Posted by Shar on June 4, 2001, at 0:54:54
In reply to Re: Please be supportive, posted by Dr. Bob on June 3, 2001, at 10:40:19
I know one change that's occurred over the time I've been here is the number of people willing and able to point out misinformation, or willing to join a thread with a more pacific post and perhaps calm things down a bit. Oh, that's two things.
It seems like more of that calming stuff used to go on, plus people could take things more with a grain of salt, ie, understand that if someone says "everyone" they may not literally mean every entity in the universe, and they don't need a correction.
Finally, splitting the boards may contribute to a less supportive atmosphere or whatever, because it used to be that a social post that was supportive yet not med related could follow a med post, and the intermixing changed the "feeling" of the board.
Also, posters used to talk about history some. Like if someone had a particular problem in the past and posted something similar, someone could say "a few months ago you were talking about...." and it made the board feel more like a community (to me, at least).
The split boards--PB and PSB--seem to work ok, but the split is artificial and imposes artificial boundaries on what would normally take place in the course of a conversation. So it is bound to be awkward at times and not flow all that well.
Some more of my 2 cents.
Shar
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