Please Respect our Message Board Protocol

[Joe]

There seems to be some confusion in posting to our message boards. The Main or HER2 Board is primarily to as questions, voice concerns, and to share emotions and/or experiences.

Results of clinical trials or research should be posted on our Articles of Interest" board. Instead of posting an entire article, please try to post a link pointing to the article as the increasing size of our database is actually slowing our service down. I tried to provide a gentle hint by limiting posts to 2500 characters but that doesn't seem to work.

There is a misconception that posts on the HER2 Board are read more frequently than posts on other boards. Our message board measures "views" but not posts that were actually read. I receive very comprensive information through the administrators panel and find that the time spent reading many of these posts averages less than 3 seconds when posted on the HER2 board, but when they are relocated to the Articles of Interest Board the average time spent on each post is markedly longer.

The popularity of our website and the number of our programs are steadily increasing, as well as my responsiblities. There are several major improvements being planned for early 2007 which is the culmination of hours of planning. I do not need the added burdens of having to sort out posts every day.

Warmest Regards
Joe