Posted by ert on August 15, 2018, at 8:50:51
In reply to Re: Alexandra K, posted by alexandra_k on August 15, 2018, at 2:52:22
especially posters. some credit deserves also dr bob (who does research). but most credit actually deserve people like ed uk and others who supported a lot with their knowledge...
There were a couple papers that were published, I think, where Dr Bob quoted posters comments. Examples of how people in the community could be helpful to one another, I think. That sort of thing. He referenced it to their posting name.
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> An observational study is typically thought to require less in the way of permissions than an interventional study.
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> Dr Bob observes us...
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> And... We accept that we give him permission to use our posts as he wishes when we sign up to the boards in the very first place.
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> I think these boards are more likely to provide anonymity to people than the significant majority of other things out there. I haven't provided my credit card details to this site. I haven't provided my phone number. I haven't given this site my address.
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> I personally trust Dr Bob. Because I've read some of his research stuff and read what he's had to say over the years and seen how he's interacted with other posters.
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> There is a ridiculous amount of complete and utter b*llsh*t out there.
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> The work in medical / internet ethics that Bob did however many years ago is leaps and bounds ahead of anything I've read before or since.
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> He's not an idiot. Bonus.
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> He could have insisted on google ads and so on. He could have required we give him our credit card details. He could have required a donation from us all and so on...
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> But he didn't... Because people really didn't seem to want those things.
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> And his personal bank account would have taken a hit because of it.
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> Only for posters to go on and provide all that to countless other websites and forums with such obviously less altruistic intention. Facebook and the like.
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> This doesn't address your concern, really.
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> The fact that there is so much worse out there to worry about doesn't make it any better...
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> But he warned us something of what was to come...
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> Thereby making it so??
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> Perhaps.
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> There's the likely future..
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> Invest accordinly.
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> Sigh.
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