Re: Condeloma
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:46:35 -0500 (CDT)
I agree completely that this is a PCOS board and it is always a little
weird when we get questions posted here that seem entirely non-PCOS
related. (I always wonder if someone somehow got lost and wandered over
from the OBGYN board or something!) I think perhaps the issue may be in
how it was responded to, not the content of the original post. It WAS a
pretty strong reaction, and there's really no need for that - a gentle
question about the question's relationship to PCOS or just holding your
tongue and offering an answer would be a quite acceptable response I am
sure. If this type of post IS against a TOS agrement, then I also think
it is OBGYN.net's place to say something and not ours.
Additional pennies! 2 cents for everybody!
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Sonnet
At Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Zowie wrote:
>
>I do'nt know anything about this topic, but I see that some people are
>upset by what anon had said. Since we're all adding our 2¢, I thought
>I'd make this point. Many servers and forums (such as on AOL) have
>terms of service (or TOS) that are against posting "irrelvant" material
>to the boards. For example, if you have a question about "computers",
>you can't post it on a "marriage" forum--because it would be against TOS
>and you could end up with a violation for it. I know it sounds terribly
>STUPID, but this is how AOL and others fight irrelevance, which they
>consider a "disruption" to the board or forum. This is why they have a
>tos regulation on that kind of thing. We don't know if Nicole HAS PCOS
>or not, but if she doesn't, then going by the general TOS rule, she
>should not have posted her question here. Now, it all depends on
>whether or not the PCOSA or obgyn.net have this sort of TOS regulation
>that applies to these boards. Since they ARE PCOS forums, you'd expect
>that the content would be all relevant to PCOS. And if this forum DOES
>carry such a TOS regulation, than Nicole may end up getting a warning
>about posting "irrelevant" material here---but again, that depends on if
>she HAS PCOS or not, and also what TOS the forum carries. I do agree
>that we are all here to help each other, and I'm not disputing that at
>all. I just happened to realize the other point that posting non-PCOS
>material here may be against the rules so to speak. I'd hate to see
>someone "get in trouble" or get a warning for posting something that is
>irrelevant because of a terms of service rule. That's just my 2¢. I
>don't post this to offend anyone--just to offer another side of
>information.
>---Zowie :)
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