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Re: Condeloma
From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:38:47 -0500 (CDT)
hello everyone. I'm the one who posted the first reply and I see that
that has caused quite a stir. I first want to explain that Zowie seemed
to hit the nail right on the head. You see, (coincidentally), I am an
AOL board monitor and our job is to track the disrupting posts and
remove them (often issuing tos points for the violation). AOL is VERY
strict when it comes to tos. I visit this board a lot for information
regarding PCOS because I do have it, athough I've been to shy to post a
comment before. I guess my AOLness got the best of me when I responded,
and I do apologise if I hurt any feelings. That wasn't my intention.
It's almost like I get on automatic mode whenever I'm on a message
board.....if I see a violation, I'm supposed to address it. Guess I got
carried away. I don't know if the girl had PCOS or not, but her post
was so off topic that it just triggered my brain.......which is what
happens when you've been a board monitor for (going on) 6 years. Again,
I apologise if I hurt feelings.......that's not how I am. I never
thought my post was RUDE.......especially since I included a smiley face
at the end. I was just trying to point out that this board is for PCOS
issues ONLY. I don't see how someone can get lost here.......since I
found this board directly from the PCOSA site. Unless there's some
other way to access it. I mean, if you don't have PCOS, don't believe
you have it, and are not interested in it whatsoever, how did you get to
this board? lol.....it's like Zowie said......you don't post a question
about computers on a marriage board. So again, I apologise if I hurt
feelings, but honestly that was not my intention. I was trying to help
the girl by telling her that her topic was not related to PCOS and that
therefore, she wouldn't have much progress in getting a response here. I
was surprised that Paula (?) was able to provide some information
actually, but I'm glad she did. Anyhow, just wanted to explain my
position on that since everyone got so upset. I guess everyone
misunderstood me, so I had to explain. Hope that clears this mess up
now. :)......see, another smiley face......that means I'm NOT being
rude! :)
At Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>
>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!
>
>--
>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 :)
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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