Fibro Friends' Support Group Cont'.: Re: Good Morning!

» pmhoran - Re: Good Morning!

In response to Good Morning! posted by tamara_peters:

Actually .... I only joined here in January of this year ... and I remember only too well how confusing I found THIS discussion software.

I guess its whatever it is you are used to. Here was the first time I used this type of discussion software. I've always been used to variations on the software on the new site.

And the way it is used is totally different than one LONG thread.

Suggestion would be to take the time to actually READ the "How To" post in the new forum under General Discussion.

A quick example ... say I log in today and I want to post something that is totally about me and what I might have just had happen to me.

I would Post a New Topic ... and write to my hearts content. Then ... when other members visit ... they can either choose to respond to my post or any of the other posts ... or if they don't feel like it, they start their own New Topic.

On the bottom of each page there is a "legend" of what each of the graphics mean. Whether there is a new unread post in a forum or in a thread etc.

With the new software I installed earlier today ... you can also click on the Main Options drop down menu and choose View New Posts. That will list all the Topics that have new posts since the last time you visited.

I don't know about any of you guys ... but with me I have days that I have trouble coping with anger & venting & ranting & raving. We all have those days that we just NEED to ... and thats alright. But in the new site ... there is a Forum where people can go to do that ... the "Rant and Rave" forum. So, now, when people actually get used to how this new software works ... they can post their ventings in that forum ... and the rest of us can choose when we are best able to cope with the feelings that come out in those posts and respond to them at that time. Here, you are basically into the middle of those posts before you even realize it ... and if you are sensitive on that day it can knock you on your keester before you even know it.

Or ... the benefits of having a joke or Humor forum. If you need a chuckle ... you can go at any time to that forum and give yourself a smile.

Same thing with the Inspirational forum etc.

Each has its own purpose. Unfortunately, there is a "learning curve" going from here to there. Just like there is a learning curve going from that type of forum to this kind of discussion software.

Just my 2 cents for today
Peter

-- posted by pmhoran