Sunday, December 5, 2010
Practicum 5- Erica
So I was frustrated with not knowing what “DD5” meant and I decided to do some searching. I suppose I could’ve just asked the others in the forum, but I felt a little stupid doing so, and thought that it might make me look like more of an outsider to the rest of the group. Not that it really matters I guess- I’ve just been wanting to not look like a newbie. I keep coming across more people who list DD4 or DS2. Sometimes they’ll talk about it in a sentence where I can only presume they mean some sort of family member, but other times they list it at the bottom in their little info section. So because I couldn’t figure it out on any of the forum posts, I took my search to google. Interestingly enough, someone else has had the same question as me before, and I found a useful little guide. http://disneyworldforum.disney.go.com/questions.aspx?sort=&page=1&qid=81502&pid=94&cid=151 So, DS or DD means Dear Son/Daughter and their age. I find these acronyms interesting, especially because I know most of them already from having worked there. It also just occurred to me that maybe I should’ve checked the forum website to see if they have a spot on acronyms (I usually just jump straight to Google), and sure enough they do. There are so many that the moderator had to make 7 posts of all of them. There are even some like DDIL and DBIL (Dear Daughter/Brother in-law). I find this a bit excessive (especially since if someone actually used this I’d be so confused and have to waste time to go check what it means) but I guess that is just part of the language of the forum.
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I think its interesting that you didn't post a question because you felt stupidor didnt want to be seen as newbie. Especially since during your presentation it seemed as though this site is very welcoming and wanting to answer questions and make you part of the community. It's funny because that is what forums are all about, posting and asking questions to learn more and integrate yourself within the group, but it is definitely a common way of thinking. I feel like being labeled as a "newbie" gives you a free pass to ask questions like that, but one may also not want to point out that they are new. I think it's more of a personal or psychological mindset because I doubt others on the site are thinking, "ugh why did she post that question, she must be dumb," you know? I think the creators of the site thought about that a little by posting those acronyms to the site--good idea. I doubt people with the status of a vet wanted to ask that question if they, too, didn't know the meaning. What is the context that these acronyms are being used/are important? How many daughters or sons or brother in-laws are in the forum?
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