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10161776 tn?1408501669

Subcategory or more attention to user groups

There's some communities that could use subcategories for specific things that are common within, but I
think for most communities it might just complicate, making navigation harder.

So what if more attention to was given to the user created groups by showing they are connected with the
health communities/forums. I guess it would kind of be like tags for each health community, but the tags would be the user groups are relate to what the community is. Example would be the rare diseases health community has user groups RARE disease I and RARE disease xyz. A user viewing the rare disease health community could then see user groups that are related on the side, above, or somewhere off to the side of where all the threads are.
Hope this makes sense. This seems like it could make finding user groups easier and bring them more attention while still keeping the health forums as the primary entity.


  

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707563 tn?1626361905
Yes, that's true, but if you are doing a search on the site for excessive sweating, for example, and that was one of your tags, your group would come up in that search. Right now, it doesn't.

If you go to the top right corner of the page, and search "sweating", you can see that Forums and Groups will appear in the search (they do in every search). These don't apply just for searching for user groups, but for the whole site.

I hope that helps. If you need assistance in developing your group, please feel free to let me know.

Emily
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Hi - thanks!  I'll be sure to pass this additional feedback on to the staff that make these decisions.
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10161776 tn?1408501669
Yes, I know that there's tags for user groups. However, this would only bring relevant user groups to a user if he/she using the search box. It seems to me that many users click on forums and then scroll down until they see something that gets their attention. And the issue is that only the top 20 user groups are displayed on the forums page. And they are at the very bottom, below health forums and ask a doctor/expert.
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Thanks for your suggestion, Foggy2 -- I'll pass this on to the folks who make such things happen.

Right now, SAI threads would be appropriate in both the Adrenal Insufficiency and Pituitary/Brain Tumor communities.  While our managers explore the possibility of a opening a new community, you might want to consider starting a user group so that you can get the focus you're looking for right now.  These groups are moderated by their creators; they can be made public or private, and take a couple minutes to set up.  You can find out more here:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/MedHelp/MedHelp---Groups/show/1021?cid=88
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10389859 tn?1409921868
No...I'm saying add  Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency (SAI), which is a different disease then Addison's, and it's no where to be found on this forum.
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707563 tn?1626361905
Hi there -

You can add tags to your group so there is a better chance your group will show in the related communities and in searches. Here's the link to that area in your user group:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_groups/edit/1548

Some tags could be Sweating Disorders, Rare Diseases, Neurology, Excessive Sweating.

Let us know if you need any assistance.

Emily

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3147776 tn?1549545810
Hi - we do have a separate community for Addison's: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Addisons-Disease/show/1217

If that's not what you're asking for, please let us know.
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10389859 tn?1409921868
Yes...the Adrenal Insufficiency forum needs to be separated into Addison's (Primary) and Secondary AI (SAI).  Or users need to be specific on what type of disease they have.  Primary is a problem with the Adrenal gland, while SAI is a problem of the pituitary gland.
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Hi - thanks!  We try to keep a balance between offering specific forums and providing communities that are active.  If there are rare or less common conditions that have an active user base here, I'm sure the community organizer would consider creating a separate community for it.  Have you noticed any specific subgroups that are particularly active?
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