Sorry, vent here, and please don't flame me for saying this.....
I'm getting really annoyed reading threads in which the exact same thing is said over and over again! Please please please please PLEASE read the existing posts before adding your own, and know what the original post was about before adding your thoughts!
If you don't have time/don't want to read every post in a long thread, then do what I do - just stay out of that thread!
Okay thanks, I hope ya'll don't hate me for saying it, but it's driving me nuts. I just finished reading new posts in a 20 page thread, and I bet 100 of those posts say the same exact thing! :deadhorse
And the OP has a right to express their thoughts too, correct?
I personally get down right nauseated reading some of the posts so when I see one that I know provokes that nauseated feeling I simply pass it by. The worst offender? The NCLEX questions
I try to remember (when reading these NCLEX posts) what it was like for me when I was there. They come here for support, and as played out as it gets, I remember what they are feeling.
I think the repeats are ok especially because maybe one person will word things in a way that hits home with a reader. Sorry but no way can I even consider reading through some of the posts that are longer than my ragged copy of War and Peace, lol. Is anything or anyone that interesting? :chuckle
miko, just want to make sure i'm understanding you.
let's say op is asking for help and many respondents have the same advice...
that's what drives you nuts?
if so, every member here has a right to post their thoughts...
regardless of what others are posting.
if that's what you're referring to, i'm sorry, but that's on you.
leslie
No dear, what I'm saying is - there is a post that is say, 25 pages long. People read the first page and then post away, saying almost exactly the same thing that 30 others have already said. Again, yes, you can skim or whatever, but it is annoying when someone says, "what is 2+2" and someone says "4". And then someone else says, "it's 4." And then 27 more people say, "4" - when the discussion has moved way beyond that point. So people who are actually involved in the thread and have been reading and keeping up with it might be discussing a different part of the topic - maybe someone came up with a great idea re: how to find out what 2+2 is, and the discussion has moved on to that, but because people only read the first couple of posts, the discussion keeps getting pulled back to the beginning: hence the :deadhorse
Do I expect people to read every single word of every single post? Of course not. But it would be nice to have them go past page one of a thread that has 275 replies. Just sayin'.
(Oh yeah leslie - forgot 2 things. 1) THANK YOU for addressing me so we know what you are talking about - you are really good about that but a lot of people aren't. and 2)Just to clarify - I didn't mean topics that come up over and over again - like "how much $$ do you make" or "NCLEX 200 questions" because I can just skip those threads if I don't want to read them.)
Personally, If I post a thread and many people respond to it, it doesn't matter if many people basically say the same thing or not. It's the fact that they took the time to try to help is what counts to me. I think the replies are for the poster not the readers of the replies. So as a reader of replies to a thread, if they start repeating themselves, I just skim over them. If it was my original thread I read each and every reply with a great sense of gratitude for each and every one. That's just my opinion.
miko, just want to make sure i'm understanding you.
let's say op is asking for help and many respondents have the same advice...
that's what drives you nuts?
if so, every member here has a right to post their thoughts...
regardless of what others are posting.
if that's what you're referring to, i'm sorry, but that's on you.
leslie
Leslie, I have an example.
A recent thread. Person asks if she can do school and be pregnant at the same time. Scared about being pregnant, and she just found out.
People encourage her.
She comes back on and states she had a miscarriage. You can feel the pain in her post.
Next 3 posts still telling her that she can do it, WHILE they talk about their own children who they had in NS. "My sweet child is sleeping now in my arms, so you can do it!!: I'm sure that's what the poor OP wanted to hear. I'm sure she was heartbroken as it was, and to see posts telling her that she should "GO FOR IT" were painful and tacky.
This thread was 2, count them TWO, pages long and people were to damn lazy to read the responses before lamnbasting her with the "You can do it!" and "you'll love being a mother"
It was sad. I actually came up and said the same thing, "can't people read before they post" and of course, somebody came up and scolded me. Whatever.
I mean, really? People can't even read 2 pages anymore?
Yep, how many times do we see threads where the OP clarifies information ion the second page, and 5 pages later they are still getting replies based on the very first post. Then people start repeating what was clairfied, and if we're lucky someone goes back and says, "oh, yeah, sorry, I didn't read the whole thing before I posted."
No one is so smart or insightful that their reply is going to be helpful in spite of the 10 oages they didn't read. READ THE THREAD, and then you'll be even smarter when you finally reply because you'll have considered everyone else's thoughts as well as your own.
No one reads it, because they've been repeating the same tired jokes for 5 years now, thinking they are fresh and clever. It's the mutual admiration society over there.
A recent thread. Person asks if she can do school and be pregnant at the same time. Scared about being pregnant, and she just found out.
People encourage her.
She comes back on and states she had a miscarriage. You can feel the pain in her post.
I would suggest that either someone that wishes to post an update create a new thread or maybe we should have user closeable threads.
Like on Yahoo Answers (or whatever it's called). When the person ranks an answer as the 'best' answer the thread closes and no one can post there anymore.
If I post problem X on a new thread and then come back a week later and update it I should be able to close it. That way people know the thread has been resolved.
Otherwise there can be confusion. We recently had a thread about a member and the original point of the thread was to support that member. However, by the time I found the thread it had evolved into a completely unrelated topic. I mean completely.
how far should a member read before risking duplicate/inapplicable comments?
leslie
Think that threads should be stopped and restarted after an arbitrary number. A new reader could hardly want to read through more than 1400 replies spanning about six years, unless, of course, they have nothing better to do. You can still read or skip over repetitious replies if the chunks are more manageable.
waitingforthedream
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I try to remember (when reading these NCLEX posts) what it was like for me when I was there. They come here for support, and as played out as it gets, I remember what they are feeling.