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Did anyone notice when they first started posting in the forum that its difficult to get responses from people when you actually make a post? i find that mine are usually overlooked, is this because im new or can i expect this to just carry on?
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Did anyone notice when they first started posting in the forum that its difficult to get responses from people when you actually make a post? i find that mine are usually overlooked, is this because im new or can i expect this to just carry on?
you can't wait to send it to the thread, you can barely press the submit button cos of the tears of laughter at your own joke :rotflmao: ............. and it gets totally ignored :undecided:
' posts. So when someone posts a well thought out on topic post in the middle of all the hijacks - and they get totally overlooked/ignored with continued half line hijacks, bluddy rude I say.......... more so when it's the same lines, the same smilies as used in hundreds of threads before, so not really essential to a thread, or offensive if it's halted - but it never seems to be halted these days.
Some people don't respond to you, but it doesn't mean they've ignored you. It can just mean they've taken your post on board, but have nothing more to add 
and this 
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Did anyone notice when they first started posting in the forum that its difficult to get responses from people when you actually make a post? i find that mine are usually overlooked, is this because im new or can i expect this to just carry on?
you can't wait to send it to the thread, you can barely press the submit button cos of the tears of laughter at your own joke :rotflmao: ............. and it gets totally ignored :undecided: ' posts. So when someone posts a well thought out on topic post in the middle of all the hijacks - and they get totally overlooked/ignored with continued half line hijacks, bluddy rude I say.......... more so when it's the same lines, the same smilies as used in hundreds of threads before, so not really essential to a thread, or offensive if it's halted - but it never seems to be halted these days. Some people don't respond to you, but it doesn't mean they've ignored you. It can just mean they've taken your post on board, but have nothing more to add and this Quote by rogerndi
Did anyone notice when they first started posting in the forum that its difficult to get responses from people when you actually make a post? i find that mine are usually overlooked, is this because im new or can i expect this to just carry on?
you can't wait to send it to the thread, you can barely press the submit button cos of the tears of laughter at your own joke :rotflmao: ............. and it gets totally ignored :undecided: ' posts. So when someone posts a well thought out on topic post in the middle of all the hijacks - and they get totally overlooked/ignored with continued half line hijacks, bluddy rude I say.......... more so when it's the same lines, the same smilies as used in hundreds of threads before, so not really essential to a thread, or offensive if it's halted - but it never seems to be halted these days. Some people don't respond to you, but it doesn't mean they've ignored you. It can just mean they've taken your post on board, but have nothing more to add and this 
sorry, just thought that Missy's missives deserved another airing as (imo) she makes some valid points that seemed to have been missed.
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Good on ya, Pete.
I totally agree. I would have posted more last night, but even I have to sleep sometimes
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The fantasy topic was a real example of me actually being intersted, not wank-fodder, i have the rest of the internet for tht! :P
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The fantasy topic was a real example of me actually being intersted, not wank-fodder, i have the rest of the internet for tht! :P
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Well I kept interested in it hoping for wank fodder but that is just sad old me.
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Did anyone notice when they first started posting in the forum that its difficult to get responses from people when you actually make a post? i find that mine are usually overlooked, is this because im new or can i expect this to just carry on?
Now for the serious answer (no they aren't shite one made me laugh t'other day :D) I found/felt the same when I first started posting, I guess at the time (just after the site log in had been changed) they were getting an influx of people who were posting for a few days then disapering as well as the fact that it is a group of people who all know each other virtualy. When ya start a new job or as a kid a new school it takes a bit of time before you settle in and people notice ya so I guess that can apply to this place :D I felt at ease and posted a fair bit to try and fit in but that raised a veiled comment from a user telling me not to post so much and claiming I was just trying to bump my post count (does it look like I need any tatics to do that :lol
so I guess there is/was a fine line between over exposure and getting known. feel that newer posters get overlooked even if they do have a good point or thread. Anybody who thinks there isnt a little politics and point scoring and favouritism on SH forums (or any other regularly used forum where there are the "regs") is niave or downright blind :shock: Quote by Srne
I have written good posts at times and had the odd reply and then seen a complete pile of po and it has had 45 replies
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Whilst I don't want to appear to be picking your thread apart there was something that stuck out for me and I just wanted to give my view.
I have written good posts at times and had the odd reply and then seen a complete pile of po and it has had 45 replies
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And regarding the fantasy thread I'm not posting my inner-most thoughts and desires just so somebody can have a wank.
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Pick away Kiss its what the forums are all about to some extent, and yes my opinion is that some of the threads that people reply to are poo, and that they reply to their friends more readily than they do other peoples posts still stands. I say it as i see it on the forums and i dont come on here to make friends or kiss bottom, i dont think i mentioned that you, me or anybody else ONLY reply to their friends posts, i simply stated that in my opinion (theres that bloody word again), people are far more inclined to reply to people they know on the site than give somebody they dont know or are less frequent posters the time to reply!!
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It could be a (dare i say it without the "there isnt a clique" brigade beating me down into submission) clique thing, it could also be that there is an element of friendship and recognition thing going on and people look out for their pals on the sites posts, or it could just be that as a posting newbie (or less recognised poster) you tend to get overlooked sometimes.
