Posted by Dr. Bob on October 14, 2007, at 12:58:53
In reply to Re: opening boards and closing boards » Dr. Bob, posted by Lonely on October 13, 2007, at 0:59:48
> How would posts be archived on closed boards so that posters could access their posts?
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> TophThe boards could stay, so the posts would remain accessible, but posting to them could be turned off...
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> > I've been thinking about opening a new board for medication-related discussions that people new to medication might find intimidating or overwhelming.
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> You want us to feel intimidated?
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> happyflowerSorry, that came out wrong!
> Did you perhaps mean something like "newly diagnosed" ?
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> LonelyRight, newly diagnosed or diagnosed before, but newly considering a medication, newly prescribed a medication, etc.
> Wonder I'd feel unwelcome on an 'advanced' board.
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> 5f> Having different boards for beginner and advanced medication issues is a bit like seating children separately at dinner. How are the rest of us supposed to get smart if we are not allowed to interact with the smart people? You're gonna have a dumbed-down board for laypeople and eventually babblers will just stop posting there because the quality of the posts will be so stupid. Besides, there are maybe five posters here who are "advanced" in their knowledge of psychopharmacology. And where exactly do you draw the line between elementary and advanced psychopharmacology? If I post a question on the board "Medication for dummies" and the content is deemed too advanced, will it get redirected to the other board? Or if I post a message on the board "Medication for smart people" and the content is deemed to be too basic, will it get redirected to the dummies board?
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> Jamal Spelling> when i first came here i knew Absolutely NOTHING about what goes on in my brain. its because those 'technical' posts were on main board that i've learned So much. ... i think that had there been a separate board i would have felt too stupid to go there..
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> b2c.I agree, the new board would need to be welcoming. I'd want anyone who wanted to learn more about more complicated topics to feel comfortable asking questions. It wouldn't be limited to "experts". Posts might be redirected one way or the other, but that would be based on the topics, not the posters. It wouldn't be civil to refer to anyone as "children" or "stupid" or "dummies".
The idea would be to give posters more control over what kinds of discussions they were exposed to.
I agree, where to draw the line would be a question, and we'd need to discuss that, too.
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> What were you thinking of in terms of criteria?
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> DinahI don't know, something like a month without any new threads?
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> Re: Psycho-Babble. I've always felt it needed to be specifically identified as Medication board.
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> 5fThis has come up before, but I haven't changed it partly because the name of the board is connected to its URL and I didn't want to change its URL. But I guess I could change the name and keep the URL the same...
Bob
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