I have decades of experience on several topics that pop up on this board frequently, and also maintain a massive medical file full of articles and recommendations for many conditions that people ask about. I used to post frequently, but as you say, there are some miserable people out there who attack at the drop of a hat, and I don't come here for that. I rarely post any longer...but got my very first death threat a couple weeks ago (the individual said he would be pleased to do it himself) when I was describing my recent stem cell/PRP treatment. Apparently I'm part of the "eat babies" crowd for participating in ortho regenerative therapy.
One thing I have noticed within the past few weeks here, is that there has been an explosion of 2-3 year old accounts...and some of these accounts seem to be for the purpose of derailing threads and demoralizing members. I have absolutely no idea how the process can be manipulated to show an account has a longer age than in reality, but perhaps these are just sleeper accounts that have become activated.
The first few months I was active on this board, I would fact-check people who would throw memes, etc., on here from Facebook without checking if they were true or not. (Mostly alleged quotes from people who said no such thing.) I learned my lesson doing that -- trying to keep the board informed of the truth about things is not always welcomed.
I, too, have noticed that the population of the members here has declined sharply, and I agree for the reasons others have suggested.
I have decades of experience on several topics that pop up on this board frequently, and also maintain a massive medical file full of articles and recommendations for many conditions that people ask about. I used to post frequently, but as you say, there are some miserable people out there who attack at the drop of a hat, and I don't come here for that. I rarely post any longer...but got my very first death threat a couple weeks ago (the individual said he would be pleased to do it himself) when I was describing my recent stem cell/PRP treatment. Apparently I'm part of the "eat babies" crowd for participating in ortho regenerative therapy.
One thing I have noticed within the past few weeks here, is that there has been an explosion of 2-3 year old accounts...and some of these accounts seem to be for the purpose of derailing threads and demoralizing members. I have absolutely no idea how the process can be manipulated to show an account has a longer age than in reality, but perhaps these are just sleeper accounts that have become activated.
The first few months I was active on this board, I would fact-check people who would throw memes, etc., on here from Facebook without checking if they were true or not. (Mostly alleged quotes from people who said no such thing.) I learned my lesson doing that -- trying to keep the board informed of the truth about things is not always welcomed.
I, too, have noticed that the population of the members here has declined sharply, and I agree for the reasons others have suggested.
I pretty much just lurk any longer.