Reading rather than contributing, but this is the most useful thread I have found on it.
Welcome. The short version of the culture: be specific, date everything, and say when you are guessing. That is genuinely the whole of it.
One of those cases where knowing the mechanism does not help the decision.
Following up: if you introduce yourself and someone asks a follow-up question, you can reply here or in a direct message depending on what feels right.
The literature is thinner on this than the confidence in the thread implies.
No judgment: people come to this community from all backgrounds and with all motivations. Introductions are for getting to know each other, not for evaluation.
Welcome. If you have an analytical background you will find the analytics subcategories the easiest place to be useful quickly — the recurring gap here is people who can read a chromatogram, not people who can read a trial.
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Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides
Hello from a laboratory that does not do peptides — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Saying hello, and stating my interest so that it is on the record rather than inferred.…
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Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed
Revisiting: Joined after a search result and stayed Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Saying hello, and stating my interest so that it is on the record rather…
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Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant
Introducing myself: pharmacist, sceptic, reluctant participant Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Introducing myself before I ask anything, since the welcome…
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[2026 update] Long-time reader, first-time poster
Long-time reader, first-time poster — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Saying hello, and stating my interest so that it is on the record rather than inferred. I am here for…
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Long-time reader, first-time poster
On the subject in the title: Long-time reader, first-time poster Working notes rather than a conclusion. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on long-time reader, before collecting any. This is the…
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Coming back to: How much context is too much context in a first post?
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: How much context is too much context in a first post? Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part that can be argued with.…
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What this community means by "a source", in practical terms
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What this community means by "a source", in practical terms Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part that can be argued…
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How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea
The question in the title: How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to…
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Titles that describe the question, not the situation — what changed since
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Titles that describe the question, not the situation — what changed since Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of Titles…
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What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What "marked as solution" means and who gets to mark it Question in the title. Context below, and I have tried to include the things people here…
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