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darad wrote:How many active on a monthly basis? 180?
AlwaysAgnes wrote: There's just not a whole lot of discussion occurring on the discussion board anymore. .
AlwaysAgnes wrote: Back when I registered here these discussion boards were more like an Advanced Study weekend. I do miss that.
JeffN wrote:AlwaysAgnes wrote: There's just not a whole lot of discussion occurring on the discussion board anymore.
I would strongly disagree. Volume does not always equal quality of content.
The discussions are much more targeted, focused and directed to learning, implementing and following the McDougall Program and not every nutrition idea, study or self-proclaimed guru that passes in the news this week. Many of the topics have been organized and cataloged too and so many topics are much easier to find for those looking for answers.
I can tell you that behind the scenes, many health care professionals in the WFPB world, use this as their first resource when trying to find info on a topic. The MWL monthly weigh-in threads may be the best they have ever been.
As with health and nutrition, more is not always better.
Check out the responses to my thread called The Road to Success, Developing Healthy Habits.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=58019#p583676
It was sent out last week to the McDougall mailing list and I received many similar responses.AlwaysAgnes wrote: Back when I registered here these discussion boards were more like an Advanced Study weekend. I do miss that.
Which generated an enormous amount of fighting, disrespect, arguing, complaints, etc etc etc and very confusing for a newcomer (as evidenced by the messages we received. We had to shut down several forums (that were originally requested by forum members) because of the amount of fighting that went on in them, some of it quite viscous. Many long-term members left back then because of that.
The ASW weekends generated some of the same confusion. Many people thought that if someone was invited as a speaker, they were then "approved" and anything they had to saw was endorsed by us. Not true.
If you miss that, there are many FB groups that are still like that.
Of course, we do get endless complaints about these other groups and had to come out with an official statement about them, but as you say, some people like that style better.
In Health
Jeff
AlwaysAgnes wrote:. One good thing I've noticed over the years here is less random spam posts. I think most spammers probably moved to spamming blogs and youtube and facebook groups.
AlwaysAgnes wrote:So, did they quit doing Advance Study Weekends when Dr. McDougall retired? Or before? Or do they still occur?
JeffN wrote: The MWL monthly weigh-in threads may be the best they have ever been.
JeffN wrote:some of it quite viscous
JeffN wrote:AlwaysAgnes wrote: There's just not a whole lot of discussion occurring on the discussion board anymore. .
I would strongly disagree. Volume does not always equal quality of content.
The discussions are much more targeted, focused and directed to learning, implementing and following the McDougall Program and not every nutrition idea, study or self-proclaimed guru that passes in the news this week. Many of the topics have been organized and cataloged too and so many topics are much easier to find for those looking for answers.
I can tell you that behind the scenes, many health care professionals in the WFPB world, use this as their first resource when trying to find info on a topic. The MWL monthly weigh-in threads may be the best they have ever been.
As with health and nutrition, more is not always better.
Check out the responses to my thread called The Road to Success, Developing Healthy Habits.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=58019#p583676
It was sent out last week to the McDougall mailing list and I received many similar responses.AlwaysAgnes wrote: Back when I registered here these discussion boards were more like an Advanced Study weekend. I do miss that.
Which generated an enormous amount of fighting, disrespect, arguing, complaints, etc etc etc and very confusing for a newcomer (as evidenced by the messages we received. We had to shut down several forums (that were originally requested by forum members) because of the amount of fighting that went on in them, some of it quite viscous. Many long-term members left back then because of that.
The ASW weekends generated some of the same confusion. Many people thought that if someone was invited as a speaker, they were then "approved" and anything they had to saw was endorsed by us. Not true.
If you miss that, there are many FB groups that are still like that.
Of course, we do get endless complaints about these other groups and had to come out with an official statement about them, but as you say, some people like that style better.
In Health
Jeff
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