Posted by Nadezda on November 2, 2009, at 10:38:18
In reply to Re: my name » Dr. Bob, posted by cactus on November 2, 2009, at 2:42:07
Think of it this way, cactus. Someone who uses twitter is not a "twitter user" and someone from Babble is not a "babble user"-- or, put another way way, there's nothing about being a user of one or the other forum (twitter or babble) that defines what type of person one is, what honor or morality one has, and what respect for other people one has.
There are lots of good people on Babble and lots of good people who use twitter; in fact, there's really nothing per se that distinguishes us from them, except that we happen to have found and come to this site.
Really once someone from twitter does a search for say a drug, and finds a tweet from babble about that drug and comes here-- how is that person different from someone who used google for searches and found Babble by searching for drug information there. --Which, by the way, is how I found Babble several years ago--
Once someone who searched/searches google for information or help-- or searches twitter for information and help-- comes here-- they are, in essence, no longer a twitter user-- they've become a babble user.
Maybe you think of twitter as this negative, superficial place full of bullies and people with bad motives-- But that may also be your fears of the unknown--
There are people here and there with mixed motives and conflicts and strengths and weaknesses. Give this new opening a chance. If it turns out to be a terrible thing, you can reevaluate. But maybe if you can just give it time, you'll find that nothing essential about babble or your experience will change-- and that our community will be what it has been--- with its strengths and weaknesses-- and potential for learning and growth.
Nadezda
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