Rate DCUM’s level of helpfulness by category

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travel high.
Relationships LOL.

Relationships is easily 90% WTF.

Politics is less crazy since the election, which sounds insane to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private School Forum - 90% unhelpful. My lease favorite forum by far.

But the 10% was critical to my navigation of the application process, and I'm grateful for it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS forum: 20% helpful, the rest mostly rehashing the same old conversations, and always changing the subject to BASIS.

Yeah MCPS is similar. There is probably 20% helpful advice, 20% people who just hate MCPS (or all public schools?) and then a bunch of not particularly helpful stuff in between.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travel high.
Relationships LOL.

Relationships is easily 90% WTF.

Politics is less crazy since the election, which sounds insane to say.

Not surprised— the bots got what they wanted and have moved on

[Anonymous]

Lawn & Garden - 95% helpful, 5% some loon telling people bamboo and ivy are fine to plant.

Book Forum - 95% helpful, 1% someone complaining about audio books. 4% insults on chick lit and "trash books"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travel 65% helpful 35% annoying

I'd flip it and maybe divide annoying between repetitive and posing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private School Forum - 90% unhelpful. My lease favorite forum by far.

I invite you to visit the Soccer forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private School Forum - 90% unhelpful. My lease favorite forum by far.

I invite you to visit the Soccer forum.

Is that you, Jeff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Food, Cooking and Restaurants

70% helpful, 25% WTF, 5% “chicken shawarma”

Thanks - you made me laugh and I needed that today.

lol, same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've gotten some good recommendations from the Book Club, and also some good advice for which books to steer away from/not bother with. I'd say it's 75% helpful.

+1000

That is honestly the most useful forum on DCUM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private School Forum - 90% unhelpful. My lease favorite forum by far.

I think you have to filter out all the comments from public school parents. Then it would be more useful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private School Forum - 90% unhelpful. My lease favorite forum by far.

I invite you to visit the Soccer forum.

Why it it SO insane? I don’t get it. People will ask relatively straightforward questions and get bizarrely vitriolic responses that go on for pages. Meanwhile, I find most other soccer parents I’ve met in person to be awesome. It’s been a great community to be a part of.

[Anonymous]

I like vibe of the book forum a lot but views on books vary so wildly I personally don’t find it that helpful unless you find a post that lists like six books they like and you share that view on four of them.

[Anonymous]

The kids with special needs & disabilities forum was so helpful to me when we were in the process of diagnosing our son’s anxiety etc.

[Anonymous]

College and University - 75 percent crazy or inaccurate. 25 percent helpful.

Food and Cooking - 80 percent helpful.

Relationships - 50 percent helpful, 25 percent WTF.