Poll: Should OT posts be banned from cpaptalk.com?

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.

Would you like to see OT posts not related to xPAP banned from cpaptalk.com?

Yes
109
39%
No
174
61%
 
Total votes: 283

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Re: Poll: Should OT posts be banned from cpaptalk.com?

Post by JoeWingrove » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:39 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:Because that is the way they set it up.
It is their net; if you don't like it take your ball and dribble it home.
The results of any poll relate only to the number who voted,
NOT everyone who has an opinion. Happy chickens don't squawk. Or vote.

Just because it was set up that way doesn't mean it always has to be that way. It is called a suggestion for a reason, and all I was asking for was more of a response then two letters, not something that is hard to do. Remember while I may be a newer member I will not learn anything from a quick answer like that.

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Re: Poll: Should OT posts be banned from cpaptalk.com?

Post by JoeWingrove » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:40 pm

Minnie Maunder wrote:
JoeWingrove wrote:hard to keep up with everything that has been posted
Do you feel obligated to keep up with everything?

I never have and my AHI was under 1.0 last seven days. Diagnosed at 50+ AHI.

I don't feel obligated to but if the number of posts is large it can push useful and helpful information off the first page pretty quickly.

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Post by idamtnboy » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:57 pm

JoeWingrove wrote:Personally I don't care but I just find it strange that this forum does not sub forums in order to help organize information so it can be more easily found. I know at times when I read them there is a lot of new stuff and hard to keep up with everything that has been posted.
Compartmentalizing stuff, be it tools in the shop, documents for accounting, or topics in a forum does not guarantee improvements in efficiency. From personal experience I can tell you that sometimes it's easier to look deeper in one large pile, than look shallower in many piles! The latter often prompts the question, "Just what the h*** pile (folder, drawer, etc.) did I put it in?" With one pile, the answer is always easy, the one in front of you! When something is put into the wrong pile, it can really be tough finding it!

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Post by chunkyfrog » Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:04 pm

Organization and compartmentalizing helps many tasks;
BUT sometimes it makes the whole business of finding answers even more confusing.

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Re: Poll: Should OT posts be banned from cpaptalk.com?

Post by Gasper62 » Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:06 pm

JoeWingrove wrote:
Minnie Maunder wrote:
JoeWingrove wrote:hard to keep up with everything that has been posted
Do you feel obligated to keep up with everything?

I never have and my AHI was under 1.0 last seven days. Diagnosed at 50+ AHI.

I don't feel obligated to but if the number of posts is large it can push useful and helpful information off the first page pretty quickly.

Maybe you should address your concerns to the Complaint Department. (i.e. the hosts/owners of this forum) FWIW..... It is possible to view previous pages, just click on the little numbered boxes and you'll be able to access older pages and posts. Pretty simple and straightforward IMO.

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Post by JoeWingrove » Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:33 pm

Gasper62 wrote:
JoeWingrove wrote:
Minnie Maunder wrote:
JoeWingrove wrote:hard to keep up with everything that has been posted
Do you feel obligated to keep up with everything?

I never have and my AHI was under 1.0 last seven days. Diagnosed at 50+ AHI.

I don't feel obligated to but if the number of posts is large it can push useful and helpful information off the first page pretty quickly.

Maybe you should address your concerns to the Complaint Department. (i.e. the hosts/owners of this forum) FWIW..... It is possible to view previous pages, just click on the little numbered boxes and you'll be able to access older pages and posts. Pretty simple and straightforward IMO.
I am sorry for posting a suggestion in a thread with many pages about what some people think to be a problem on this forum and being new enough to not know it may have been addressed long time ago, but then again with all the posts on this forum it isn't hard to miss things.

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Post by Gasper62 » Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:30 pm

The threads get "bumped" to the top whenever a post is made in them. The more interesting or relevant ones get bumped more than others. If there's no interest in a thread with no further posts, it dies naturally by scrolling into obscurity. (until it's exhumed for some reason)

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Post by Goofproof » Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:50 pm

No need to be SORRY, many people come here with suggestions for making changes to this forum, without reading the many threads others have posted about change, that have been discussed in the past.

We people that have read them, are willing to accept the forum as it is, warts and all. It's a survivor, it's here to support Nubies along the road to treating Sleep Apnea, but in doing that we are a family, complete with the problems of all our weird relatives.

Most things you need to know to get your treatment corrected, has been expressed hundreds of times, people aren't finding then has more to do with being to lazy to brouze and or read, not to mention search, which is not too effective.

OT Posts, do make the forum turn over, but only 1/10th as fast as Newbe play on the POLL's, bring dead useless outdated junk to the top of the pages, in a vain attention to feel relevant. (Poll Lock's)

This is a good place as is, many helpful good people, and a few children playing in the street. The owners, don't lay hands on unless something goes really wrong, usually the bad influences get bored and move on, it would happen much sooner, but you can't control what others do, and there's always someone that keep stirring the pot. Jim
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Re: Poll: Should OT posts be banned from cpaptalk.com?

Post by idamtnboy » Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:51 pm

Gasper62 wrote: If there's no interest in a thread with no further posts, it dies naturally by scrolling into obscurity. (until it's exhumed for some reason)
That can happen very quickly, too. The oldest response on Page 2 at this moment was posted 6:47 am, Friday, Nov 20, 2 1/2 days ago! The oldest response on page 5 is only 10 days old.

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Post by BlackSpinner » Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:45 am

"I am sorry but your post will be deleted shortly. Please post the question about the mask in the mask forum, the machine question in the machine forum, the comfort question in the comfort forum and any emotional issues in the coping with therapy forum. Please remember not to mention the other questions in each thread or you will be instantly banned. Do not mine other threads for information and repost, do not make any personal comments or make any suggestions or link to other sites. All three members will be happy to help you sometime in the next 6 months"

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Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Nov 23, 2015 1:54 pm

Don't forget the most important one of all:
"Do NOT, under any circumstances suggest or instruct anyone on viewing their data,
changing their pressure, or attempting to be treated like a human being by their provider."

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Post by Goofproof » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:02 pm

Do NOT be alarmed, when putting forum suggestions in the forum suggestion box, that loud noise is the shredder under the box. Jim
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Post by BlackSpinner » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:11 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:Don't forget the most important one of all:
"Do NOT, under any circumstances suggest or instruct anyone on viewing their data,
changing their pressure, or attempting to be treated like a human being by their provider."
That is why I quickly dropped all the other forums I found for this one - that and the 48 hour turnover time between posting and it appearing well censored on the forum.

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