mo2 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 only to open the thread see that they only posted this: :lurk5: or this: :bigear: , and then feel all disappointed? Or is it only me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :lurk5::bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :lurk5: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 How about: :seeya: Or :hurray: Or even :cheers2: Is that better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, because no one ever actually responds to my posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :biggrinjester: Never used this guy before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 O think that has only happened once in my posts and it was the first sign that I posted something that would spin out of control quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :lurk5: :bigear: :auto: :lol: BTDT :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, because no one ever actually responds to my posts. :lurk5: :bigear: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seriously? I'm just happy that someone even noticed it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hey, you knew it was going to go here eventually. I'm just - saving you all - time. Yeh. That's the ticket. You're welcome. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, because no one ever actually responds to my posts. :iagree::lol: :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I guess that is better than seeing dozens of people have viewed your thread, and not bothered to post. :001_huh: Sometimes I'll post just a smilie in order to bump a thread for someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I like it because it is nice to see I'm not the only one with that question/issue. BTW - I'll bet this post gets a record amount of smilies :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherMayI Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seriously? I'm just happy that someone even noticed it! :D :iagree: Same here!!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seriously? I'm just happy that someone even noticed it! :D Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I guess that is better than seeing dozens of people have viewed your thread, and not bothered to post. :001_huh: Sometimes I'll post just a smilie in order to bump a thread for someone. I start wonder when I post a thread that 60+ people view and no one responds. I always try to give my threads detailed titles so only interested people will open the thread. For example I had a thread called, "Librivox question" Not interesting at all, but I was hoping that someone very familiar with Librivox would open it and respond. Instead 67 people open and no one responds. It made me feel bad that I wasted the time of 67 people - since I'm sure no one found that thread interesting in the least. So if you were one of those people, please accept my apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, because no one ever actually responds to my posts. :iagree: :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :leaving: Better than this one! (I always wanted to use this one but never found the right post!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, because no one ever actually responds to my posts. What are you talking about? With the exception of one WTB someone responded to every thread you started this year. (... Julie Smith now falls asleep tired from searching for and responding to several threads started by Stripe this year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, but I've been killing threads left and right the last couple of weeks and I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious about that. :001_huh: (Let me apologize in advance if I kill this one off too. Sorry.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, but I've been killing threads left and right the last couple of weeks and I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious about that. :001_huh: (Let me apologize in advance if I kill this one off too. Sorry.) Now I have a urge to unkill all threads you have recently killed. Must resist urge, must go to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I start wonder when I post a thread that 60+ people view and no one responds. I always try to give my threads detailed titles so only interested people will open the thread. For example I had a thread called, "Librivox question" Not interesting at all, but I was hoping that someone very familiar with Librivox would open it and respond. Instead 67 people open and no one responds. It made me feel bad that I wasted the time of 67 people - since I'm sure no one found that thread interesting in the least. So if you were one of those people, please accept my apologies. I was one of those 67. I thought "I know Librivox. Maybe I can answer this." But then I read it and said "Nope. Not a clue. I hope someone else has the answer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seriously? I'm just happy that someone even noticed it! :D :) I concur. I do love to see what people reply, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 :leaving: Better than this one! (I always wanted to use this one but never found the right post!) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I guess that is better than seeing dozens of people have viewed your thread, and not bothered to post. :001_huh: Sometimes I'll post just a smilie in order to bump a thread for someone. :iagree: And it does mean that a least one person is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 No, but I've been killing threads left and right the last couple of weeks and I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious about that. :001_huh: (Let me apologize in advance if I kill this one off too. Sorry.) Hey, that's my job! