Losing my religion
i see some excellent and active threads that directly address some of the concerns raised. there's the newbies nest for bac, which actively engages newcomers who might not feel comfortable elsewhere, and who mightn't want to start their own thread. there's the se's thread. there's the consolidated bac thread. and there's always the personal thread option, where an individual can, if s/he wishes, state outright that s/he wishes it to be straight to the point, not blog-style or cluttered with extranea.
i don't think there's a cliqueishness at all. i think there's some real comraderie that is embraced and is truly very supportive. this is a mult-faceted process, and for some of us it is very, very helpful to include all of them in our writing. (and i do see lots of tools being empolyed and discussed on some of the meds threads, which becomes part of the lengthy narrative, but not detrimentally so.) people who don't want to partake, don't have to. people who do jump in on a particular thread are always welcomed. i have never seen anyone shunted, except for being overly rude or downright mean.
there are solutions, folks, i do believe and see. this is a good discussion, but it is important to take the time to read each others' thoughts carefully (i know, that takes extra time, but we can trust that most posters put thought and care into what they write, and we owe it to them to read what they write with same), such that we don't make erroneous accusations and turn a potentially constructive conversation into a debate.
we're all smart people here, with different ways of using those smarts. i think that there is a place for each and every one of those ways of being smart, but if someone doesn't find exactly what s/he needs, there is plenty of room for creating it. real estate does not exist in cyberspace, last i checked.
i see some excellent and active threads that directly address some of the concerns raised. there's the newbies nest for bac, which actively engages newcomers who might not feel comfortable elsewhere, and who mightn't want to start their own thread. there's the se's thread. there's the consolidated bac thread. and there's always the personal thread option, where an individual can, if s/he wishes, state outright that s/he wishes it to be straight to the point, not blog-style or cluttered with extranea.
i don't think there's a cliqueishness at all. i think there's some real comraderie that is embraced and is truly very supportive. this is a mult-faceted process, and for some of us it is very, very helpful to include all of them in our writing. (and i do see lots of tools being empolyed and discussed on some of the meds threads, which becomes part of the lengthy narrative, but not detrimentally so.) people who don't want to partake, don't have to. people who do jump in on a particular thread are always welcomed. i have never seen anyone shunted, except for being overly rude or downright mean.
there are solutions, folks, i do believe and see. this is a good discussion, but it is important to take the time to read each others' thoughts carefully (i know, that takes extra time, but we can trust that most posters put thought and care into what they write, and we owe it to them to read what they write with same), such that we don't make erroneous accusations and turn a potentially constructive conversation into a debate.
we're all smart people here, with different ways of using those smarts. i think that there is a place for each and every one of those ways of being smart, but if someone doesn't find exactly what s/he needs, there is plenty of room for creating it. real estate does not exist in cyberspace, last i checked.
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