Thanks, JayEl!
Your post really helps. I know that on one of my diet-specific forums, there have been a number of posts to plan-specific questions that while well intentioned, are recommending strategies that are really not in line with my plan's guidelines. I'm not passing judgement on intention, nor am I reading anything into it other than a true desire to help. But the advice just isn't in line with the program. And for a new program follower, this is a bit confusing. And I'm new to the forum! So I just wanted to make sure that a response was appropriate as I don't want to step on any toes while responding...I hate being new to forums! It is hard to get the hang of the etiquette and to sift out what the unwritten rules are!
Thanks again,
Kira

Oh good thing I didn't see it before it was deleted... :devil: :carrot: ;)

Woohoo! Greetings, fellow speller!
And don't even get me started on the rogue apostrophe!
Not to mention starting sentences with conjunctions!


On the topic, I agree with Jayell.

I tell you, DC (p.s. I was just in DC for the cherry blossoms, and I LOVED IT!) it was quite the post! While not rude nor offensive in tone or composition, it was really completely oppposite to what anyone who follows that plan needs to see on a forum that was designed to support those on the plan. It raised my eyebrows, that's for sure! I've been on other low-carb forums and posts like that pop up regularly and they are regularly deleted. So it wasn't surprising to see it gone this morning. And it got me to thinking. I'm beginning to think that I think too much! But, hey, if we don't question our assumptions from time to time, then we don't grow as individuals, IMHO...
Kira

There is another forum policy in addition to "Agree to Disagree" - don't go into a plan-specific thread and be negative about that plan. So if someone in an Atkins thread asks for marinade ideas for beef, I don't think it's out of line to respond in that thread (but consider it courteous to have a basic idea of what is acceptable for that plan so you don't give a recipe that is useless to those on the plan). But replying in a thread in the Atkins forum by saying that Atkins is unhealthy, bad, etc. would not be OK, because we don't allow negative talk about a plan in that plan's forum.

Dang, now I'm sad I missed it. My blood pressure has been nice and low recently since I got back from vacation...maybe I need another pressure spike to sort of get things moving. Because Atkins-bashing, low-carb-bashing threads and comments make me soooooooo angry. :) Well, I learned on the other Atkins thread from last week that I should let a mod know if I read another one that bothers me.

And yes the cherry blossoms were superb this year!

DC, I just noticed that you are a mere 1 lb away from the 100lb mark! Holy Smokes! Keep on doing what you are doing! It is clearly working!
Kira

Thanks. I'm plateauing. I've been stalled at 98-99 lbs lost since Feb 14...but I keep getting smaller, so I ain't complaining. :)

I feel like I know the rules, but I too have wondered about the unofficial etiquette. I tend to keep to certain forums that definitely pertain to either me or everyone, but lately I read other forums increasingly.

I am very interested in reading about maintaining, of course (the next, and forever horizon). And since most recent or otherwise hottest threads in various forums are linked on the forum index, I end up randomly clicking on topics that interest me.

And I know it's totally fine to read whatever of course, it's the internet, but there has been a time or two when I went to post and then checked myself. Like when I saw a thread in the 300 lb club -- someone who lost a lot of weight asking a technical question re: her new size and having been that size, I could easily answer. But then it struck me that it might be rude as a sort of interloper.

I think sometimes people worry too much about posting in places they don't normally post. 3fc is an open board and anyone can post anywhere. Whitepicketfences, if you felt you had something meaningful to say in the 300+ forum, then you are certainly welcome to post!

That being said, there are times when it isn't appropriate to make certain posts in certain places. Giving advice on the Atkins board that isn't appropriate to the plan is a good example.

And there are other times when it may be less appropriate, but for "fuzzy" reasons. For example, if the UK chicks start up a challenge, I probably won't feel like I'm "eligible" to join -- even if they did allow me to -- because I don't "fit" as a member of that group. I would probably stick with the group I feel more "like". But if I wanted to, I'd probably ask if it was okay to join...

So, I guess what I'm saying is not to worry too much about posting, but do be sensitive to the forum you're posting on!