Posted by Dr. Bob on December 31, 2002, at 14:08:48
In reply to Iso, Dinah, Dr. Bob » IsoM, posted by BeardedLady on December 31, 2002, at 13:34:49
> Most religions do seem to have a, if not "my way is the only way", then at least "my way is the best way", mentality.
It's seemed like that to me, too. But there's more than *just* that to post about...
> And religious thought seems to stir up a lot of animosity among nonbelievers, who can be every bit as dogmatic as believers.
That's why I wanted to try having it be more explicitly supportive...
> I think Dr. Bob would like the Social board to be more widely used for a lot of purposes... I know he's always trying to divert various discussions from the meds board to Social. Perhaps the Social description and/or name should be changed...
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> DinahIt's not so much that I'd like it to be used for more topics, it's just the "other" or "miscellaneous" board here. It's only a small change, but how about:
> > This [PSB] is a message board for general discussion and support, including "just" being social.
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> I also thought we could let the poster decide whether they wanted feedback or just wanted to vent. A poster could check O feedback or O no feedback. It would be a listening board as much as anything.
> In that case, it would be like Al-Anon, as an example, in that nobody interrupts the person speaking and when the person gets it all out, we say thank you. Anyone else have a relationship issue they would like to 'share?'
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> Phil> I enjoyed that feature of 12-step groups a lot. Sometimes it would have been nice if there was a little period of silence after a share, instead of the next person jumping in right away.
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> TabithaBut even the way it is now, people aren't interrupted (not by others here, anyway) while they type in their posts... "No feedback" would mean no way to post a follow-up? What someone just responded in a new thread?
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> we should have a spell checker on here, like we do on Outlook.
I wouldn't want to make people self-conscious about their spelling...
> Did you ask yourself ... whether it would make people uncomfortable to learn that, according to some machine, they write on a third grade level (even though there's nothing at all wrong with that)?
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> BeardedLadyIf people don't want to know, they don't have to use it. If there's nothing wrong with it, then the problem lies elsewhere, anyway. And actually the idea was to use it to compare groups rather than individuals.
Bob
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