Welcome to eyetriage on Lemmy. You can post your questions here, just like you were used to on Reddit.
This message is brought to you by u/remembermereddit, but I’ve chosen to take a batter username this time.
The sidebar says:
legal liability is tremendously high for telling someone “eh, it’s probably nothing, don’t worry,”
I’ve heard this, but really?? Has anyone actually gotten in trouble for saying that online?
I’ve never heard a news report or lawsuit that says, “John Doe found guilty today in a court of law because he misdiagnosed conjunctivitis.”
Tremendously high??
Personally I’m not from the US, so I might not be the best source for this, but I’ve personally never heard an actual case either. This text was written by one of the US-based mods on Reddit, and I trust them for that.
Hey there. I run the [email protected] community with a pinned list of health-related communities.
There are 2 comms for blindness and vision impairment. Should I include this one among those or into a new category? Still trying to figure out categories.
I guess that’s up to you, but eyetriage is usually compared with communities like askdocs. One could look at it from 2 perspectives; from the complaint (then your category is correct), or from the type of question the people may have (diagnostic vs support group); that’d require a new category I suppose.
I’ll place it under vision for the time being, and I guess we’ll see how it develops. Communities can grow into other things than were intended. I’m not familiar with the original Reddit sub and I’m not seeing any askdocs-style communities here yet.
Meanwhile feel free to make a post at [email protected] introducing your community (or I can, but you’ll probably describe it better).
