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Shysmum

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any response would be gratefully received. Anything at all. I'm thinking probably about 50 % of posts recently, not all by any means It just seems a waste of time responding , and must do to others on here ?? :rolleyes:

Or maybe my responses are just poo, lol x
 
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Agree, Shysmum, not that I comment a lot, but have noticed that some peopl are really good, yet others don't bother.

Still, would prefer people didn't bother to those who start an arguement :D
 
Must admit there's been only a few lately where I've replied, mostly because I won't reply unless I think I've got something useful to say, and that doesn't happen very often lol!

It's funny on here though, some days there are lots of thought provoking posts that you or I even, want to get involved in but other days there aren't!

Agree with OW though, would rather sit back quietly than get into an argument!:)
 
Agreed,

I can understand someone not explaining their question well enough etc and rying to add to it, but at least thank people for responding honestly with the information they were given!

I love the advice given to me at my yard (on asking) some I wouldn't personally do and a lot conflicts with other advice, but all is thanked and some is used.

I may be guilty on not responding after a question sometimes though as mainly on a (useless) phone, so once a thread goes off the first page I tend to lose it :o

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It's surely just good manners to thank people for replying - not necessarily every single post if you've got lots of replies (although only_me is very good at that :)) but every few at least.

I've had a few people pm me out of the blue asking advice/info about things - most come back and say thanks, but there are some who ask quite detailed things and can't bother themselves just to say hey thanks for the reply :( Plain rude if you ask me :(
 
I am so glad it's not just me.

Some of the advice given on here for free (not by me ;)) is more up to date and informative, and tailored to a specific problem, than you can get anywhere else. Almost like having a Personal Advisor. And yet the advice is presumably taken (or not) and the poster disappears.

And when the same/similar question is asked again (inevitable), peeps wonder why they get very few replies. Hmmmm.
 
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I can think of a few very recent threads where it's not actually advice they're after, it's agreement that they're doing the right thing, and annoyance when it's not agreed with...
 
There was someone fairly recently who pm'd me to ask me about an experience I'd posted about, which she was going through herself. I recognised her as someone whose posts I often found rather rude and unpleasant but hey! a person in need and all that, I was quite prepared to go into some detail about my own experience if it helped her.

Did she bother her **** to reply? No, nothing, not a dicky bird, not a single "thanks" - turns out I was right about her after all :rolleyes::D
 
Rowreach said:
There was someone fairly recently who pm'd me to ask me about an experience I'd posted about, which she was going through herself. I recognised her as someone whose posts I often found rather rude and unpleasant but hey! a person in need and all that, I was quite prepared to go into some detail about my own experience if it helped her.

Did she bother her **** to reply? No, nothing, not a dicky bird, not a single "thanks" - turns out I was right about her after all :rolleyes::D
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Well that was rude.
 
I get annoyed when i reply to a thread to try and help someone or to let them know my experiance and get someone else jumping on something i have said and starting an argument... its ok when someone disagrees with me but surely i am allowed an opinion? im starting to think whats the point in getting involved as whatever i say is bound to upset someone...
 
It's not just on HHO - it's on most forums that I've ever been on. If you post a reply to help someone, it would be considerate indeed to just acknowledge the advice even if you don't necessarily think it sounds "right".

On this forum it's so large that I think people can "forget" what they've posted and where, so it could easily get lost if one weren't savvy enough to work out how to look up posts that you're waiting on a response.

In general though, there are certain forums within HHo that I feel like the invisible person.
 
PucciNPoni said:
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In general though, there are certain forums within HHo that I feel like the invisible person.
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Ha, glad I'm not the only one :o Very occasionally I think I've put something quite interesting (:)), get no responses and then start wondering how many HHOers have me on UI :(

Not that I'm paranoid you understand .......
 
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