Posted by ShelliR on April 19, 2001, at 0:12:30
This is one person who is replying to almost every post on the psychobabble board. In addition to responding, this person has also repeated entire answers several times that were provided by Dr. Richelson, I suppose because he agrees with Dr. Richelson's answer and is afraid that perhaps someone has missed the original reponse. I don't know if this amount of posting is related to a diagnosis of ocd, or with a true attempt to help everyone, or both.
(It actually feels silly not to mention the person's name since it is so apparent.)
Some of the responses are appropriate (IMHO), others set this person up as an authority on everything. I am finding that it is distracting when trying to read the psychobabble board. No one person knows everything.
I thought perhaps it was a stage that would pass. It is turning out to be continuous. I may be the only person who is having difficulty with this, and besides, I don't see any potential solution.
I think it is a turnoff when first finding pb, and a distraction as an older participant. It is also causing the board to turn over very quickly. I believe too quickly.
Anyway, I wanted to bring this up and remain as civil as possible. To the extent I can, I am giving this person the benefit of the doubt in terms of wanting to help people. But I believe his sincere help is going to be compromised and minimized by the lack of selectivity in choosing to respond to all posts.
If anyone either agrees or disagrees with me, or has ideas about how to handle this, please can we keep this thread civil and open to all opinions, without anger.
If this is not an appropriate topic to bring up on the administration board, or too personal a topic, then I apologize.
Thanks, Shelli
poster:ShelliR
thread:1047
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20010315/msgs/1047.html