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MrsC614
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Confused.........about moving posts
Maybe someone can better explain the process to me. There many times that I have posted on this board and I will receive an fm from admin saying it was moved for whatever reason. But who makes that determination? Is it people reporting the post? Does it take 1 person or multiple people? And what is the "families helping families" board actually for?? Last week I posted looking for a therapist, and it was moved to health where NO ONE responded to it, yet a post about tampons stays here for more than 2 days I mean, isn't that health related and not necessarily fhf?? When I posted my post about therapists, it was because me and my family needed help, hense the name of this board. Just really confused about the process and what this board is meant for. Can someone explain? Because I almost feel like it's sort of like if you don't belong to the clique, post gets moved. And it's really aggravating.
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
In my experience, posts only get moved if TPTB are a fan of the person that requested it to be moved. I've had posts moved that had no business being moved and requested posts to be moved that had no business being on FHF and they stay. It is what it is. I just figured that it's easier to go with the flow at this point, than to complain about it.
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| Posted 2/17/12 12:31 PM |
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jilliibabii
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
This is a peeve of mine, too. While I understand the need for separate boards, some of them get little to no traffic and posting on them at all is moot. I also hate that someone took time out of their day to "report" my post for being on the "wrong" board.  You guys really have nothing better to do?!
But, what I do to avoid this situation, is post it on whatever board TPTB deem appropriate and then do another post on FHF with a link to my politically correct post. Those are never moved and you can bump them until you are blue in the face. How that is ANY different from just posting the regular post on FHF is beyond me. But it usually keeps everyone happy.
ETA: And I agree that you can argue that almost any and every single post ever posted by any member of LIF ever can be construed as "Families Helping Families."
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MrsC614
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
It's so stupid makes me not want to post here anymore, on lif in general. I never remember it being like this! But I think it's all about the clique.
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| Posted 2/17/12 1:19 PM |
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MrsC614
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Message edited 2/17/2012 1:22:34 PM.
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Christine
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
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| Posted 2/17/12 1:24 PM |
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jams92
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
ITA, its pretty frustrating.
I post things on other boards but they get no responses bc the boards get little or no traffic. This seems to be the main one which is why I tend to post things here.
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| Posted 2/17/12 1:26 PM |
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MrsC614
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by Christine
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
I think this board needs to be rename to miscellaneous because it's certainly not families helping families in most cases and mostly bs...........So if bs is allowed to be on this board, why not anything else? Like questions that actually might belong here, like regarding therapists and help rather than tampons? Or which ever celebrity died? Or how peopl like their kindle? Kwim?
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MrsMerlot
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsC614
Posted by Christine
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
I think this board needs to be rename to miscellaneous because it's certainly not families helping families in most cases and mostly bs...........So if bs is allowed to be on this board, why not anything else? Like questions that actually might belong here, like regarding therapists and help rather than tampons? Or which ever celebrity died? Or how peopl like their kindle? Kwim?
I agree w/Christine. I belong to a few other chat forums, and if you post on the wrong board, the admins move the post instantly and give you a warning...
In regards to the OP - why would tampons belong on FHF? To me, it's something that belongs on Health/Beauty, etc.
FHF is already a "miscellaneous" board - so if it doesn't fit into the other boards like home/celeb gossip/beauty/sports, etc. then it goes here.
I get that the other boards don't get as much action as FHF, but people that are strictly interested in each topic, they'll go to the respective boards and help you out.
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| Posted 2/17/12 1:44 PM |
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
I only really post on one other board and they have a forum called "the lounge" where basically everybody ends up posting about everything.
And posts really don't get moved EVER. The only reason would honestly be to edit or delete if someone posted something that was seriously out of line, or spam.
Perhaps something like that should be created here.
This is not the first time I have seen a post like this and I totally get how it is offensive. I believe some posters who never have caused drama and were valuable contributors to this site have also had this done (usually related to serious problems they were seeking support around), and some have left over it too.
I would like to think though that overall, a moving on a post here is not a personal attack.
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MrsC614
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsMerlot
Posted by MrsC614
Posted by Christine
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
I think this board needs to be rename to miscellaneous because it's certainly not families helping families in most cases and mostly bs...........So if bs is allowed to be on this board, why not anything else? Like questions that actually might belong here, like regarding therapists and help rather than tampons? Or which ever celebrity died? Or how peopl like their kindle? Kwim?
I agree w/Christine. I belong to a few other chat forums, and if you post on the wrong board, the admins move the post instantly and give you a warning...
In regards to the OP - why would tampons belong on FHF? To me, it's something that belongs on Health/Beauty, etc.
FHF is already a "miscellaneous" board - so if it doesn't fit into the other boards like home/celeb gossip/beauty/sports, etc. then it goes here.
I get that the other boards don't get as much action as FHF, but people that are strictly interested in each topic, they'll go to the respective boards and help you out.
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MrsC614
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
I completely agree the tampon post belongs on either health or beauty........which is why the process is very confusing and frustrating. Maybe admin can answer this question??
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Jenn627
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Yes - people report them.
Don't know why we're calling out the tampon thread though. Kinda sounds like "why is the tampon thread still here, but not mine???" 
