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Another tip...pertinent titles are important, especially for the sake of being useful later in searches on the site (and google and other search engines). While your goal is to get your thread noticed, some threads end up chock full of info. It's nice if those can be easily found with a search down the line.
While you may be feeling desperate for answers, or in a scary urgent place, titles such as "HELP!" don't say anything about the body of the post. Like for instance, if you're going to ask about suboxone, mention that in the title, so that the people who have knowledge about that particular topic can look at the thread...and people who don't can either skip it, or maybe find someone who DOES know.
Examples of good titles would be..."Suboxone taper, when do I start?"....or "Insomnia during detox, any suggestions?"...or "RLS Remedies during Vicodin detox"
Titles that will likely never yield search results (and may be helpful to people in the future) are also ones which may get passed by because not everyone opens threads that they're not sure of...examples:
"I'm miserable, help!".....or "Detox nightmare".....or "Need answers now!". Those titles mention no medications, no specific questions/concerns. Definitely always carefully choose a title that is relevant to your question, because remember, a vague title may cause the thread to be passed by. A lot of people will not open a thread if they don't have at least a little bit of an idea as to what it is about.
The other tip I have (and it's more of a personal pet peeve...lol)...PLEASE remember to write something that is readable. If there is NO punctuation and no paragraph breaks, all of the words run together and that can be VERY difficult to read. Also, this is not "texting". It's really appreciated (to me anyway) when someone actually takes the time to WRITE and not abbreviate every single word. Some posts like that require a freaking translator! I know I personally will skip posts I have to work at to figure out. I'm not talking about spelling and grammar....just making the post flow nicely, with periods, commas, paragraph breaks (especially if it is long), and no "text talk".
Great tips! Good thread!
Thanks all
Hope this will help people get more mileage out of their posts.I just thought of another thing. If the post is about how to obtain drugs or beat a drug test it may also not get many answers.Forums like bluelight would be a better choice. :)
Love it! Great info. Thank you.
Yes blotout that one is a good one. I caught that one real soon. It has the little hour glass by it. I just always look at the date and the thread if it is still going on......I often wonder how those people are doing????
You made me laugh on that issue....
also make sure your not posting on something from 1-5 yrs ago, those people probably arent on here and wont reply
Great info!
Your post should be cut and pasted into a greeting to all newcomers.
I would just add don't use note after note to try to post a long missive that belongs in a message. (This happened to me w/someone.)
Thanks ricart70
This was great to post Ric...very thoughtful.
Great post!! As you know, I didn't know anything about this forum when I first for here. Lol thanks friend!!
How do I go about in changing my name?????
vickie
Thank you for this post - great information that I wasn't aware of either when I first started. . . . .
Bump . . . . . :))
VERY GOOD INFORMATION RICART......
I hope alot read this...I did not know any of this when I first started I just figured it out day by day. Ha! I have only asked a question 3 times I think. I was wondering why they go away so quick. I have to go over 3-10 pages just to find it.....
God bless u
AND yes exercise is the KEY !!! thank you for getting my button pushed on that one.....
vickie