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Originally Posted by mc2ed
You moved 11 posts just on the first page of that forum....so anyone engaging on that page...reading and responding to multiples of those posts...have to go back and find where you felt they should be moved to...and then go to that spot...back and forth and around and around....you just eliminated the ease of those connections already formed...when someone was in need....people were offering support to each other...and now they have to go find them...because they were in the wrong spot for you..........my opinion....I find this actually harmful...on a lot of levels....I would say I am sure you are aware of that by now...but then....again....I shouldn't assume now should I.........
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when I first came to psych central it irritated me too when my posts got moved, but then a kind soul here explained something to me...
when a post gets moved there is always a link to where it was moved to.. just click on the link where you posted it, and the site automatically takes you to that moved post. I didnt have go go searching for my posts constantly.
another tip is when ever I make a thread I subscribe to it. (after you click on your thread you will see a tab called thread tools. in there you can subscribe to that thread) then if I want to check out my threads I can do so from my profile.
two great ways to keep track of threads so if they end up getting moved I can find them easily.
another tip I have found helpful in my finding my threads quickly is placing a link to them in my signature.
I know it can be upsetting for threads to be moved but I have discovered that when threads get moved most times they end up getting more people reading and eventually replying because more people can relate to what ever the topic is, if the thread is in the forum that the thread is about.
some members I have noticed do a really neat trick with making sure their posts/ threads get seen by those not in that forum by posting a generalized post in the forum of their choice saying something like...
can someone tell me what they think and help with what I posted here (link to the thread in another forum that needs attention and help)
sometimes people also pm me asking me to check out their thread and ask me to reply in it. maybe you can pm who ever you want to read your post and get help from them that way too.
my point there are lots of ways I have found to get around my anxiety of having posts be one place and the next day be somewhere else. its not so bad once I got used to it.
I also agree with the fact that if posting didnt get moved and individual forums used it would be so confusing. I have been on other sites and many people complain that their post just got buried because as people posted what was posted before just moved down the page and after so many pages people were not reading those posts from hours or days ago. to confusing to have to read down 5-10 pages just to find one thread. I really like it that psych central keeps their forums clean and orderly by moving posts sometimes.