First time posting a poll on the new software. I hope it works!
Please give this some thought.
**One of the main contributors to the thread will have to stop posting this week, and another is seriously considering the same. I have offered to post a small part of their content, but I can’t do it all.
Are you still reading the long thread? Do you feel it is still important for people to update it and add content?
Or have you had enough? Are you willing to watch it fall off page one of Main? Are you willing to do a search for new info, rather than just open up the long thread? Are you willing to do research on your own, research that dedicated members have been doing for us for the last six months?
The possible answers to the poll question are yes, no or unsure.
Comments/discussion welcome.
Thank you!
Hopefully this is just an opinion poll. As in, not a democratic vote resulting a new phenomonon - mob rule.
questions:
Are you still reading the long thread?
Yes, I read many posts every day - so what?
Do you feel it is still important for people to update it and add content?
That's their business, if they decide to post, maybe I'll read it. If I decide to post, maybe some one else will find benefit, comment, or ignore.
Or have you had enough?
Again, my business. I have the option of reading, or disregarding.
Are you willing to watch it fall off page one of Main?
Irrelevant to me. I use the 'new post' feature. Have for years. Main has zero meaning. New posts is giving me what's the latest. Not trending. I never miss out on any post, board-wide. IMHO - main is for the users that skim, not the users which follow everything. Main sucks, good for those without membership. Main is like MSM. What's popular is often not my cup of tea.
Are you willing to do a search for new info, rather than just open up the long thread?
See above. New posts is a search, again board wide.
Are you willing to do research on your own, research that dedicated members have been doing for us for the last six months?
Those that research on their own, present new material to the board as they see fit.
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This poll is not representative of long time users.
This poll represents those that have an agenda against the free flow of unrestricted information.
A long thread is hard for some users. I'm sorry. That's the way it is. It's not Betty Crocker, just add water. However I can use the tools the board provides, invest time, and find about anything I'm looking for.
In 2009 we had a thread on H1N1. If you want you can search for it and pull it up - fascinating. Over 400 children died of the flu. The Obama admin would not close the schools, children died. The thread is still available. Was it long? Very. In fact, it suffered an unique anomaly, lots of data (posts)
Disappeared.
So if you look to main, or have never learned to use search, you will have no idea of this history.
If you wish to limit information, you will in fact, write history to your liking. Whether you intend to or not.
We here already have sets of rules we as members must abide. By and large these rules are well though out, reasonable, and benefit the members in one way or another. From my understanding this poll does not have any standing towards the thread in question.
Further, if I decide to start a thread which tries to resolve π - It's my prerogative - it may go on a few pages. It's up to you if you decide to peruse for your purposes.
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