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To MedHelp
We're not afraid of constructive debate......why are you? The moderating is particularly heavy-handed lately. By the time you remove a post and it's response, other people have already read that post but aren't able to see any kind of rebuttal or discussion on it and any issues remain unaddressed. People don't come in here to be patted on the head and sent on their way with a lollipop. These are very real gritty issues that get discussed in here by adults. It's time the moderating got in line with that instead of this environment of stars and "Best Answers" that are virtually meaningless. If you continue with the stripping of humanity out of our posts and insist we answer with the most robotic of responses, you might as well come up with a series of FAQ's and have your moderators post those in response to questions on here.
Trish
Trish
Eureka -
I'm sorry you think I'd lie, but I don't. You can choose to believe what you'd like about the stars, but there really is no hidden meaning behind them. I don't know the algorithm, but I do know the intent.
In any case, I hope everyone in the US has a Happy Thanksgiving, and if you aren't, have a great day.
Emily
I'm sorry you think I'd lie, but I don't. You can choose to believe what you'd like about the stars, but there really is no hidden meaning behind them. I don't know the algorithm, but I do know the intent.
In any case, I hope everyone in the US has a Happy Thanksgiving, and if you aren't, have a great day.
Emily
So you present the postulate: stars = experience
and the comment "and some of these things really work on other[forums]"
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I'm a member of several forums on MH, and several months ago I had responded to a poster on another forum. Because of the lack of activity in that particular forum, there isn't much opportunity to share 'experience' there. However, lo and behold, one day my three stars as a member of that forum jumped to five stars, though I hadn't posted there in weeks and weeks. The only thing that had happened was a post from months ago got clicked Best Answer.
No offense Emily, but what I gather from my own experience here at MH is that the above postulation is an inaccurate representation of whatever algorithm is being used to add or subtract stars.
To be perfectly honest I don't really care about the stars one way or another; however, I do care that when MH take the time to explain their methods to us, it should at least reflect something close to truth and fact.
and the comment "and some of these things really work on other[forums]"
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I'm a member of several forums on MH, and several months ago I had responded to a poster on another forum. Because of the lack of activity in that particular forum, there isn't much opportunity to share 'experience' there. However, lo and behold, one day my three stars as a member of that forum jumped to five stars, though I hadn't posted there in weeks and weeks. The only thing that had happened was a post from months ago got clicked Best Answer.
No offense Emily, but what I gather from my own experience here at MH is that the above postulation is an inaccurate representation of whatever algorithm is being used to add or subtract stars.
To be perfectly honest I don't really care about the stars one way or another; however, I do care that when MH take the time to explain their methods to us, it should at least reflect something close to truth and fact.
Ahh the stars,---GIGO or a new spin
"Garbage In, Gospel Out is a more recent expansion of the acronym. It is a sardonic comment on the tendency to put excessive trust in "computerized" data, and on the propensity for individuals to blindly accept what the computer says. Because the data goes through the computer, people tend to believe it."
"Garbage In, Gospel Out is a more recent expansion of the acronym. It is a sardonic comment on the tendency to put excessive trust in "computerized" data, and on the propensity for individuals to blindly accept what the computer says. Because the data goes through the computer, people tend to believe it."
Visualize......
Terrified OCD/ foreign/ juvenile/ignorant posters with arms linked while Powerful medhelp members with *many many stars* expert power posters spray them with pepper gas......
Visualize......
Helpless Medhelp members with arms linked struggling to keep free speech alive while under the iron heel of MedHelp moderation, while being sprayed with pepper spray......
Visualize...... Emily.....arms linked with...... oh no..... she is by herself.....alone....exposed.... being pepper sprayed the the members as they walk by one by one.....each giving here a little shot of pepper spray in the face. ....and the increase the hurt.....telling her that the **stars and best answers*** mean /nothing/ to them.
Oh..... the inhumanity.....
It's all a matter of perspective. Who would break a butterfly upon a wheel?
Have a good Thanksgiving, all. : )
willy
Terrified OCD/ foreign/ juvenile/ignorant posters with arms linked while Powerful medhelp members with *many many stars* expert power posters spray them with pepper gas......
Visualize......
Helpless Medhelp members with arms linked struggling to keep free speech alive while under the iron heel of MedHelp moderation, while being sprayed with pepper spray......
Visualize...... Emily.....arms linked with...... oh no..... she is by herself.....alone....exposed.... being pepper sprayed the the members as they walk by one by one.....each giving here a little shot of pepper spray in the face. ....and the increase the hurt.....telling her that the **stars and best answers*** mean /nothing/ to them.
Oh..... the inhumanity.....
It's all a matter of perspective. Who would break a butterfly upon a wheel?
Have a good Thanksgiving, all. : )
willy
"Have/had experience" - you don't have to have hcv yourself to have experience with it. If a loved one has it, I'd say that's experience, and you can offer support to other loved ones, and a perspective that those who have hcv don't have (and vice versa).
"Making a connection" doesn't always mean "getting advice". It also doesn't mean that MedHelp endorses any member over another. It could just mean reaching out and knowing someone else gets it. We have forums where this happens a lot. When considering these things, keep in mind that the hep C community, while very important to you all, isn't the only community, and some of these things really work on others, and other members actually like them.
I like the idea of "info" and "support". I'll pass that on.
Emily
"Making a connection" doesn't always mean "getting advice". It also doesn't mean that MedHelp endorses any member over another. It could just mean reaching out and knowing someone else gets it. We have forums where this happens a lot. When considering these things, keep in mind that the hep C community, while very important to you all, isn't the only community, and some of these things really work on others, and other members actually like them.
I like the idea of "info" and "support". I'll pass that on.
Emily
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