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Originally Posted by salesgod
Am I the only one who thinks that pointing everyone to the daily chat actually makes it more difficult to follow threads and get questions answered? I'm just sayin...
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Originally Posted by Marionm
No, you are not but I figured since I was new around here I'd keep my mouth shut. My perception from watching the board was that the daily or weekly thread was a better place to just have that general chit chat and if you had a question it would be better to start a thread. It's even harder if your question isn't answered and a daily thread is closed and with the weekly threads it was almost impossible to find an answer without spending forever clicking through page after page, only to find your question wasn't answered. I've seen many of the questions here only get answered by people who have been doing IP less time than the person asking which doesn't give great confidence. The questions that are asked outside of daily or weekly chat are usually answered more thoroughly.
I realize it's a pain for those that have been here for a long time to see the same questions over and over but perhaps a FAQ list would be helpful to get most of those. If I'm not interested in a topic, I just don't open the thread. Most new people won't take the time before posting their question anyway. It's a product of message boards and not just this one.
Hi
Marion and Dave
The cool thing to me about the internet and public forums is they are messy and democratic. Eventually a group norms until the next disruption.
It's not a requirement to post questions in the daily chat thread. I've been requesting/suggesting it. The person asking the question will get more answers by doing so. There is a subset of experienced IPrs who
will ignore one-off question threads because replying and tracking them takes more time than they're willing to spend. If people want to post questions as a thread, knock your socks off.
Really, if it works for you, go for it AND adjust any expectation about the response rate and who will respond.
I'm not a fan of the daily thread; I find it choppy for ongoing discussions. I prefer the week- and month-long meandering threads of yore. I'm working with daily threads because our moderators, Leenie and Ruthxxx, requested it. Moderating a forum can be a lot of work and they are volunteer labor, remember?
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She emphasized all the management skills that required -- leadership, budgeting, selling/persuading, having difficult conversations with "employees", hiring contractors (handymen, renovators), etc.
