Someone please clarify

Vivi20 · July 2016

So I've gathered from various discussions here that random posts are not liked, so there's a thread specifically for "random" things. But there are several stand alone posts....like this one

So I guess my question is this: How do I know where to post something? Do I put it in the random thread, or is it okay to post stand alone things? I'm confused...and maybe making this more complicated than it needs to be.

TinaBelcher · July 2016

Randoms for everything little, separate threads for something that everyone will want to share or participate in (HDBD, finding out the sex, nursery designs etc). I know that's subjective but there's no firing squad if we get it wrong

cjs260 · July 2016

I think my biggest thing is: symptoms in the symptom thread, announcements in the announcement thread, questions about appointments/tests/etc in the apps/tests/etc thread, advice from STMs in the Ask a STM. Randoms are good for things like, random things that don't have their own place. And use the search bar. I definitely would rather have an old thread resurrected than have seven threads about hair coloring. New people come everyday, so I feel that it's up to the older members to resurrect threads to point said people in the direction. This has happened on several occasions in the past week or so, and I applaud it. Also, I think a polite "This would be a great post for the such and such thread" should be considered helpful and not a form of discouraging people from posting (which I have been accused of on many an occasion). And like TinaBelcher said, there's no firing squad, but this hormonal crazy woman may give a swift eyeroll and a "ugh, post in the right spot" muffled under her breath.

Vivi20 · July 2016

K. Sounds good. Thank you gals.

sagoon · July 2016

I don't see a problem with random, standalone threads as long as they're not on a topic that has been rehashed 700 times (hair dye, caffeine, etc). People just start getting grumpy when 1000 threads about the same milestone start popping up, hence the weekly ticker change threads, the nursery thread, the 2nd tri thread, etc. I think the livelier the board is, the better.

ThePax89 · July 2016

Yeah I'm with @sagoon I like lots of topics. Sifting through long 10 page threads is rough when I only have a minute to look at my phone.

Parley · July 2016

I agree with @sagoon and @ThePax89 about not loving the huge threads. I would say search your question and if you don't find a lot of answers post wherever you want.

hcam0707 · July 2016

I say post wherever your heart desires. I'm super organized and OCD (literally people tease me that I probably chase dust before it lands on anything and that I probably only allow my son one toy because of clean-up anxiety); however, I could never allow the "messiness" of the board or repeated posts bother me. I don't post too often on here unless I can give some solid advice as a STM or as part of HDBD. I enjoy reading others questions/concerns and seeing the HELPFUL feedback. I've been on TB for a while and there are always people who tend to run the boards, but you shouldn't allow that to intimidate you.

Carly79 · July 2016

I say check the search function for what you are looking for to see if it's been asked or if there is an old thread you can comment on (which will bring it back to the top of the list) just to keep from having 10 threads about carseats for example. I think some people prefer the bigger threads for things and others prefer stand alone threads. For me personally, the Random thread gets too long, and too many posts to keep up on so I don't even look at it. I know I'm missing out on some information and also missing out on sharing what I know but I'm ok with that because I don't have patience to look at it. I love the PGAL thread and the HDBD thread and follow those but they are very specific, much like Announcements, and appointments. At this point, we don't have a rule on either, and you may have people post on a single thread to direct you to a different thread with information on it but that's more to be helpful and not a hard and fast rule that you have to post it there. Just watch for the common issues that over time will have multiple threads going. A great example, a while back someone started a dreams thread. Every now and then it gets resurrected when someone posts to it. I love that we don't have 5 different threads with people talking about the dreams they've had.

cjs260 · July 2016

Well said @Carly79. That's definitely the consensus that I felt was brought about on the other thread.

therealfrizzle · July 2016

I have a quick question: When I first started w/ TB, there was a guideline saying not to resurrect old or zombie threads. How old would a thread have to be for it to be considered zombie? My line of thought was if it hadn't been posted on in a month or two, but I've seen in both threads on this topic quite a few people saying to comment on old ones. And, now that I realize some boards will have threads that are years old, I guess a few months isn't too terribly old. Just want to know how old is too old.

Thanks!

TinaBelcher · July 2016

PMForbie said:

I have a quick question: When I first started w/ TB, there was a guideline saying not to resurrect old or zombie threads. How old would a thread have to be for it to be considered zombie? My line of thought was if it hadn't been posted on in a month or two, but I've seen in both threads on this topic quite a few people saying to comment on old ones. And, now that I realize some boards will have threads that are years old, I guess a few months isn't too terribly old. Just want to know how old is too old. Thanks!

I think the purpose behind that rule is that we aren't supposed to go searching for drama and resurrect garbage posts. Now with paid mods running around those threads get shut down pretty fast.

poetryandoceans · July 2016

@PMForbie This is a good question!! I feel like, on one hand, since we know threads here aren't ever going to be years old, I kinda feel like the zombie thread rule isn't as hard and fast as it is over in say, TTGP, where they've been around for years. So I was about to say that I feel like we should just go ahead and comment on old threads, if they feel applicable.

But then I thought about folks who maybe started a thread here and then unfortunately had to leave, and how they would feel if they received notices from a thread for a group they're no longer a part of... and then I wanted to say we should start a new thread if something's been down for more than a month or two... what does everyone else think?

sldp123 · July 2016

poetryandoceans said:

@PMForbie This is a good question!! I feel like, on one hand, since we know threads here aren't ever going to be years old, I kinda feel like the zombie thread rule isn't as hard and fast as it is over in say, TTGP, where they've been around for years. So I was about to say that I feel like we should just go ahead and comment on old threads, if they feel applicable.

But then I thought about folks who maybe started a thread here and then unfortunately had to leave, and how they would feel if they received notices from a thread for a group they're no longer a part of... and then I wanted to say we should start a new thread if something's been down for more than a month or two... what does everyone else think?

@poetryandoceans I think this is a really good point, and it actually happened on a thread here today. New people won't really have any way to know if someone is no longer a part of this group, so it's not their fault, but still I would imagine it could be hurtful to the person getting the notification. I think it's probably best not to resurrect old threads, but I don't know what a good time guideline would be.

Vivi20 · July 2016

I personally don't mind lots of individual posts. I don't always have time to read through everything on the "randoms" thread. But I don't want to be the one who posts a bunch of stuff if it'll just annoy people, either.

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