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I start wonder when I post a thread that 60+ people view and no one responds. I always try to give my threads detailed titles so only interested people will open the thread. For example I had a thread called, "Librivox question" Not interesting at all, but I was hoping that someone very familiar with Librivox would open it and respond. Instead 67 people open and no one responds. It made me feel bad that I wasted the time of 67 people - since I'm sure no one found that thread interesting in the least. So if you were one of those people, please accept my apologies. Was it the thread where you ask how to thank a reader? Well that was very useful to me (I know that you liked that reader, so I can look out for titles read by him in the future. Knowing how to thank a reader is also info good to have). I did not have anything to contribute to that thread. It is good information that I will probably come back to later. The whole forum is chock full of threads which I come back to again and again. I always see anything I post as information that I am putting "out there" for someone somewhere to see and use...and there are plenty of such people I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Any of those responses gives me a free bump! When I see these, I just think: :bigear: = I have nothing to say, but I'm interested in what others have to say. :lurk5: = I'm listening, but not talking. See, sort of interested, but in a non-committal kind of way. Oh, yeah....forgot this is lurking. :D :lol: = You're nuts! or This drives me nuts too! :iagree: = What she/he said and I'm just too busy/lazy/tired to say anything else. :001_smile: = Your post makes me soooooo happy! (Hey, that's gotta count for something don't you think?) All joking aside, I'm kinda sensitive too when there have been 103 viewers and no one responds. It really HURTS. MY. FEELINGS. :svengo: ~ Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Now I have a urge to unkill all threads you have recently killed. Thanks, guys. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I was one of those 67. I thought "I know Librivox. Maybe I can answer this." But then I read it and said "Nope. Not a clue. I hope someone else has the answer." Was it the thread where you ask how to thank a reader? Well that was very useful to me (I know that you liked that reader, so I can look out for titles read by him in the future. Knowing how to thank a reader is also info good to have). I did not have anything to contribute to that thread. It is good information that I will probably come back to later. The whole forum is chock full of threads which I come back to again and again. I always see anything I post as information that I am putting "out there" for someone somewhere to see and use...and there are plenty of such people I am sure. :) Now I'm happy that some of those 67 found my post useful and not a waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 :) Now I'm happy that some of those 67 found my post useful and not a waste of time. I took a stab at answering your thread, Julie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Now I have a urge to unkill all threads you have recently killed. Must resist urge, must go to bed. Resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Any of those responses gives me a free bump! When I see these, I just think: :bigear: = I have nothing to say, but I'm interested in what others have to say. :lurk5: = I'm listening, but not talking. See, sort of interested, but in a non-committal kind of way. Oh, yeah....forgot this is lurking. :D :lol: = You're nuts! or This drives me nuts too! :iagree: = What she/he said and I'm just too busy/lazy/tired to say anything else. :001_smile: = Your post makes me soooooo happy! (Hey, that's gotta count for something don't you think?) All joking aside, I'm kinda sensitive too when there have been 103 viewers and no one responds. It really HURTS. MY. FEELINGS. :svengo: ~ Lucinda :iagree:I kinda freaked out on my first post ever on here where I got a lot of views but NO responses. I was in panic mode, so that didn't help either. I got some comments that put me in my place, and I didn't post or make a new thread for a while after wise. But I'm over it now, and am much more patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaryMelody Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Seriously? I'm just happy that someone even noticed it! :D :iagree: Ditto! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Resist! I will resist the urge to bring all the threads you killed to life, even though it would make a good tv show. First there was, "The Walking Dead" now there is,... .... (Building Suspense) .... "The Walking Threads" --If anyone knows of a easy way to find all the threads MamaSheep killed please PM me, I want to bring them back to life. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I took a stab at answering your thread, Julie. Thank you Jean, now I can thank John Leider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 On a related note, don't you feel irritated when you take the time to add a comment and put some thought and care into it, but then no one even responds to you at all and keeps conversing with others, acting as though you're not even there? Clearly, thread etiquette is not the same as personal conversations, yet I still find it irritating at times. (Not here on this thread....just sayin'.) Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Lucinda, I am responding to your comment because I know you put some thought and care into it, and because I know you are here. :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I just finished reading this thread, and I have a question. If you start a new thread, would you prefer to have people respond with, "I don't know," or some other polite-but-non-helpful comment, rather than clicking on to the next thread without posting anything at all? I know I read a lot of threads, and if I don't have any info for the OP, I usually just move on to something else. But now I'm wondering if I have been rude, and if I should have posted something to let the OP know that I did notice and pay attention to the thread, but I just didn't have an answer to whatever question she posted. I don't like it that people are feeling sad about this. