Posted by Dr. Bob on August 3, 2001, at 1:26:15
In reply to Re: Wishful thinking--PB, a haven for Q A? » medlib, posted by Wendy B. on August 2, 2001, at 11:11:08
> > It saddens and frustrates me so to see the tone of several threads on PB turn negative once again.
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> > In every instance, problems seems to arise when the subject of a posted response is shifted away from the original question and toward the previous poster. I would love to see PB restricted to sincere med-related questions and responses to those Qs. If someone wants to query or address a previous poster in a thread, they would have to start a new thread on PB, or take it to PSB if it's not med-related.> I wholeheartedly agree with the points you've made...
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> I wish there were some way to *keep people on the subject* rather than straying off into who's right, who's wrong, and do they have the research to prove it... There has even been swearing and name-calling, people lashing out. It's disturbing...
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> Dr. Bob, anything you have to offer would be helpful...I do what I can to try to (a) maintain the focus of each board, (b) encourage posting, (c) keep it supportive, and (d) minimize how much I intervene. It's hard to keep four balls in the air! :-)
Peer pressure can be different from pressure from me -- just like support can be different depending on who it comes from. It can also be tricky, since putting pressure on others is frowned upon:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#civil
At the same time, into each life some rain must fall. It's not possible to avoid conflict completely. I try not to lose my cool, but not to ignore it, either; to react, but not to over-react.
Bob
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