Posted by Dr. Ted on February 3, 2001, at 16:18:06
In reply to ~yawns~ » Dr. Ted, posted by NikkiT2 on February 3, 2001, at 7:34:31
It would be helpful if you could direct researchers to other sites where the administration style is similar to the one here. My study indicates this site represents an extreme in administration styles for on-line self-help sites. To date, I have identified no other site that meet all of the following criteria:
> no detailed guidelines for participation are offered,
> multiple diagnoses are discussed on the same page,
> personally identifying information is permitted in posts,
> posts perceived as offensive are left in the archive as an example of what not to do,
> as an example to the group, contributors deemed unwelcome are publicly chastised for vague behavior,
> an administrator offers pseudo-therapeutic insights in the context of publicly blocking unwanted guests.Several researchers who study on-line therapeutic activities, and who study technology mediated communication are watching this site. Perhaps examples of similar sites where an administrator’s offers only minimal guidelines for participation, and where public chastisement is the preferred method for keeping things on-track would be instructive.
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