Posted by violette on June 27, 2010, at 12:31:58
In reply to Re: Rice + Vegetables: A Meta-analysis » Dr. Bob, posted by chujoe on June 27, 2010, at 11:00:20
In addition to the cultural reflections, there are underlying economic motivations and self-serving intentions which impact the family having dinner.
A grocery store does not care if the family enjoys their dinner, unless the quality of the food sold negatively impacts sales; their goal is to make as much money as possible. Stores do market research to determine the demographics and competition in the surrounding population to determine how to best influence and draw in the target customers.
A store does not want people to save money and will often raise the price of their items while at the same time, put a large, colorful 'sale' tags on those same items so that people think they are getting a bargain when in fact, they are paying more or the same as the non-sale price for those 'sale' items. Being familar with this tactic helps me in reaching my goal-spending the least possible amount on food. Not everyone knows this-either consciously or unconsciously-because stores would not take the trouble to do this if it did not work. I wonder if more people would change their shopping behavior if they became aware of this profit enhancing, but misleading sales strategy?
It seems the goal here is mental wellness. Just like the store tactic, maybe some people with medication questions will benefit from coming across other useful information that provides benefits for which they previously had not been aware of?
It took me years in the mental health system to find appropriate treatment because I was not aware of all the treatment options. The most effective treatment for me was something I discovered by accident.
Could the goal here be to classify/archive information in such a way benefits you more than the participants?
Just wondering...If not, you could, if you wanted to, quickly create a survey monkey and solicit the opinions of your forum members. I respect the opinions of members who wish to seperate things, but maybe survey results would reveal how the majority of members think the site would be best organized? Maybe more people wish to keep things seperate, but maybe not.
Since you do often mention the desire to acquire and retain more members, stating facebook and twitter as tactics to draw in more members (does that work?), perhaps knowing-but truly emphasizing with-what members prefer and do not prefer are ways in which you could increase and retain members-which would satisfy both your purposes and the goals of members.
Decades ago-an inspiring teacher and mentor once told me: What you DON'T know is as important as what you DO know.
Wish I thought of that when I was sought mental health treatment years ago.
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