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GoldenRod
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsMerlot
Posted by MrsC614
Posted by Christine
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
I think this board needs to be rename to miscellaneous because it's certainly not families helping families in most cases and mostly bs...........So if bs is allowed to be on this board, why not anything else? Like questions that actually might belong here, like regarding therapists and help rather than tampons? Or which ever celebrity died? Or how peopl like their kindle? Kwim?
I agree w/Christine. I belong to a few other chat forums, and if you post on the wrong board, the admins move the post instantly and give you a warning...
In regards to the OP - why would tampons belong on FHF? To me, it's something that belongs on Health/Beauty, etc.
FHF is already a "miscellaneous" board - so if it doesn't fit into the other boards like home/celeb gossip/beauty/sports, etc. then it goes here.
I get that the other boards don't get as much action as FHF, but people that are strictly interested in each topic, they'll go to the respective boards and help you out.
This was a "generic" name before. I don't recall the exact name, but it was a generic name. TPTB decided to change it for business reasons.
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maymama
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsMerlot
In regards to the OP - why would tampons belong on FHF? To me, it's something that belongs on Health/Beauty, etc.
I think that was the point - why does the Tampons question remain (and I totally thought it would have been moved by now) but hers did not.
its a double edged sword. they have to try to maintain fine lines otherwise posts will be all over the place and there will be little to no organization. sometimes its a judgement call i guess but it is annoying - just the nature of the beast I guess?
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maymama
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by Jenn627
Yes - people report them.
Don't know why we're calling out the tampon thread though. Kinda sounds like "why is the tampon thread still here, but not mine???"
i think she is just making a point, point needs example...
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
It seems to pretty much boil down to whether someone reported it or not.
TPTB do NOT troll the board looking to move posts. The only time they move someone is if something reports it. So someone saw your post and decided to report it and it got moved.
I don't think it's a case that only TPTB move posts of people they like, because I know they love me and I have had posts moved. 
It comes down to if someone either
a)just feels like reporting posts for whatever reason (just think topic should be moved, is having a bad day, likes to be a narc)
b)or just doesn't like the poster and wants to be a d*ck
Such is the flow of LIF and this topic comes up alllllll the time.
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Christine
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by MrsMerlot
Posted by MrsC614
Posted by Christine
I post on several other message boards and LIF is the most relaxed about where to post and none other allows cross posting. If people posted where it should go, people with information will respond in the appropriate place but half the time the responses end up on the FHF cross post thread. That just defeats the purpose. If there was consistancy and maybe less forums with better descriptions then threads on other forums would get the traffic people are looking for.
I think this board needs to be rename to miscellaneous because it's certainly not families helping families in most cases and mostly bs...........So if bs is allowed to be on this board, why not anything else? Like questions that actually might belong here, like regarding therapists and help rather than tampons? Or which ever celebrity died? Or how peopl like their kindle? Kwim?
I agree w/Christine. I belong to a few other chat forums, and if you post on the wrong board, the admins move the post instantly and give you a warning...
In regards to the OP - why would tampons belong on FHF? To me, it's something that belongs on Health/Beauty, etc.
FHF is already a "miscellaneous" board - so if it doesn't fit into the other boards like home/celeb gossip/beauty/sports, etc. then it goes here.
I get that the other boards don't get as much action as FHF, but people that are strictly interested in each topic, they'll go to the respective boards and help you out.
This was a "generic" name before. I don't recall the exact name, but it was a generic name. TPTB decided to change it for business reasons.
It was Not Family Related.
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ChilisWife
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
I wish I had so much free time to spend reporting posts! Sorry but moved posts annoy me. People post where they post for a reason and if you are going to allow "x-posting" anyway then I don't see the point.
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Lisa
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Must be Friday.....
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by ChilisWife
I wish I had so much free time to spend reporting posts!
I always have to laugh when I see someone post this response on one of these threads. (I'm not laughing at YOU per se, just that this exact sentence always comes up.)
It takes all of 1 second to report a post. It's not a long process. It's not like someone is taking 2 hours out of their day to report a post. KWIM?
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by Lisa
Must be Friday.....
Where's the LIFAdmin guy to come and post a link to 10 other "moved posts" threads?
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maymama
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsPJB2007
Posted by ChilisWife
I wish I had so much free time to spend reporting posts!
I always have to laugh when I see someone post this response on one of these threads. (I'm not laughing at YOU per se, just that this exact sentence always comes up.)
It takes all of 1 second to report a post. It's not a long process. It's not like someone is taking 2 hours out of their day to report a post. KWIM?
but who cares? i think thats the point. i have never once thought about reporting a post for it being "on the wrong board"
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jilliibabii
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by MrsPJB2007
Posted by ChilisWife
I wish I had so much free time to spend reporting posts!
I always have to laugh when I see someone post this response on one of these threads. (I'm not laughing at YOU per se, just that this exact sentence always comes up.)
It takes all of 1 second to report a post. It's not a long process. It's not like someone is taking 2 hours out of their day to report a post. KWIM?
Welllll pinning takes up every free second of my time. 
ETA: I'm only HALF kidding. 
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Confused.........about moving posts
Posted by maymama
but who cares? i think thats the point. i have never once thought about reporting a post for it being "on the wrong board"
I have reported a post before because I thought maybe it might get traffic on another board. Like someone asking a question about mortgages or window treatments on FHF would likely get the best answer on the Home board, and I will report that and it gets moved. Particularly if it is someone who is a new poster and may not have looked other boards.
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