brewmaster15
01-19-2018, 06:32 PM
Hi all,
I may have been away but Simply was on my mind. After careful consideration I decided that the way we do the disease board is just not working. It was a very well thought out and well meaning idea and one that made sense to many of us. There were too many times when novices were giving out advice without knowing what they were talking about,potentially harming others. Best to have experienced members handle that was the consensus when I asked the membership. Problem is , the majority of the knowledgeable ones don't help. They either are unsure of themselves or are tired of trying to help members that often ignore the suggestions and advice, or are too busy. I understand all these and did try to fill the gaps myself when I could. The other problem with the system is that people needing help would circumvent the system and post in "general" on it which made more work for us and made it confusing. Lastly, if people needed help and weren't getting it here because of the posting restrictions they just sought it elsewhere, like social media . The fact is members in need really want to feel like they are being helped. Thats an understandable thing . Our system though well meaning by having only the most qualified members helping those in need actually discouraged dialogue, something thats key to a Discussion forum and when trouble shooting a disease issue, can help figure out whats happening.
With that in mind I am rebooting the disease boards emergency room back to the way it was .. All members can reply to requests for help and are encouraged to help out if they feel they can.. I can only hope that the experienced ones will flag well meaning bad advice and offer their own. That system we had worked for years and was very helpful to people. The system we tried where only experienced members (as denoted by post count and years at SD) is something I had really hoped would be an improvement for us, but it just did not work out in application. Lets reboot it and see how it goes.
Effective immediately , provided I changed all the permissions back correctly ( it was a bit of work!), Members should now be able to post replies to those in need of help regardless of their post count or years on the forum.
Thanks,
al
I may have been away but Simply was on my mind. After careful consideration I decided that the way we do the disease board is just not working. It was a very well thought out and well meaning idea and one that made sense to many of us. There were too many times when novices were giving out advice without knowing what they were talking about,potentially harming others. Best to have experienced members handle that was the consensus when I asked the membership. Problem is , the majority of the knowledgeable ones don't help. They either are unsure of themselves or are tired of trying to help members that often ignore the suggestions and advice, or are too busy. I understand all these and did try to fill the gaps myself when I could. The other problem with the system is that people needing help would circumvent the system and post in "general" on it which made more work for us and made it confusing. Lastly, if people needed help and weren't getting it here because of the posting restrictions they just sought it elsewhere, like social media . The fact is members in need really want to feel like they are being helped. Thats an understandable thing . Our system though well meaning by having only the most qualified members helping those in need actually discouraged dialogue, something thats key to a Discussion forum and when trouble shooting a disease issue, can help figure out whats happening.
With that in mind I am rebooting the disease boards emergency room back to the way it was .. All members can reply to requests for help and are encouraged to help out if they feel they can.. I can only hope that the experienced ones will flag well meaning bad advice and offer their own. That system we had worked for years and was very helpful to people. The system we tried where only experienced members (as denoted by post count and years at SD) is something I had really hoped would be an improvement for us, but it just did not work out in application. Lets reboot it and see how it goes.
Effective immediately , provided I changed all the permissions back correctly ( it was a bit of work!), Members should now be able to post replies to those in need of help regardless of their post count or years on the forum.
Thanks,
al