that right? That seems sort of redundant to me. It would amount to almost the same thing as double-posting, and probably bother the people who don't like non-med stuff on the main board.
P.S. to Peanut: sorry to use your threads as examples, but I thought it was a good way to show the difference between traffic on the different boards.
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