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Tue Jan-23-07 06:49 PM
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Poll question: does thread abandonment bother you? |
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when people abandon the threads they start... and leave others to post there alone
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:50 PM
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1. I only feel abandoned when no one replies to my threads. |
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:54 PM
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4. That only bothers me when I'm in the 5% that didn't rate a reply, which wouldn't |
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:55 PM
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6. self-delete --- talking to myself again. n/t |
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Edited on Tue Jan-23-07 06:56 PM by qnr
that replies to me, which is normally ridiculously easy, since that might amount to two people.
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:51 PM
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:52 PM
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3. It kind of does, actually. |
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If I start the thread, shouldn't I at least stick around and respond to those who post?
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:54 PM
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5. Sometimes people have to do stuff like go to bed, and they post just |
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prior to doing so.
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:57 PM
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9. I agree with you there. |
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But there are some posters who are notorious for starting a thread and that's their only contribution to it. And then posters have questions about the OP that never get answered. These are the examples I had more in mind.
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:34 PM
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17. I've seen that, too. Seems like kind of a deliberate provocation sometimes, yes? |
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:55 PM
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7. I abandon my own threads all the time. |
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Ruthlessly kicking one's own threads is a sign of mental illness.
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Tue Jan-23-07 06:56 PM
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8. Most of the time, no. People have lives, things happen. I try to answer everyone |
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Edited on Tue Jan-23-07 06:57 PM by qnr
that replies to me, which is normally ridiculously easy, since that might amount to two people.
You do notice if people have a habit of doing it though.
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:00 PM
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10. I don't always find it possible to post back to everyone. |
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I might not be at the computer when they post. Some posts just don't require a reply and I don't want it to look like I'm just bumping up my own thread by replying to everyone. Does that make sense? I really don't take it personally when someone doesn't reply to every post I make. :hi:
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:03 PM
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12. Yeah, I don't like to bump them needlessly, sometimes I send a comment via PM, |
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just so they don't feel ignored. Normally that isn't a concern, since I generally don't get more than one or two replies to a thread a start. I do have one going now with a lot of posts, though it took about 12 hours for it to suddenly take off.
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:08 PM
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13. I'll post in your threads if you'll post in mine! |
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:)
Isn't it amazing how some threads just get a life of their own? I've started threads that I thought would be lucky to get 2 posts and even when I come back the next the day they're still going. And some threads that I think would be really interesting sink like a rock. Along with everyone else here I just don't get it but it's still more fun being on DU than the law should allow. :patriot:
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:11 PM
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15. sounds like a plan! Yeah, darned if I can figure the whole thing out |
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:00 PM
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11. I've done it a few times. |
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There have been a few times when I've come across things that I felt DUers might be interested in, but that I had no personal interest in discussing. I've posted them for the benefit of others and never replied to them.
Then again, there have been other times that I simply couldn't make it back to the keyboard. Sucks, but it happens.
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:09 PM
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And too much of a coward to reply to me otherwise!
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Tue Jan-23-07 07:13 PM
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16. I do that in the morning. |
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Have to go to work, ya know.
Sometimes at night, I just get tired and go to bed...but I don't post much so I guess it doesn't matter.
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