Over the past few days I've noticed several more threads than usual mentioning less than direct and honest New Thread topics.
1. The OP will use provocative language in a title, and long about 4 pages into the general mayhem (OK I exaggerate) disclose that they did that purposefully to "get people to read my thread", "grab your attention" (and it worked! see! you're reading this, aren't you?)
This is extremely irritating to me, just as it is when a supermarket tabloid does the same thing. True, I'm reading your thread now, but anything beyond that is not going to get a heartwarming response.
2. A few occasions when a user name is intentionally chosen to stir up strife. About 9 pages into the general mayhem, the author lets on as to how "I/we just wanted to try an experiment and see what happens".
We're not your personal human behavior laboratory, and personally, I don't like to be manipulated. Please respect your fellow nurses/students/others enough to let us decide if we are interested in your issue presented in a respectful, professional way.
I saw the thread with supposedly false screen name. IDK, I'm not convinced it was really as premeditated as the OP said. Wonder how many of these people are............trying too hard to make a point.............see they have created an epic failure of a topic and then "Oh geee, I was just kidding, this is a psych class experiment, I didn't mean any of it."
I personally find it annoying and childish, and put the maturity of the poster around the level of eighth graders and fart jokes. But much more annoying is the "Please read, I need an answer IMMEDIATELY!" or the "I'm going crazy" because someone is forced to wait more than 12 hours for an NCLEX. Invariably those "emergency" posts are nothing of an emergency.
How are these posters going to manage in the Real World, and I don't mean the MTV series?
Or we have the posters that don't know the meaning of " we don't give medical/legal advice"
And there is one more "why can't a new grad get a job/ how can I get experience if no one will hire" mantra. When I was a teenager, I knew the answer to those, had read the news and knew enough about the economy to know how hard getting that first job. It didn't require a college degree to read/hear the news, nor require computer access.
As for the individual that says that it only takes a few seconds to view, please remember those of us with dial up - no high speed. It can be very trying to one's patience. For some it is a bit more time and work.
And there is one more "why can't a new grad get a job/ how can I get experience if no one will hire" mantra. When I was a teenager, I knew the answer to those, had read the news and knew enough about the economy to know how hard getting that first job. It didn't require a college degree to read/hear the news, nor require computer access.
People are frustrated and come here to vent. Not everyone is in the same stage of the process of dealing with that frustration, so we get new posts on the same topic. That's an honest use of the board, and the OP is criticizing threads not created with honest intentions, so I don't think this really falls in to the same category. Because if we're talking about random pet peeves, mine is people who resurrect a YEARS old thread, and then I only notice the date of the most recent reply, so I join in and then feel like an idiot.
It takes about 20 seconds to read the OP. If you feel like the thread title misrepresented what was in the thread, it takes about 2 seconds to click off the topic again and then ignore it. How are you even getting 4 pages into the topic if it's annoying to you?
People use the provocative titles because they work. Invariably threads with the most provocative titles have the most posts. If you want to do something to discourage this practice, don't read the threads and don't post to them.
I agree, it's everyone's free will on what they choose to read and what they choose to reply on.
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
It takes about 20 seconds to read the OP. If you feel like the thread title misrepresented what was in the thread, it takes about 2 seconds to click off the topic again and then ignore it. How are you even getting 4 pages into the topic if it's annoying to you?
People use the provocative titles because they work. Invariably threads with the most provocative titles have the most posts. If you want to do something to discourage this practice, don't read the threads and don't post to them.
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I think you missed the point. I'm not talking about misrepresentation. I'm not talking about the topic itself. I'm talking about people using emotionally charged words to deliberately rile people up, and then cutely admitting it later on. The reason I read through the 4 pages is that I have no way of knowing that was done until that OP tells us. If that type of undisclosed motive "works"-- what does it "work" to do in your opinion? Lots of thoughtful and insightful replies?
Sometimes people use words without realiziing they will have that effect, and I am not one who scolds people or a stickler for politically correct words to the point of boring people. But my gut level reaction to being told that someone juiced up their wording to get me to read their stuff as opposed to one who doesn't do that and simply asks for discussion/advice is a negative one, and I thought perhaps I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
It's like like the Enquirer having gigantic words making it sound like something horrible has happened and really itty bitty ones telling you it didn't.
