I have a HUGE request.....OK...requestS

quincy said...
Could members please answer questions that others have taken the time to ask at least 3 or more times in the same thread...it's helpful to know where the OPs thoughts are, and we don't have to respond continually (yes, I'm a borken record about you-know-what).

What do you mean by this part?

perhaps less time spent here would help you Quinicy...

OK...clearly I think what's happened here....i'm becoming ANAL.

Sorry folks...actions are speaking louder than words.

but could you please at least do paragraphs???

oopsie, I did it again.
q

Anal. Funny. I wanted to say "ROFLM-you know what off" but not permitted. Another lol.

Quincy spends lots of time here graciously answering as many people’s requests/questions she can and she's not even a moderator. I think what Quincy is asking for makes sense and I'd also like to add for people to please use/start with the search feature so we don’t have to keep answering the same old questions time and time again. I'm trying to create a few open ended extra stickies with the top 5 questions but the admin is reluctant to do so at this time

Many here always add a greatly appreciated “thank you” after someone takes the time to answer their question(s). I'd like to see everyone at least take an extra second to express their appreciation with a quick "thanks" when their question is answered/addressed.

 

Please keep this in mind; many here that are helping to answer questions are in serious pain/discomfort themselves so they are truly going the extra mile to sit at their keyboard answering questions when they could be resting/relaxing etc.

Thank you for your time and consideration 

To avoid the unimaginable, and painful, fury of the powerful Q, I will follow these said requests.

Note: I know this post wasn't meant for laughter, but I slightly snorted/laughed when I read all the comments. I'm losing my mind.


Thank you for everyone who took the time to listen to my questions/rants/ramblings.

quincy said...
OK...clearly I think what's happened here....i'm becoming ANAL.

Sorry folks...actions are speaking louder than words.



but could you please at least do paragraphs???

oopsie, I did it again.
q

HAHAHAHA brilliant.

It's ok quincy. The lack of paragraphs and general educational effort put into most posts makes them difficult to read. I'm not sure I would have called anyone out on it though.

Bravo for doing so Let's see if it has an effect.

I am not hung up on the thank you's either...I guess I am used to it - I've been modding too long I guess! But Q's suggestions might work for our current members but then a new batch will pop up and the cycle repeats. I've seen many things over the years, especially the cycles.

Btw, the non-paragraphed posts - I have to use my mouse cursor to follow. Even then, I end up having to reread a line several times.

I think Quincy meant that if you post a question and others respond with clarifying questions then please follow up on those questions and answer them to keep the thread more focused instead of meandering all over the map.

I would add that its easy to click url-button *paste your url* and click url-button again and makes it much easier for the readers to follow.

I think this forum could use some 'sticky' threads at the top for new posters. There are days where the entire first page is almost laughable 'do you have mucous' ? 'How to handle urgency' ? 'Prednisone taper' ?

Same basic questions over and over again. If people will not search, stickies are a good remedy.

aguywithuc said...
I think Quincy meant that if you post a question and others respond with clarifying questions then please follow up on those questions and answer them to keep the thread more focused instead of meandering all over the map.

I would add that its easy to click url-button *paste your url* and click url-button again and makes it much easier for the readers to follow.

I think this forum could use some 'sticky' threads at the top for new posters. There are days where the entire first page is almost laughable 'do you have mucous' ? 'How to handle urgency' ? 'Prednisone taper' ?

Same basic questions over and over again. If people will not search, stickies are a good remedy.

Great suggestions and thanks for posting them.

With respect to the stickies, I've tried to get the admin to allow of few extra of these just for that purpose but he refuses; most unfortunate.

That's why we're trying to add the seperate extra open ended stickies with the top five issues that keep coming up constantly. I've discovered that an FAQ sticky will/does not work but if there are say 5 with the top asked questions, they do work and work well. I agree about the way search is structured here, in many discussion forums you can search the individual forum or thread.

This site needs some enhancements but as long as people keep doing what they're doing without asking for better ways of doing it, there's no reason for the admin to change anything. Remember, these sites that were once about purely helping people are now also very much about advertising revenues and how many members they have, how many posts per day etc etc

The only reason I agreed to be a mod here was to better help people and share some good ideas to better the site/experience here. If things won't change with the times/for the better then someone else can take over my place and they can have all the bene's that go along with it...0, lol

It's hard to do so on my iphone but I'll try my best! :)