I have a question, answer me anything.

[dweller]

:wtf: did i do to never ever get a response in a post in a thread? or just barely if then.
i'm tired of being a threadkiller.
seriously,
dp

i promise to take a real reply to heart, and try not to take it personally but as constructive criticism. I really can' t figure out what i'm doing wrong. I realize i may not like what you have to say, but you have the right to say it. Maybe i'm on the wrong board or something...

[never cry wolf]

1. I am kinda having the same problem

I assume you mean on threads that you start. I have had little success as yet, not sure what the trick is but i am new here yet.

[cherryperry]

3. WOW, and then there were 2;

could this be like in high school, ie cliques @ DU?

Oh, no!!!!

I am sorry to hear this.

Although I have started just one thread, I did received tons of replies. It might be your subjects because mine was regarding a notice to Deanies (of which I am not one) regarding his appearance that night on some show with the 5 gay guys who help out the straight guys. I think that was a draw more for the gay guys than the Deanies LOL.

Please let me know what types of things are not getting responses, ok? I'm sincerely interested!

Thanks. :toast:

[never cry wolf]

4. mostly i have posted

links to interesting articles in GD. i have gotten some responses. not into the candidate vs candidate thing yet, i'll wait for the dem debates, thank you.

i did have one on here about my dad and i knowing everything, ask me anything and got 3 responses.

[dweller]

5. no, the ones i participate in

i can get response if i piss off someone. didn't piss you off did i?

dp

[never cry wolf]

7. no, not at all

but what's that red icon you have there that looks like a bloody tasmanian devil, maybe it is intimidating.

[dweller]

8. it's a dragon avatar

you can turn off the avatars in your preferances.
yeah, maybe i'll get a puppy avatar... or a speck of dust avatar or something.
like yours, hijack that repug icon!
dp

[cherryperry]

2. Please elaborate on subjects etc.

that you believe were threadkillers because I don't know :wtf: you are talking about!!!

[dweller]

6. well, i have over 1300 posts

and since you don't remember any, maybe they are boring, non-informative, redundant?
i dunno.

dp

[cherryperry]

12. I bet that's not true!

I get on DU so relatively seldom that I'm sure I've missed them ...

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I think that everyone sees themselves as a threadkiller

I often see myself that way and the person who turned me on to DU has said he's thinking of giving it up because no one ever answers him. I just think we're all a little paranoid. It happens to everyone. There's nothing wrong with any of your posts that I have seen. You are not on the wrong board. I have visited others and DU is the best. And I, for one, am very glad that you are here.:-)

[dweller]

10. thank you Rhiannon 12866

i really didn't mean this as a pity thread. I just thought since emotions were a bit up, that maybe someone(s) would take a chance at an honest answer(s) if i gave an open invite.
I try to get my point across in a thread, i cancel more than i send and still can't seem to get a dialogue going. It sucks going back to a thread and seeing a response to everything and my post going all the way to the bottom, thus, the threadkill. After a few times of checking back i give up. I jumped in one the other day and the poster had put a big thank you to all the posts, to the one above me.
maybe it's just my way of seeing it...

but thanks for your words and steviat's and cherryperry's too.
i'm heading to bed.
best to all
dp

[Rhiannon12866]

14. You're welcome and sleep well

Don't give up on DU. Look at the terrible reception that Will Pitt received and he's an icon here. We all have our days. I hope that yours is much better tomorrow.:-)

[Tom Kitten]

11. I think I can identify...

I posted a lot last night and lo! and behold the threads I helped kill are way back on page 7 or so...(I looked)...maybe I'm boring, maybe I'm dumb, but at least I try. At any rate, I'm not quitting posting here.

[cherryperry]

13. RIGHT ON! Please don't stop posting here, ok? n/t

[Kenneth ken]

15. two possibles

1. if your post doesn't have a question in it, that doesn't give people an obvious opening to respond to.

2. maybe your comments are so well-thought out and lucid, people simply read them mentally agree, and go on to the next post.



I dunno. Personally, unless a post irritates me, or is very insightful, I don't look to see who posted it. I do know I've read some posts of your, because your name is familiar. I don't have negative connections with you name, so there must have been at least one or two I liked.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. That's an excellent point

I kept kicking a Greg Palast article I posted in Editorials a long time ago. I just didn't understand the reason I had so few replies. Then somebody pointed out that just because I was getting no replies didn't mean that no one was reading it. People agreed with it and there was no need to post a reply. This may be true in this case. It's the controversial stuff that receives the most replies. This is one of the reason I liked having the ``views.'' Any notion if this is ever coming back?:shrug:

[Kenneth ken]

17. I don't know

if views will come back. I kind of like that, also. My guess would be "no" because when we had them, the board had probems. When the views went away, so did the problems. The ratings may have been contributory to that as well, but those didn't interest me, so I don't care they're gone.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I agree. I'd rather have the views than the ratings

:-)

[Kenneth ken]

19. a third possible

I did a search of the past few days; there are several posts by you in threads, which have responses by others, but no follow-up post by you.

And at least one very well-thought out post by you with no response, confirming whichever number I put that as a possible earlier.

[cherryperry]

20. That is SO true!

Unless I bookmark every thread where I've posted, I'm sure I haven't answered lots of witty replies or devastating retorts and probably now have people thinking I'm dissing them!

So there's probably a vast left-wing conspiracy building against me which will soon take over my life and consume me with hatred and resentment ... and I bet you're all involved in it and you're all against me, aren't you; I knew it, I just knew it -- oh shit, here comes the med nurse again so bye for now

:crazy: :argh: :crazy:

[Booberdawg]

21. Happens to most of mine too but I don't really care about it

And let's face it most of us go through and read hundreds of posts and identify with several of them and respond to very few of them. I doubt there is any concious effort to avoid you going on.

Seriously, if people had a problem with you personally or about what you write, there's plenty of people around here that wouldn't spare your feelings about it.

I don't think you're probably doing anything wrong.

Linda

[OffWithTheirHeads]

22. Hey, if you really have the ability to kill threads

would you PLEEEEEEEEEASE kill off the stupid "ask me anything" threads.

Use your power for good Obi Wan.

[dweller]

23. hehe, i would if i could

sometimes, maybe thwack them with a Yak.

Thanks for your insights everyone. I slept on sandpaper last nite, so i'm better now.
I agree and have thought along the same with what you all have pointed out. DU has gotten pretty large, I guess i was feeling lost in the crowd.

peace,
dp

[Rhiannon12866]

24. I know

There are some who I have had exchanges with that I have lost track of. You can always use the search function. That's how I keep track of where I have been.:crazy:

I'm glad you feel better about things. We all have those feelings at times and it probably did you good to talk about it. Welcome back!:-)

Peace,
Rhiannon

[nuxvomica]

25. The best way to get responses, IMO

Is to reply thoughtfully to a rant thread. People won't even read your reply or if they do they'll take it the wrong way and go off on you.

Now this thread is RIP. Bwahahahahahaha! Bwahahahahahaha!

[Rhiannon12866]

26. No, it's not

You are not a threadkiller! Repeat after me...