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[allthingsmedical]

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https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/one-off-or-the-start-of-a-major-change-in-admissions.1370451/

The link was posted by @gyngyn in the thread linked below to follow the discussion:

Thoughts on new Texas Tech Health Sciences Center admissions policy?

Is this a new trend in admissions? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/texas-tech-agrees-to-stop-using-race-in-medical-school-admissions/2019/04/09/81da7324-5aee-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4e1b04388572

forums.studentdoctor.net

 

[puahate]

They want to push this issue aside as if it is not real...

 

[Lawpy]

Why do I need permission to view the thread below?

https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/one-off-or-the-start-of-a-major-change-in-admissions.1370451/

The link was posted by @gyngyn in the thread linked below to follow the discussion:

Thoughts on new Texas Tech Health Sciences Center admissions policy?

Is this a new trend in admissions? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/texas-tech-agrees-to-stop-using-race-in-medical-school-admissions/2019/04/09/81da7324-5aee-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4e1b04388572

forums.studentdoctor.net

Because it got moved to a forum where you need a certain level of activity to view it.

 

[allthingsmedical]

Because it got moved to a forum where you need a certain level of activity to view it.

Thanks for the reply. Do you know what the criteria is for gaining permission to this secret forum?

 

[Lawpy]

Thanks for the reply. Do you know what the criteria is for gaining permission to this secret forum?

Not sure. You'd probably need to be a member for at least few months and have a certain number of posts, but these often change.

 

[allthingsmedical]

Not sure. You'd probably need to be a member for at least few months and have a certain number of posts, but these often change.

You've been here for a bit; do you know the reason for the administrative roadblock to that forum?

 

[puahate]

You've been here for a bit; do you know the reason for the administrative roadblock to that forum?

Because SPF is controversial.

 

[Lawpy]

You've been here for a bit; do you know the reason for the administrative roadblock to that forum?

It's likely to prevent new members from posting/spamming inflammatory threads and riling up the established members there.

 

[allthingsmedical]

Because SPF is controversial.

What's SPF?

 

[allthingsmedical]

It's likely to prevent new members from posting/spamming inflammatory threads and riling up the established members there.

Gotcha, thanks for the insight.

 

[dr_kateb]

What's SPF?

Sociopolitical Forum

“Our country has become increasingly divided over the most minor of issues. Based on how insane our country has become, I'd like to ensure that SDN is not part of the problem (even if it's a very small part). We should work to reverse this trend. Moving forward the SP Forum will no longer be listed as part of the SDN Forums.

In the 90s, I hoped the web would bring our nation closer together. Online communities seemed like a great thing. Instead the web seems to have given us a national consciousness that has devolved to the most primal level. Without the social-norming effects of face-to-face interactions, the Freudian id appears to have taken over.”

- mod

 

[Goro]

What's SPF?

Socio-political forum. It's the closest thing SDN has to a cesspool. Typical threads run some 20-30 pages with these types of conversations:

A: X is bad!
B: X is good!
C and D: Try to explain logically why X is bad
E and F: try to explain lofgically why X is good
[At least three SDNers] demand evidence as if the OP was a submission to Lancet
A, G and H: X is really bad!
B, I and J: X is really good!
K: F you! X is bad!
L and M: F you! X is good!!!
LA Dodgers fan: F the Red Sox!!!
N: random comment that makes no sense
everybody else: ??????
Moderator: let's try to be civil here, folks
O, P Q and R: make comments about different politicians
S: makes some libertarian comments
ThoracicGuy: posts "Bruh!" meme
Everybody else: posts pro-x and anti-X memes

Repeat process for n pages.

 

[allthingsmedical]

Thanks for the replies, everyone.