Posted by Dr. Bob on February 10, 2001, at 3:30:18
> Maybe the old timers need not accept the responsibility of answering repetitive posts--and if a newby receives no reply, someone can simply direct them to the archives or the individual folders.
I think that's definitely true -- and helps protect against burnout.
> What is your expectation (or hope) of how long someone participates on this board? Especially someone who is no longer depressed. For me it seems a good thing for those who are getting less depressed to spend less time on this site, and move on to other aspects of their life. There is only so much time in a day.
I agree, there's more to life than Psycho-Babble. No one should feel *obligated* to participate, and I try not to pressure anyone to do so. But some may choose to, and I think that's fine, too, and if they do, it would be nice to be able to reward them somehow.
> I guess what I am really saying is that I don't want to either be rewarded or penalized for the amount of time I spend on this board.
No one would be penalized -- or forced to accept any reward. :-)
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> Enough boards here, already.
> I must say you are a brave soul to even consider a board for old-timers, given the s**t storms that have erupted over "cliques" and people feeling left out in the past--and feeling this in reaction to threads they could have participated in.
Brave or foolish...
> I, personally, don't feel a need for an oldtimer's board.
> Definitely a BAD idea. It appears that some of the problem here is that some of the newer members feel shunned or left out by some of the older members and a board targeted for just the old-timers would only serve to validate those feelings.
Well, my hope would be that newer members would continue to be supported by some combination of other newer members and non-burned-out older members...
> I'm not sure that the risks don't outweigh the benefits. And I think we have quite a few boards already -- I have trouble sometimes keeping them all straight...
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> Maybe this subject justs needs more thought and conversation.Thanks for putting that in such a civil way. OK, I get the message, consider the idea shelved. :-)
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> Howabout this? ... lets provide something really new. Howabout a "guest expert" every so often
Experts tend to be busy, but this is an interesting idea. Last year, I set up a mailing list on which our Grand Rounds speakers could respond to questions, but that never took off. What if I asked them to interact in some way here? Would those topics be of interest? It would be nice to connect these two projects in some way...
http://psychiatry.uchicago.edu/grounds
Or I suppose you all could request particular experts and I could approach them. Hmm, or maybe I could try to assemble a panel that would take turns...
Bob
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