Friends of Captain Awkward

I just had this error occur to me from my phone. I wasn't connected to WiFi when it happened, so once I got connected, I was able to access the forum again. Just wanted to give the mods a heads up that this still pops up as an issue.

Congratulations, all of you! You all are so wonderful and thoughtful. Thank you for taking on this role to help this community!

Adding my voice to the chorus of appreciation! You all are so responsive and compassionate, even when you have to shut down difficult discussions. You all really help make this the amazing space it is!

Congratulations Ruby! You are a wonderful addition to our amazing admod team. You'll be great!

I would love that! I've been using the same money on Kiva for a few years now, and just recently left the group I was in. I really like Kiva because if you wait until you get paid back, you can reinvest the same money.

So excited to have you as a mod, mooocow! The admod team is awesome, and you are awesome, so it is going to be great!

Thanks!

Sorry for not being clearer! The researchers were looking at a forum as a whole, and then using all threads/topics that were about a particular subject. It would be like someone going through all the posts here and studying all the ones related to interpersonal support, for example. It wasn't solely...

I was wondering if the forum has an official policy regarding research. I just read an article that when through an online forum and did a qualitative study, and it got me thinking. The article did not make it sound as if consent was obtained from all the posters, as it was available online content....

Speaking as someone who would be part of implementing this system it looks a tad more complicated from the inside. First of all the technology of the forum isn't as malleable as we'd like it to be and there are still other technological requests that we have been unable to provide (such as hiding t...