Posted by Lou Pilder on November 30, 2006, at 17:43:35
In reply to Re: Ame Sans Vie and Babble, posted by SLS on November 30, 2006, at 11:03:11
Fiends,
It is written here,[...this (forum) is not a venue...for medical advice...].
But could there be those that think that it is?. Are there not members that could be likened as the {...less-sceptical?...}. Could not those members be led to think that what they read is endorsed by the forum if what they read is not sanctioned as uncivil?
There is IMO a difference between an unmoderated forum with no restrictions to the content of posts, and a moderated forum that has trained in some way many moderators to sanction posts that are not in accordance with any of the forum's rules, let's say, that prohibit posting what could have the potential to advocate harm to themselves or others. There is also a difference,IMO, when the owner/moderator can control the content which could restrain or show approval or to influence the acceptability or rejection of the content in question.
There could IMO also be members that think that the forum is for them to get medical advice because the owner is a doctor which means that he is an expert. This is different IMO from a forum, let's say, moderated by a psychologist, who is not a {medical} expert.
Then there are many posters that describe themselves as professionals. And there are members that describe themselves as being in desperate circumstances. Those members in desparate circumstances could IMO have the potential to accept what they read here as credible to them, regardless of any disclaimer in the FAQ. For if members ar told to not believe everything they read, could they also believe some things that they read?
If there is a forum for skydivers, and the moderator is an expert skydiver, would it not be considered reasonable for the members of that forum to give credance to what the forum purports because could not the members, thinking that the owner being an expert, controls and influences the content?
Lou
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