Seriously? What new point system? Where do I find out about this? Totally right dmazment...the way you describe it sounds more like a job than a site used for enjoyment, peer interaction, and elightenment. 

In all honesty, I have received less enjoyment out of it as of late. I'll take partial responsibility, but then a portion I place on management of the site for adjusting-adjusting-adjusting -forever rearranging things (some good, some less than good). Then again, I make the choice whether to log or not, no one's holding a gun to my head.


I would llike to appeal to the management at NursingLink.com to please slow down the disruption a bit and stop the drastic changes at warp speed. Just let some dust settle would you?

p.s.  I guess they do not want tme for a memeber.

"Reputation Scores Update"  go there, for some reason doesn't allow you to comment, but start a new topic so I started this one

okay, i found it. it is buried b/c thee are no replies and it is goiing to the bottom.

I am so done with it all. I have contributed a great deal to this site with significant nursing information and not just the break time junk. (I am not saying that the break time and goofy things are not needed). I am saying I spent hours with researching topics, writing topics and making attempts at having educational and professional discussions on here. I feel like going in and deleting every significant topic, news article, and training article that I have contributed but I will not. Instead, I am out of here and over to all nurses and med central. I hope to see some of the friends that I have made here on the other sites. I fully expect that this one will be deleted by the powers that be.

Well it is now obvious that goofiness is more rewarded on this site than anything significant.

vwoods, that's how I was. Loved it during school, didn't even know about the star thing until about a year into it. I don't try to get stars, I like reading all the info out there. I like seeing everyones views and also to find out that nursing seems the same and we are all going through simular situations. I liked the rah-rah, when I needed it. Now I just need a job as an RN, I never thought it would take time to get an RN position.

cdnurse says ...

I am so done with it all. I have contributed a great deal to this site with significant nursing information and not just the break time junk. (I am not saying that the break time and goofy things are not needed). I am saying I spent hours with researching topics, writing topics and making attempts at having educational and professional discussions on here. I feel like going in and deleting every significant topic, news article, and training article that I have contributed but I will not. Instead, I am out of here and over to all nurses and med central. I hope to see some of the friends that I have made here on the other sites. I fully expect that this one will be deleted by the powers that be.

CDNurse  I would hate to see you leave the site.  Since I have been on here i"ve learned alot from us talking one on one and the many articles and video's you have posted.  Your are a great asset to this site.  I hope you dont leave. 

 I Just noticed the new changes today and I am equally pissed I fired off a few emails to powers to be, not that anyone cares, but this new system sucks, I was actually having fun on this site but my balloon has popped, someone needs to fire the captain of this ship and find one with two firing brain cells because it makes NO sense right now at all!

Not really here for the points & all that muck.  I think when reputation scores came about it kinda skewed the perception of the site for some.  The only thing I took some pride in was that I was a "founding member".  I just wanna come on here every now & then and talk to some folks about stuff that interests me; maybe help out some "gonna-be's".  I don't want to watch nursing videos and I'm really not into the articles.  Interaction with people is what I come here for.    I've been to allnurses.com & there were about a billion nurses on there.  Not very personal & I'm not going back. So, whether or not anyone cares, I'll be here.

cdnurse says ...

"Well it is now obvious that goofiness is more rewarded on this site than anything significant"  /   Which is exactly the reason I'm #1 right now! LOL  I tried really hard for a long time to earn "points" and when I finally gave up and didn't care anymore-I got them!  I agree with RNdude-I don't care about the points now. I like coming here, meeting new people, visiting with the old people, exchanging ideas and information, learning and hopefully helping others when I can. I also like the games. They are fun and stress relievers. What you get from this site is what each individual wants and needs. Take what you will and give what you will. There's entirely too much bitchig and moaning going on right now. I, myself, am really tired of it. Let's enjoy the site for what it is-medical people coming together in the spirit of good will and shared information. Let's not bicker and complain. Let's just enjoy one another. I don't like some of the changes but I'm not going anywhere. This site has become a part of my life. I've been on it for a year now. I have met some wonderful people, learned alot and had alot of fun. So, I'm with RNdude on this.

sap- you are so right. Some people take things way too seriously. I'm here to have fun and enjoy myself. Good grief! Lighten up!   and lunarcaustic- I liked your questions. I wish you would continue with them.

The site is here for all of us to get whatever it is we want from it. It has nursing articles, information, friendship, games and fun. Take what you want and leave the rest for others to enjoy. If you don't like the games -don't play them. But stop all this whining.  Enough already!

Charlita said it well..........take what you want and leave the rest for others. It's almost like a "buffet".

I feel like everyone is making a big issue over the games and silly things people post. It's serious business all day, when I get home and I'm free, I like to chill and do something fun. This site allows you to do that.

For people who post the articles all the time, that's wonderful. I enjoy reading a variety of things.  I just don't think your a better person because you post an article......................some of which are already posted with a link to get to on AOL. Often these topics are already on the nightly news too.

Lets all be friends and professional people and stop making some people on this site feel insignificant because we aren't top posters. We are all put here for certain things. Some people do the searching and others do the work. I'm 20, young and vibrant and like making friends and meeting people with the same interests. Lets just remember what we are on this site for. STOP THE COMPLAINING. It's like TV...if you don't like the program, switch the channel.

I really could care less about all these points everyone is talking about. Points aren't getting me anything in my career and in my studies. This is make believe. It's not like you can save up your points like "green stamps" and purchase a television set!!! LOL

I thought I was done with posting here until I ran across the posts here.

Char, how in the world can you say now that you do not care about the points when all over this site you are asking for points, more than once, for playing the games and asking about getting your points back?

And char if you think that I am a bitch because I want recognition, then you got it,  I am a Bitch with a capital ‘B’

Sap: I have never ever considered myself better than anyone on this site. Never. The TRAINING ARTICLES THAT I POSTED YOU WILL NOT FIND on AOL. Nor will you find the training articles that I posted on the nightly news. Many of the training articles that I posted were authored by me. Others that I posted were from professional journals.

Also Sap, supposedly, you could save up the points like Green Stamps for products. We were to be given products to review based on points.  The points were to have some value.

Martini: you are so right, no one is whining on here.

Lunar: Yes, to some the points are not an incentive, to others the points are a big incentive. The points were a major incentive for me in the beginning. Then, it began to be a big joke because the more I was on the more points I lost.

As you said Lunar, some felt cheated. I was one who felt cheated.

I had put my heart and soul into this site. I spent hours researching and writing and I loved it. It was more than a part of my life. I loved meeting people on here and mentoring the new nurses and students. Yup, I feel cheated.

Damomb: yes, it has gotten to be just plain senseless. For at least three months the topic has come up on this site that there has been far too much time spent on fames, think fast, scrabble, etc. Not once did anyone say to NEVER play, only that we were getting away from the purpose of the site; the purpose being to network and to exchange information.  

In addition, I have seen people run off of this site, now I am run of it, because of mean and nasty attitudes. After  B.J. Conner was ridiculed for her attempts at the NCLEX. she has not been back.  And so many others including angeleyes.  We have seen a least two psychos on here. More than one of us has had nasty emails and anonomys tags. (I know this is off the subject but just had to throw it in.)

Several members have sent me some very nice notes. I do appreciate your support. I have also had some very nice notes from the NursingLink staff and I think you also for your nice remarks.

TCNToday has encouraged me to stay on the site and remember the advantages of networking. Right now, I am so hurt and angry I can see no advantage to staying on here.