Eye Care Forums Bombarded w/ Questions

[berrywoo]

I feel that both the eye care experts forum and community forums are being bombarded w/ too many questions. The doctors, especially Dr. Hagan, put in a considerable amount of time answering questions. I think that maybe a cap should be put in place, or if there was a way to screen the questions before being posted that would be a great help as there are many similar posts and also some pretty silly ones too. I also, think that the community forum is just another extension of the experts' forum which it should not be! I've always felt that the community forum should be a place for people to support others in similar situations, and it should not be another "ask an expert" column. I really do hope that some measures will be taken to help ease the large quantity of questions.  

[AnnaE]

We also answer and help save his time, yet there are so many duplicate questions, and he checks every answer we give, as he should.

Might consider a more efficient system, when you can. If the questions move faster, ot will encourage new people to ask questions.

[Med Help]

Hi,

Dr. Hagan is a rare doctor of ours that also goes beyond his time in the ask-an-expert forum to also answer questions within the community. This isn't something we normally expect our doctors to do, but he really does want to help out. I think most members do appreciate getting the answer from a doctor. This doesn't mean that you can't also answer and support the members in there, it still is a community. I hope this helps.

MedHelp

[AnnaE]

Well, if she were not yours, I wanted to ask you if she were available, because she is so cute. I take care of about 8 Feral cats.

If you mean you could not get a nessage through to me, I will check out why that happened.

Marianne

[berrywoo]

You're obviously not accepting messages from strangers....so to answer your question, yes, the kitty is mine. She may look cute, but appearances can be deceiving (I still love her anyways). Oh btw, her name is Mudgy.

[AnnaE]

Most people do no know there are two forums. I posted on both for a while, thinking I was posting on only one. Some distinction should be made between the two.
It is very confusing, and a lot of work/value get lost..

I agree about the volume/repetition of questions, but I do not know how thw questions could be combined/limited, unless volunteers screed them befor they were actually posted on the forum.