Many servers are connected to the backbone of the net and messages can sometimes take days to arrive if a server goes down or gets blocked for some reason. For those who crave interactivity and immediate response, there are chat boards, IRC, email, and live conferencing tools. Those channels may provide instant gratification, but they never have the quality of content that is possible when someone takes the time to consider a question and provide a well reasoned response. It shouldn't need to be stated, but support groups are not the right place for insults, racism, name calling, character attacks, product promotion, tantrums, tasteless jokes, spelling lessons, fantasies, fetishes, test messages, international politics, editorials on current events, ranting, sarcasm, reposted jokes, investment tips, theological manifestos, etc., ad nauseum. There are plenty of Usenet newsgroups that specialize in each of those areas.
Tolerance is important for building any community .
Please leave controversial and off-topic subjects outside the group. This isn't a joke group . In this group we specialize in support. If we want this disease to be taken seriously, then we need to have an open forum where serious topics can be discussed. That does not mean that we can't joke around and be lighthearted as we help our fellow flakers.