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Mooseman

room topic changed to The Drug Store: General discussion for Health Stack Exchange [health]

First.

Jez

Second

michaelpri

Hello Everyone

Jez

hey

michaelpri

What's up

Jez

7:56 PM

you're a mod

michaelpri

Yeah, on LifeHacks

Jez

8:13 PM

@michaelpri re: your answer on craze lines, i found this link as an example of more craze lines: doctorspiller.com/images/CrackedTooth/Crazes2.jpg

and this site in general that is really useful for all things dental: doctorspiller.com/Nice_Teeth/Nice_Teeth.htm

you might want to edit your answer to include them

michaelpri

@Jez Thanks, I did see some pictures, so the ones in your post aren't bad at all

Jez

@michaelpri I think you should link to the other link i posted too

michaelpri

@Jez I edited in a different link that explains craze lines very well

Mooseman

9:34 PM

← 7 messages moved from Health

Shokhet

@Mooseman Hiya @Mooseman ...enjoying your mod priveleges? ;)

Mooseman

@Shokhet :D

For the good of the internets :D

Shokhet

Of course, of course :)

michaelpri

@Mooseman I was gonna do it, but when I got on my computer everything was already done

Shokhet

You're here too, @michaelpri! Hi :)

michaelpri

9:37 PM

@Shokhet Hey, what's up!

Shokhet

How's LH going? ...haven't been there in a while; but got the private beta email for Health

michaelpri

Ehh, stuff has slowed down a bit

Moderating hasn't been very hard

Shokhet

:/

michaelpri

I don't think there's been any mod flags in 2 day

Shokhet

I looked into the Junk Drawer a few times....I don't think that the "Mr. Hacky" fully oneboxing each new question is very conducive to conversation....but that's chat.

Mooseman

9:38 PM

@michaelpri I've reviewed one this week. :/

Shokhet

Wow.

Mooseman

in The Junk Drawer, 6 hours ago, by Feeds

Mooseman has made a change to the feeds posted into this room

Shokhet

@Mooseman You killed that bot? Well done :)

...make it a ticker tape thingy instead

Mooseman

What can I say? xD

Shokhet

What do you guys think the problem is?

Mooseman

9:42 PM

@Shokhet We need more content imo

How does everybody like "The Drug Store" as the room name?

Shokhet

@Mooseman I think it's pretty cute :)

michaelpri

Very good name

Shokhet

@Mooseman I have an LH question I've been meaning to write for a while....maybe I'll do that now

michaelpri

A lot better than Health Chat

Mooseman

:)

@Shokhet uh-oh...

Shokhet

9:44 PM

....though I might finish the HSE Q/A set I'm writing, first

Faheem Mitha

9:59 PM

Glad this site made it. Wasn't sure it would. How is everyone today?

@Mooseman Well, it implies taking drugs is necessary for good health. So, honestly, not that much.

Shokhet

@FaheemMitha I'm good. How are you?

Faheem Mitha

Could we change it to The Yoga Store, perhaps?

@Shokhet Doing ok, thanks.

Shokhet

@FaheemMitha Glad to hear it :)

Faheem Mitha

Less activity than I would have expected, but I guess it is still a private beta.

How long ago did this site go live?

Shokhet

Judging from (what looks like) the earliest question...maybe 3 hrs? ...I just got here, myself

Faheem Mitha

10:03 PM

@Shokhet Ok.

I logged in as soon as I got an invitation in my mailbox.

Shokhet

Same

michaelpri

10:57 PM

Got mortarboard :)

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri how does one get a mortarboard?

michaelpri

@FaheemMitha It happens when you hit the daily rep limit

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri Oh, congrats.

michaelpri

I actually haven't hit it yet, it must be a bug

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri report it, maybe?

Jez

11:06 PM

@FaheemMitha yeah, i got a bunch of people signed up when we were over 100 committers, but then there was a total lull in committers. recently, there was an uptick for some reason

michaelpri

Ehh, I don't really think it's that big of a deal

Faheem Mitha

@Jez Yes, I noticed that it has gone quiet for a while. A site like this should really be a juggernaut, rivalling SO in activity. There are 7 billion people on this planet. They all have health questions. Granted, only a fraction have computers.

Contrast that to SO. How many people on this planet are programmers?

@Jez did you propose this site?

No, I see you didn't.

Jez

nope, but there was a health proposal before

it died

can't remember whether i proposed that

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri bugs should be fixed.

Jez

but i committed to this one when i saw it had been ressurrected

Faheem Mitha

11:10 PM

@Jez why do you think this one was different?

Jez

because i'm pretty sure the old one was closed because of lack of interest

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri thanks for the reply. And the links.

@Jez yes, but why the difference.

michaelpri

@FaheemMitha No problem

Jez

because when you have one closed you have to start a brand new one

Faheem Mitha

@michaelpri what would be really interesting would be to analyze the data.

@Jez no, I mean, why did that site not make it when this one did?

Jez

11:12 PM

no idea.

Faheem Mitha

Two different sites, with similar topics. One succeeds, the other fails.

@Jez ok. Yes, I'm surprised it took so long for a site like this to arrive.

Medical stuff is one of the main things people use the net for. It's also high on people's concerns. Yet look at what SE sites are successful.

Jez

i guess it's easy to ask health questions, but harder to answer them well

Faheem Mitha

@Jez True, but why would it stop a site for even starting? I can imagine that could be a contributing cause to eventual failure.

Jez

it would really suck if they ended up closing Health down

i'd imagine they'd do that if too many "easy" questions were being asked

michaelpri

A lot of the questions have been pretty "hard"

michaelpri

11:33 PM

Now I've hit the rep cap

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