Does a Database of Proven Fixes Exist?

MagnuM

Forgive me if this already exists, but is there some resource on the Wiki or somewhere that has a simple spreadsheet of folks that have successfully found a solution to their problem?

The reason being is that if someone finds the smoking gun for their issue, they are likely just going to go along their merry way and not waste another minute of their time for an issue that has robbed them of so much quality time in the first place. Perhaps they make some final post somewhere and mention what did it, but that information may be hard to find quickly.

I'm sure there were many "false dawns" as well, so let's say the criteria for the fix or workaround has to be something like … oh maybe 3 consecutive months or something with no relapses. I was thinking it would be short and concise and maybe only 3 or 4 columns - something like:

cooldudz

MagnuM That would definitely be nice but would require a lot of work, as I find in my experience with internet forums is sometimes people just drop absolute GOLD MINES of information in a one-off comment that sometimes has nothing to do with the thread's topic. I'll check the user's post history, hoping they made that golden thread that lays it all out perfectly for me, but sometimes they will have never even made a single thread.

So what I do on this forum is I like anyone's comment that I find brilliant and want to reference back to. I refrain from liking comments in a reddit-like manner where you upvote (like) someone who is arguing with someone else and you are in agreement with them, or like someone's comment at the end of a conversation or if they compliment you. By curating my likes this way, I can always go to my like page and know that things there are information that will help me on my journey piece the puzzle together.

I think a database of "this user had this problem and created this solution" would take out a lot of the context that helps me with the issue. What I mean is I like seeing the person's thought process, how they evolved overtime in their thinking and approach to the problem, to see what they said about it improving their symptoms, etc. So I prefer to just lurk someone's profile immediately after finding them brilliant, and absorbing and/or implementing knowledge I gained from them immediately. If I just made a list of "this guy did this", it becomes one of those soulless internet articles of "Top 10 Things to Mitigate Screen Sensitivity" where it misses a lot of context and I'm just not fired up reading it since it misses this human element to it since I'm so far removed from it now. Does that make sense?

ensete

MagnuM This would be a good idea. But be aware there is no universal "proven" fix that works for everyone

LEDhater

There is on the ledstrain wiki…

MagnuM

LEDhater There is on the ledstrain wiki…

Hmmm, I wasn't able to find anything. Only "Known Problems" :p

MagnuM

cooldudz Can both not exist? Perhaps the "Solution" column can link to the post with all the nuance inside.

A lot of us have aching eyeballs all the time and would groan when we see this overly wrong and descriptive post. Something that is concise and scan-able would be a beneficial asset in my opinion.

I get it that many don't have their issue so cut-and-dry. What's weird is that mine is. This forum is called LEDStrain.org. I've never been able to use LED monitors. I can only use LCD monitors (CCFL-backlit) from the back half of the 2000s.

cooldudz

MagnuM Yea definitely. I don't want to knock your idea at all. A database would be great! But I'm not volunteering to do it xD

A lot of us have aching eyeballs all the time and would groan when we see this overly wrong and descriptive post. Something that is concise and scan-able would be a beneficial asset in my opinion.

Honestly getting used to printing stuff out and reading physical paper would be a good habit to get into and help a lot for this. Can also make a physical database overtime storing those papers in a binder.

Dang that's nice you know your problem.