Good for you, MCV! (m)
05/12/05 11:25 AM
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Thank you for posting this. Better to drag stuff out into the open than to have posters worrying - and abandoning the Boards - over all this brouhaha.
I suggested something a while back and - being either admirably tenacious or regrettably bull-headed - would like to suggest it again. How about two new Board acronyms:
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ISOT (I Searched On That) - for posters who looked for information and didn't find anything, want still more info, have something new to say, are now hopelessly confused, etc.
PSOT (Please Search On That) - for responders who know there's a wealth of information already available on the Boards for whatever issue has been raised.
After reading MCV's post, I'd also say that "I'm overwhelmed by the number of hits" is also a good reason to ask even after searching.
Sample usages:
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ISOT: "calcium". I got pages and pages of hits. Can someone please help me figure out what supplements are good for me?
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PSOT: "calcium supplement". This might narrow your search a little.
Moving on from my own agenda here  , I don't think there's anything wrong with suggesting that people do a search, but I think the suggestion goes down a little more easily if it's wrapped in some helpfulness - particularly if the person is new to the Board and/or terribly in need of help and/or not a habitual "no-search" offender. I think there's a lot of difference between:
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This has been discussed a million times. Do a search on calcium.
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This has been discussed a lot. I personally take Tums and do fine with it, but you should do a search and see what other people are taking. Something else might work better for you. If you need help doing a search or you can't find what you want, please ask again.
I suspect the former may be what MCV means when she talks about people "yelling".
I personally often enjoy answering questions that I know have been asked before - it makes me think about how much I've learned. As long as the asker isn't clogging up the Boards with hundreds of questions, I don't really see it as a problem.
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