Posted by spoc on March 29, 2004, at 10:06:13
In reply to Re: Babble Etiquette: looser at med board? » spoc, posted by Karen_kay on March 29, 2004, at 8:36:02
> I had to reread that subject line, I thought it read "Loser at med board"...>
YES -- of approx. 12,000 registered members, I have identified one loser, and I had him cornered on the med board last night! I needed back up; where were you all?? ;- ) Actually I was tired when I wrote that, and later I also thought it looked funny!
> Yes, I do agree that things are quite more laid back at the med board. Perhaps I'll post my nonsense there? I think it's not necessary to give thanks to each person on the med board, as you usually receive numerous replies. But, that's just my opinion. And I never claimed to know much, did I? That is why I asked about etiquette. On second thought, you should write each response a 3 page thank you note. Maybe not. A blanket thank you would work, or you could be like me and just read the responses. I never claimed to be polite either :)
I guess ideally we develop some intuition about it, that everyone gets used to..? I have both posted and received short-ish responses on the med board and have noticed that it usually stops there. As long as I know it's a "systemic" pattern I won't worry about doing or receiving it. It's probably the intensive analyses that might warrant thank-yous; although we wouldn't want the previously un-thanked to pass a question by the next time... Oh, whatever!
And by the way, I would have merrily ignored your response if I hadn't have had things to add! (Well ok, I may have tried, only given the subject and opinion on it at hand! I do worry too much about this stuff sometimes! Especially as a newbie!) : )
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