Posted by kid47 on May 3, 2001, at 10:19:37
In reply to Overposting on psychobabble, posted by ShelliR on April 19, 2001, at 0:12:30
Hi ShelliR. Yes I'm sure we all know who you are refering to. After reading your post I went back & checked out a handful of __________e posts. For the most part I felt his comments to be reasonable & helpful. Along with anecdotal remarks he also provided site addresses & links to scientific studies related to a particular topic. The info I reviewed appeared to be accurate. I agree his postings seem to be a bit obsessive but I don't see as it is really harmful to anyone else. I would rather see this than some of the hysterical rants from some with no basis other than their isolated experience. Is it difficult for you to just overlook his posts? We know very little about this person & posting to this site might be his life line. I certainly respect your opinion, but is "over posting" especially in this case, really such a problem? ObviouslyI haven't read all his posts, so there may be some that are more detrimental & these are what you are concerned about. As you are aware misinformation does occur on this board. Fortunately it is usually corrected in short order by others here or in some cases Dr. Bob will step in. Hopefully folks will check with their doc before blindly following any suggestions posted on PB. Sorry I didn't intend for this to ramble on so. All of this of course is IMHO. Take care.
> 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.
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> (It actually feels silly not to mention the person's name since it is so apparent.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> If this is not an appropriate topic to bring up on the administration board, or too personal a topic, then I apologize.
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> Thanks, Shelli
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