When Tara's Nutrition Notebook started, Tara was online frequently to answer questions. In recent months, though, she's only been able to be here once a week or so.
This has had a couple of effects on the forum.
We chat among ourselves, sharing information that may not be entirely accurate and opinions that aren't necessarily applicable to other MSers' situations. I definitely include myself in this observation.
When Tara comes around, some of the threads have gotten so long since her last visit that sometimes questions buried within them go unnoticed and unanswered. (This is not Tara's fault! She's busy with her own practice as a nutritional counselor, and we're grateful for whatever time she can spare for us.)
My concern is that newcomers may be unintentionally misled by some of what they read here. I'm wondering if it's time to rethink the forum, so it helps as many people as possible and--hopefully--harms none.
This has had a couple of effects on the forum.
We chat among ourselves, sharing information that may not be entirely accurate and opinions that aren't necessarily applicable to other MSers' situations. I definitely include myself in this observation.
When Tara comes around, some of the threads have gotten so long since her last visit that sometimes questions buried within them go unnoticed and unanswered. (This is not Tara's fault! She's busy with her own practice as a nutritional counselor, and we're grateful for whatever time she can spare for us.)
My concern is that newcomers may be unintentionally misled by some of what they read here. I'm wondering if it's time to rethink the forum, so it helps as many people as possible and--hopefully--harms none.
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