Noyesno- I don't include you in this at all - you apologized and said you went a little too far with it. :) Being able to do that is what we're about here I hope! I'm amazed that so few people get upset with some of the not-well-thought out stuff I post!
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
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I think you missed the point. I'm not talking about misrepresentation. I'm not talking about the topic itself. I'm talking about people using emotionally charged words to deliberately rile people up, and then cutely admitting it later on. The reason I read through the 4 pages is that I have no way of knowing that was done until that OP tells us. If that type of undisclosed motive "works"-- what does it "work" to do in your opinion? Lots of thoughtful and insightful replies?
Sometimes people use words without realiziing they will have that effect, and I am not one who scolds people or a stickler for politically correct words to the point of boring people. But my gut level reaction to being told that someone juiced up their wording to get me to read their stuff as opposed to one who doesn't do that and simply asks for discussion/advice is a negative one, and I thought perhaps I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
It's like like the Enquirer having gigantic words making it sound like something horrible has happened and really itty bitty ones telling you it didn't.
Noyesno- I don't include you in this at all - you apologized and said you went a little too far with it. :) Being able to do that is what we're about here I hope! I'm amazed that so few people get upset with some of the not-well-thought out stuff I post!
I can't claim to have read everything you've written on this site, but what I have read always seemed well thought-out to me.
I personally find it annoying and childish, and put the maturity of the poster around the level of eighth graders and fart jokes. But much more annoying is the "Please read, I need an answer IMMEDIATELY!" or the "I'm going crazy" because someone is forced to wait more than 12 hours for an NCLEX. Invariably those "emergency" posts are nothing of an emergency.
How are these posters going to manage in the Real World, and I don't mean the MTV series?
Or we have the posters that don't know the meaning of " we don't give medical/legal advice"
And there is one more "why can't a new grad get a job/ how can I get experience if no one will hire" mantra. When I was a teenager, I knew the answer to those, had read the news and knew enough about the economy to know how hard getting that first job. It didn't require a college degree to read/hear the news, nor require computer access.
As for the individual that says that it only takes a few seconds to view, please remember those of us with dial up - no high speed. It can be very trying to one's patience. For some it is a bit more time and work.
It is the new reality we live in now. I am cautious not to say it is the new generation, because us old folks (lol) are adapting to it as well. We want any and all questions answered immediately. As soon as we can't remember something, we google it (on our cell phones, whole out to dinner No less!). Or, we post the question on Facebook or allnurses, and wait impatiently for someone to feed us the answer! (don't get me started in how this mentality has changed the face of nursing schools today). Every one of is is guilty of it, in one way or another (testing the bank to get your balance). Or brides to be who look up what has been removed from their registry (now they know what they're getting). I waited 3 weeks for my NCLEX result by MAIL )and I know that was quick, compared to some). Today's grad has found a way to figure it out before it's up on the official site. My favorite posts with the ones who need help answering test quetions or coming up with nursing diagnoses (it's called a book, open it up).
It is all about the monster that the Internet (and technology) has created.
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
I saw the thread with supposedly false screen name. IDK, I'm not convinced it was really as premeditated as the OP said. Wonder how many of these people are............trying too hard to make a point.............see they have created an epic failure of a topic and then "Oh geee, I was just kidding, this is a psych class experiment, I didn't mean any of it.
Turns out it was a bet between a nurse and her director and 100% First Degree trollery. Sentence: banished to outer darkness.
A couple of other blasts from the past - CNA on her first day of orientation sees the preceptor hide the patient's call button on a bookshelf. CNA bravely grabs back that call button, chews out the preceptor, hand the call bell back to the man who gratefully conveys a look of thankfulness. Then she invites another nurse out to the parking lot for a "chat" She made that up. She confessed.
There was one thread where the OP claimed that like 5 people in a large house someplace were all taking turns posting things under the same username without each other's knowledge. It was a prank like the 2010 version of "do you have Prince Albert in a can?" "better let him out!" A real howler and so popular at slumber parties when I was 10. :)
She made that up. She confessed.
noyesno, MSN, APRN, NP
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Got it. :)
Thanks!