Nighthawk
Senior member
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2013
- Messages
- 833
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 12/2011
- Country
- US
- State
- Maryland
- City
- Anne Arundel Co
I want to remind people here (PALS & CALS alike) that there are posters (newbies) that resort on using multiple identities to sow discord and confusion. One of their tactics is to try to drive a wedge between members of our Forum community by drawing a distinction between who purportedly answered their questions in a "helpful and friendly" way, versus the "less helpful and critical comments" by others.
These posters (newbies) with several Forum identities generally have symptoms that point way away from ALS but tend to be argumentative and keep repeating somewhat hair-splitting questions about why their symptoms do not count as ALS.
Given the very easy way of creating new Internet identities, it's very likely that these people (newbies) would continue to return continuously here under new nicknames and/or identities.
You've got to be aware of new threads that bear some similarities and resemblances to earlier threads which have proven to be very troublesome. The themes and even the tone of the writing may seem familiar or very similar.
While we can and should offer help and friendship to those in genuine need, let's bear all this in mind when replying to such threads and remain watchful against any attempts to splinter our small PALS/CALS community.
Best regards,
These posters (newbies) with several Forum identities generally have symptoms that point way away from ALS but tend to be argumentative and keep repeating somewhat hair-splitting questions about why their symptoms do not count as ALS.
Given the very easy way of creating new Internet identities, it's very likely that these people (newbies) would continue to return continuously here under new nicknames and/or identities.
You've got to be aware of new threads that bear some similarities and resemblances to earlier threads which have proven to be very troublesome. The themes and even the tone of the writing may seem familiar or very similar.
While we can and should offer help and friendship to those in genuine need, let's bear all this in mind when replying to such threads and remain watchful against any attempts to splinter our small PALS/CALS community.
Best regards,