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The point of the forum.........
Please fell free to let me know if i have got this wrong, but i am under the impression that the whole point of posting on a forum is to talk about things that you find interesting and want to share it with others...If you want to post threads that you want to share wether it be personal or something irrelevant to your own existence it does not matter....
Now i have been told by some unfortunate orger that i should keep my personal life and opnions to myself as people are sick of hearing about things i have to post....name no names,now i feel that this is the wrong type of attitude to have on a forum.....
Do you agree, please feel free to let me know if i am wrong about this....
.Orger
Ignore them, Thats what a forum is all about, an open discussion, a place to post ideas, feelings and thoughts.
Small minded of them if they dont like to hear what you have to say, shame they could not be big and brave enough to post their feelings on open forum !!! but instead hide behind a pm!
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You're both right and wrong....While alot of people post on forums telling others of good news, they still keep some personal information discreet. Maily for safety's sake. There's alot of nutjobs running around nowadays, and giving page after page of personal info isn't always the smartest thing to do.(especially within the small communities like the Caithness towns)
That being said, if you're aware of that, and you still want to share as much as you do, post away.
Last edited by Kaishowing; 28-Mar-07 at 12:46.
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i have nothing to be ashamed of in my life that i feel i have to hide from people.....I do think it is down to the individual ,to allow as much as they want about their personal life to be open...
But the ones that are out to shove it in your face for no other reason than nastiness is not the way to go.......
and the fact that i have a few children is not something i could keep to myself, especially living in a small town in caithness....i think more people new about how many kids i had before i had been in the area for a week......
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WELL SAID...it is a pity that they cant come out and say what they have to say infront of others, but then it would show their true colours.....They have no intelligence and obviously no self retaint....Opinions are one thing, being darn right obnoxious and nasty is pathetic...The only thing that come out of this is they loose there right to post and i still have my life.and oh what a happy content life i have ......Originally Posted by Solus
I would like to thank all those for the pm's, you are good genuine people and i enjoy posting,,,,,,
1K.Orger
I've found the .Org, especially the general forum, very different from any other forum I post to!
The others are more specialised, e.g. genealogy, where the members all have one common interest. Probably most other Orgers also post to a number of different forums too.
Recently I've just been pondering if it might be an idea to have a separate health and wellbeing section, as there have been quite a lot of posts on the general forum which would, one way or another, fall into this category. Topics that perhaps don't sit that well on the general forum.
People would not want to post anything too personal, I realise, but it might be a good way to point them towards more information, or find some support from others in the same situation.
I've had a lot of pms from .Orgers where we've found some common ground and been able to talk about things that we might well not want to broadcast to all and sundry. A pm has been more appropriate -but it has taken the initial post to see that there's someone there who may have similar interest/problems to you.
Last edited by Angela; 28-Mar-07 at 13:26. Reason: typo
.Orger
Totally agree and I think its a good idea about the health and wellbeing thread.I've found the .Org, especially the general forum, very different from any other forum I post to!
The others are more specialised, e.g. genealogy, where the members all have one common interest. Probably most other Orgers also post to a number of different forums too.
Recently I've just been pondering if it might be an idea to have a separate health and wellbeing thread, as there have been quite a lot of posts on the general forum which would, one way or another, fall into this category. Topics that perhaps don't sit that well on the general forum.
People would not want to post anything too personal, I realise, but it might be a good way to point them towards more information, or find some support from others in the same situation.
I've had a lot of pms from .Orgers where we've found some common ground and been able to talk about things that we might well not want to broadcast to all and sundry. A pm has been more appropriate -but it has taken the initial post to see that there's someone there who may have similar interest/problems to you.
***Om Mani Padme Hum***
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can we put it to a vote if orgers would like a health and well being thread.....is that an option...
.Orger
Noooooooooooooo, it will become the hypochondriacts hang out forum !!!
Or womans health forum " i broke a nail , can i recover ? "
1K.Orger
oops, I meant to say "section" -I've amended that now....hopefully there would be more than one thread!
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there are men out there that might want to discuss a problem you know.It aint just women that suffer with health issues....and we dont all care if we break a nail or not.....Maybe you guys could start an all male thread about issues amongst men.....
1K.Orger
I think that if someone has a personal criticism about a user then it is better to do that by PM. That does not mean that someone has carte blanche to be rude and insulting but that sometimes disagreements are personal and should be kept that way.
.Orger
hey Justine, i was having a larf!
1K.Orger
But then it would be separate, so you could simply ignore it if you wanted to!
Like...you don't have to buy every magazine on the shelf....
Not necessarily meant for moaning minnies either
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solus i know....But it might be a good idea anyway..
Last edited by justine; 28-Mar-07 at 13:42.
.Orger
You'd get my vote, I think a section on health and wellbeing is a good idea.
I agree that it's not unreasonable to share the kind of personal experience that you might feel is relevant to a thread that you might choose to share, just in the same way that people talk to their neighbours.
The alternative is to keep it highbrow and only dispassionately discuss non-physical and non-emotional matters and those things which are related specifically to Caithness as a land area or events happening within the Caithness area which are open to whole swathes of Caithness residents.
I can see no reason why the Caithness forum cannot be a friendly place for Caithness people and a friendly place for wannabe and ex-pat Caithness folks.
Maybe 'somebody' had a bad night then got out of bed the wrong side. We all have bad days, I think it's best to just enjoy the sunshine and smile!
.Orger
whaaat?!!.....all the women would laugh!
1K.Orger
May I suggest, you pm Niall or Colin with this suggestion, we have before, and as a result the Literary Forum, the Photography Forum and a few others were formed.
May I also suggest that the name of the new Forum be
"Wifies Problems"
Now runs for cover
Once the original Grumpy Owld Man but alas no more
1K.Orger
You may suggest that name, golach....but I think it would be discriminating against men
You might yourself have a problem that you'd like to share
1K.Orger
You get my vote for a Health and Wellbeing user section.Think the last one was the pet forum and thats well used.
Justine pm Bill with your suggestion and see what he says.
Most of my threads are started because of these issues,ie the one today about benefits in hospital.It Wasn't a recommendation just a general query and had to post on the general forum as I did not know where else to put it.
Never judge someone until you have walked two moons in their moccasins.
Native American Indian saying.
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