A simple courtesy...

[PDConscience]

One of the most useful PD forums on Facebook (which "shares news about PD research and facilitates discussion between researchers, scientists and patients") demands a simple courtesy of those who join the group.

Rather than regularly littering the forum pages with links prefaced with little more than vague allusions as to what the link may (or may not) lead to, they ask that those posting a link take a moment to "explain why you are sharing a link, 'you might be interested' or 'have you seen this' does not credit the fact that you have actually read the post and thought about it enough to find it an important topic to discuss".

They also request that members "try and use "quotation marks" if you are directly quoting someone so that the source of ideas is acknowledged."

A brief explanation as to "why you are sharing a link" - together with one or two pertinent quotes to summarize the heart of the issue presented - allows others a more informed decision as to whether the posted link is of personal interest to them.

What a radical concept!

[Hidden]

Sensible. Of course if you enforced it here there'd be nothing left.

[Gioc]

"One of the most useful PD forums on Facebook ...”

is there no link?

😃

[Hidden in reply to Gioc]

I think that this would be the responsibility of the moderator.

[GymBag]

Yea wheres the link

[Hidden in reply to GymBag]

LoL😀 An explanation with no link! Just the opposite of what the OP intended.

[PDConscience in reply to Hidden]

The intent of the post was to highlight the importance of applying some basic etiquette when posting links to an online forum (for a premier example of someone who may benefit see: self).

The intent was NOT to promote another forum (I believe doing so is taboo here). But, for you and others who may need to brush up on basic posting etiquette, search 'Parkinson's Research Interest Group' on FB and click 'About'.

*Another rule you may find particularly useful: "Posts submitted and comments made must be about PD or related subjects, writing "this isn't about PD, but" is a sure sign the post may not be for this site".

[Gioc in reply to PDConscience]

IMO every forum has its own rules and are part of the reason for its success or not.

Healtunlocked according to this article has a few million inscribed:

engagementstrategy.com/arti...

The rules we sign up to when we sign up are the policy we agree on at the time.

These are the rules of HU:

parkinsonsmovement.com/foru...

IIMO are very respectful of people and well balanced.

[PDConscience in reply to Gioc]

Yes, I’m sure it’s perfectly fine to promote your intriguing interpretation of the true ‘Mediterranean Diet’ on the HU PD forum (along with the critical ‘Mediterranean’ kiwi component) - and I’m sure one or two people will actually take it seriously - but most members are here in search of useful PD related info and discussion. A touch of common sense and some basic etiquette might save the HU PD forum from becoming yet another tedious social exchange.

[Gioc in reply to PDConscience]

LOL

sorry if I smile, but only you can think that a fruit like kiwi cannot be part of the Mediterranean diet because native plant of China. Many vegetables from the Mediterranean diet are not native to that part of the planet, such as tomatoes, oranges, even some blueberry variations, to name the most common ones. I understand that based on your previous profile that the latin name kiwi, actinidia "chinensis", is enough to mock my post and me, but it doesn't work like that. The fruit is fruit and has its characteristics that also depend on a how and where they are cultivated ie the climate and the soil. These are trivial practical things that every farmer knows and a bit risky on your part to criticize the post of an Italian son of farmers who has always lived growing plants. If you had ever cultivated a broccoli, you would know these things and you wouldn't laugh .

My friend, forget about what you have no experience so avoid making a bad impression.

I just tell you that a farmer does not eat what leads to large retailers for two pennies, he cultivates and raises apart what he eats which is much more good and cared for, at km 0. There is a big difference, trust me, that's it.

ijphjournal.it/article/down...

“The Mediterranean diet is not only a diet: it is a culture, a tradition, a high quality and sustainable “art”. There is evidence that the traditional Mediterranean diet is a dietary model mainly followed in rural zones and mainly by older age classes, due to both a higher attention to their health status and to their bonds with traditional foods.”.

[danfitz]

🤗 no link