dannyw
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
No, the forum isn't a democracy. It's owned privately. However, that's not a reason not to change. A good forum should, within reason, be run by the members. Rules shouldn't be set, they should be voted on.I think this thread is an excellent example of why the moderators are doing a good, necessary job.
Within a few posts it's become a lchf issue.
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There are other ways apart from lchf, they moderate equally on these threads as well.
(The forum isn't a democracy, as far as I know, someone owns it, sets the rules, appoints the management, and let's us post. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be as popular as it is now, the fact we're all here shows the majority of us seem to find the model is working ok)
We know it's a popular forum and yes, we know it works but that's not a reason to prevent change and try to improve things. The forum works, yes, but it could certainly work better. How many of the hundreds of thousands of members actively post ? Where have they all gone ? Has this forum improved their diabetes management ? Who knows. So, to say "it works" is very relative and unfounded. A huge platform like this should be leading the way, not advising newbies that they can carry on eating the same things they did prior to diagnosis. Moderators are only human. There are good and bad and make mistakes as well as good work. Currently, if a mistake is made, there is no appeal.