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Was outrage really what you read from that? It’s referring to the tone, and I can assure you from receiving many private messages thanking me for bringing it up, it isn’t only me that feels that way.
You can run it to have polite informative discussions or it can be a complete free for all. You can have discussions that only restrict vulgarity and racial slurs, or they can use a light hand that facilitates healthy discussion of weighty matters.
Moderators on other forums set the tone. Here, the inmates run the asylum, now. It’s the Lord of Flies down here, insults and recriminations about how people practice and about their motivations and how specific individuals aren’t doing enough. There isn’t a less supportive, insult laden forum like this on SDN.
I hope the tone eventually gets back to where it was in years past. The board was incredibly informative to me in the past and I have great appreciation for that.
Best of luck. Hopefully things get better in our field! Feel free the delete the account, as I’ve said my piece.
Again, the goal of SDN is to have moderators do the least amount that is necessary. You are more than welcome to continue posting your opinions, as are any of those agreeing with you.
The tone will natrually improve once the field itself improves. Hopefully those that have the power to change it do so. This is not in anyway to denigrate those who are actively fighting against the current path - I have nothing but admiration for folks like ARRO, Amdur and Lee who challenge the ABR on their non-sense.
At the same time, the folks who make it seem like residency expansion is only correctable by market forces (surprise, it's not, even when 10% of your incoming class goes unmatched, there will be rad oncs who failed to match, failed derm/ENT/ortho/ophtho/urology candidates, and IMGs who will come fill those spots) have offered no solutions, stating that their hands are tied by the fear of lawsuits. While I and anyone else can have an opinion as to what to do, that doesn't really matter.