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Posted by Dr. Bob on June 10, 2002, at 9:51:39
Re: Another example...
Posted by wendy b. on June 8, 2002, at 23:02:39
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020531/msgs/25161.html> .. of how confusing it can get with all these boards. Even an old-timer like JohnX2 can get off track, so what does that say for our arguments over on Admin?
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Re: Another example...
Posted by JohnX2 on June 9, 2002, at 1:07:55
In reply to Re: Another example..., posted by wendy b. on June 8, 2002, at 23:02:39> > .. of how confusing it can get with all these boards. Even an old-timer like JohnX2 can get off track, so what does that say for our arguments over on Admin?
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> Well since you used my name I'm forced to post an opinion. :-)
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> I really have no problem with all the boards with the
> exception of social being spread across psb,psb2000,psb2001.
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> Regards,
> John----
Yeah, but... » JohnX2
Posted by beardedlady on June 9, 2002, at 9:29:30
In reply to Re: Another example..., posted by JohnX2 on June 9, 2002, at 1:07:55> she used your name because you're the one who posted a med question on the social board. Just out of curiosity, how did that happen?
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Re: Yeah, but... » beardedlady
Posted by JohnX2 on June 9, 2002, at 16:00:38
In reply to Yeah, but... » JohnX2, posted by beardedlady on June 9, 2002, at 9:29:30> > she used your name because you're the one who posted a med question on the social board. Just out of curiosity, how did that happen?
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> I think I had 2 windows open, 1 with psb, and the
> other pb. I just went to the wrong window when I
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> Regards,
> John
Posted by beardedlady on June 10, 2002, at 10:34:25
In reply to Re: Another example..., posted by Dr. Bob on June 10, 2002, at 9:51:39
And I just posted a med-related question/comment on the therapy board. That's because the conversation went in a different direction, as often good conversations do. And I still agree with all the folks who have complained about redirecting threads in the middle of them because the subject has changed. Eventually, it peters out anyway, but it doesn't ruin the integrity of the boards to have the conversation veer off; in fact, it has just the opposite effect.
It's pretty difficult to talk about one thing in exclusion of all others. A conversation should be allowed to take its natural course--yes, even if it veers a little to include meds. (My complaint on PPB was that I had a therapy question and folks were answering it with meds. I started the thread and said that if I'd wanted to talk about meds, I'd have posted on the med board. It doesn't mean that they can't be mentioned. We don't live in a vacuum!)
But it's quite a different thing to post an entirely new thread about meds on the therapy board or about therapy on the med board.
I would hope that your goal here is, as you have said, support. It's great to limit the boards to "just being social" or "psycho-therapy" or "med-related issues"; at the same time, however, you must allow people to get better by getting the most helpful responses, which often means a multi-faceted answer.
beardy
Posted by wendy b. on June 10, 2002, at 11:09:27
In reply to Re: Another example... » Dr. Bob, posted by beardedlady on June 10, 2002, at 10:34:25
Dear Beardy,
What an excellent "review" of the issue. I couldn't agree more (as usual) with your argument. And of course, as writing teachers know, arguments are *good* things.
I don't understand why my mention of confusion re: so many boards was moved here. Since it was tangential, and just a comment, and since readers of the Social board should know there's a possibility that their post regarding one topic could very accidentally be posted to another, unrelated (?) board, it seemed important for me to mention it there, and not bring it over here.
Further, if Bob wants to start a thread on Admin on the topic of redirecting posts, then he should do that. But that would imply he was willing to implement changes in his policy, and I don't believe he is ready, at the present junction, to do that. Moving my comment over here to "begin" the thread signals just that.
Yours in argumentativeness,
Wendy
Posted by beardedlady on June 10, 2002, at 11:49:30
In reply to Re: redirecting in the middle of a thread » beardedlady, posted by wendy b. on June 10, 2002, at 11:09:27
Although the thread itself shouldn't have begun there, our comments were, in fact, social!
beardy : )>
Posted by Dr. Bob on June 10, 2002, at 20:51:26
In reply to Re: redirecting in the middle of a thread » beardedlady, posted by wendy b. on June 10, 2002, at 11:09:27
> I still agree with all the folks who have complained about redirecting threads in the middle of them because the subject has changed. Eventually, it peters out anyway, but it doesn't ruin the integrity of the boards to have the conversation veer off; in fact, it has just the opposite effect.
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> It's pretty difficult to talk about one thing in exclusion of all others. A conversation should be allowed to take its natural course--yes, even if it veers a little to include meds.
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> beardyIt's fine for a conversation to veer, but if part of it veers significantly, that part should veer to a different board. One extra click is such an imposition?
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> I don't understand why my mention of confusion re: so many boards was moved here.
Because it had to do with the confusion issue, which is an administrative one.
> Since it was tangential, and just a comment, and since readers of the Social board should know there's a possibility that their post regarding one topic could very accidentally be posted to another, unrelated (?) board, it seemed important for me to mention it there, and not bring it over here.
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> WendyAnd it's still mentioned there, right? :-)
Bob
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