World of Psychology

BrainTalk Communities Again in Trouble

By John M Grohol PsyD
May 8, 2007

It was only 9 months ago that we wrote about the fact BrainTalk had been offline for a few months, with no notice that it would ever return (it eventually did, 3 months after going offline, and having lost its entire 5-year archive). Because of that, we started NeuroTalk, a new home for support of people with neurological and other health issues.

We only mention this, because since Friday, BrainTalk has again been experiencing technical difficulties that make accessing the site frustrating and slow (if it can even be accessed at all). But what makes it all the more frustrating for its users is that no ETA has been given when the problem will be fixed (if it will be fixed). Here’s hoping to it’s “sooner” rather than “later.”


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“BrainTalk Communities Again in Trouble”

When the site first went down I was in a perplexing mood about it. On one hand i was glad to see it gone and the one chosen by JL to run it off of the net. On the other hand I was as sure as i could be that there would not be another that could replace ilt.

When Neurotalk came on I was again in a quandry. I hoped against hope that JL could see the damage that had been done to many members by his mistaken choice of assistant but I was wrong and it has just continued to be what it had become detrimental to the members, a lot of members, but some never saw what had happened and so continued on.

Now it is down again and it is because there is no one there who has been given any authority to maintain it or maybe wouldn’t be able to if they were. Never the less it is down again.

But and this is a big but. All of the doubts I had about a replacement for Braintalk have vanished in the interim.

We now have Neurotalk and while it is not perfect it has given a freedom of speech that has long ago disappeared from the previous site.
site.

Neurotalk is the place to find the solace and support advocacy opportunities that are so badly needed by the patients of today.

This is a totally unsolicited opion that is exclusively mine and I have been around BT from the very beginning and now it’s successor Neurotalk.

Thank you for allowing me to speak my mind.

Thelma and because of all the breakdowns previously also known as ThelmaOne and Thelmas

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