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 On a related note, don't you feel irritated when you take the time to add a comment and put some thought and care into it, but then no one even responds to you at all and keeps conversing with others, acting as though you're not even there? Clearly, thread etiquette is not the same as personal conversations, yet I still find it irritating at times. (Not here on this thread....just sayin'.) Lucinda :iagree:This bothers me more than the smilies. And then, later, when someone responds to another of my posts in another thread, I think, "Whew! Guess my thoughts do count for something!" Ridiculous, but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I just finished reading this thread, and I have a question. If you start a new thread, would you prefer to have people respond with, "I don't know," or some other polite-but-non-helpful comment, rather than clicking on to the next thread without posting anything at all? I know I read a lot of threads, and if I don't have any info for the OP, I usually just move on to something else. But now I'm wondering if I have been rude, and if I should have posted something to let the OP know that I did notice and pay attention to the thread, but I just didn't have an answer to whatever question she posted. I don't like it that people are feeling sad about this. :( This is how I am: Page 1-2? Meh, feel free to move on to the next thread. Page 4-5+, with no real answer? I'd love a polite-but-nonhelpful-comment to bump me back to the front pages where hopefully someone has just arrived, ready to tackle my question! I operate under the assumption that everyone else is equally enlightened and feels the same way I do :lol: so when I see a post on the first few pages that I can't help with I just leave it alone. If it's on the 4th+ page, I'll post a non-helpful comment to bump it up where someone who CAN help will hopefully see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 On a related note, don't you feel irritated when you take the time to add a comment and put some thought and care into it, but then no one even responds to you at all and keeps conversing with others, acting as though you're not even there? Clearly, thread etiquette is not the same as personal conversations, yet I still find it irritating at times. (Not here on this thread....just sayin'.) Lucinda Oh, this happens to me often. Not just on the internets, either LOL. I start humming to myself, and move along :D. I do think it's the nature of a group, though, when some are chattier than others and tend to form deeper 'relationships' with each other. Every SIL I've had (and there have been several) has made the same observation during the early months of 'breaking into' our family. It's a familiarity thing more than it is an exclusionary thing :grouphug: hurtful and rude all the same, but maybe not in a malicious or intentional way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Oh, this happens to me often. Not just on the internets, either LOL. I start humming to myself, and move along :D. Did it ever occur to you that you're too sexy for this forum? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiebird Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 On a related note, don't you feel irritated when you take the time to add a comment and put some thought and care into it, but then no one even responds to you at all and keeps conversing with others, acting as though you're not even there? Clearly, thread etiquette is not the same as personal conversations, yet I still find it irritating at times. (Not here on this thread....just sayin'.) Lucinda :lol::lol: I just had this thought about a different forum I was on. And then someone else two pages later said the same thing I did, and she/he got all the responses and quoted bits and the thank yous. And yes, I felt all emo about it. And wanted to quote myself and be like, SEE SEE, I SAID THAT TWO PAGES BACK AND Y'ALL IGNORED ME. BUT BECAUSE BOB SAID IT, IT MUST BE TALKED ABOUT. Okay, so maybe I'm still a little irked about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 :lol::lol: I just had this thought about a different forum I was on. And then someone else two pages later said the same thing I did, and she/he got all the responses and quoted bits and the thank yous. And yes, I felt all emo about it. And wanted to quote myself and be like, SEE SEE, I SAID THAT TWO PAGES BACK AND Y'ALL IGNORED ME. BUT BECAUSE BOB SAID IT, IT MUST BE TALKED ABOUT. Okay, so maybe I'm still a little irked about it! I think that happens a lot when people don't read the entire thread before responding. If there are several pages in a thread, sometimes people will read the original post, and then skip to the last page and read only that before posting a response. So if your comment is on page 1 or 2 of a 6-page thread, many people may have honestly missed it, and responded to a different person who posted the idea closer to the end of the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Did it ever occur to you that you're too sexy for this forum? :D Why yes, ... yes it has, because I have the track record proving it :tongue_smilie:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Why yes, ... yes it has, because I have the track record proving it :tongue_smilie:! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Lucinda, I am responding to your comment because I know you put some thought and care into it, and because I know you are here. :D:D:D :thumbup: Thank you! I feel so validated!!! Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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