I happen to be more tangential, quite a bit more than others, and will attempt to keep as linear as possible in the future to play along to get along....Maybe a discussion on the term hijacking is in order and wondering if others had any other thoughts.
Forgive me Father, for I have sinned with my tangential thoughts.
I think that this board is helping people, and I see a large knowledgeable group of posters willing to donate their time. I would give it an A+. I think that this board is friendly and inclusive. I have not seen any disrespectful behavior. I would give it an A.
The lowest grade from me would be a C for board activity. I didn't find other ehrs with better boards, so this is probably the nature of busy physicians. My point is that if about a dozen people stopped posting, this board
could die. I imagine others would fill in the gap, but this forum has very little activity compared to what I see on other boards. So my second point is that if we try to have everyone constantly on point, the board may be less healthy.
For most of my experience with forums, a supplicant like me will ask a question to get help. Hopefully an expert will respond and continue responding on point until the problem is solved. Other experts will not chime in unless they think something is being missed. The risk is that occasionally I may not get an answer if all experts are preoccupied with other rookies. Oh, and these forums have better search engines, so it is embarrassing to not do a thorough review of old threads before starting a new one. There is zero extraneous, relationship building conversation. Supplicants get specific help, and experts get ego strokes or marketing exposure. A thread is less than 10 posts and is buried and gone in hours.
I don't want to justify my sins, but to point out that there is benefit to having more lively conversations as long as the OP is helped. I think that everyone here wants to be helpful to the OP, even if we get distracted. I think that a thread to remind us of boundaries is a great idea.
Now, what is my penance?
