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What is wrong?
John Hill:
I must admit I do not respond to every post I read but I do try to acknowledge those who respond to mine.
Unfortunately I am on rather limited 'shed time' and I would find it quite a challenge to have something interesting to post each day, thats my excuse anyway..
John
a.k.a The Artful Bodger
Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on July 17, 2009, 04:28:54 AM ---David,
This topic was raised to cause a slight upset and to remind people that just a very tiny comment on someones post can make all the difference.
How would you feel if you had just spent three or four hours making up what you think is a very interesting post, and after it is posted, hardly any comments or questions appeared in relation to it.
Mainly because of the lethargy of other members.
It was purely done to shock those members into taking a little more notice of what they are reading and to take a little more interest in the site.
John
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Ok John!
Agreed....... That has happened to me!
I also have limited shed & computer time...... ::)
David D
John Hill:
...And there I was thinking the reason noone responded to my posts was because they were all asleep on the other side of the world! :doh:
NickG:
I agree with bogs also, it is frustrating if you go to the time and effort of creating these fantastic write ups and you don't get much response. It can easily put you off doing it again.
As I said, I've done a couple of small ones and was please with the recognition / feedback they got, but it was really hard work. I hardly have enough time to make the things (maybe a few hours a week workshop time), writing them up as well adds about 50% more time on. So all I would say is that whilst there are a few members breaking their backs to make this forum great, not everybody has the time or will do do the same. I don't think that'll ever happen, to do that you need to spend a significant amount of time on here and a lot of people just can't do that. A lot of people see going on the internet as a fill in thing to do, not as a main interest. Model Engineering is probably my main interest yet I only usually spend probably an average of 15 mins a night on the forum plus a bit during break times at work, because there is so much else to do.
I'm sure people really appreciate the effort the main guys put in (I know I do, as it wouldn't be here without them), but it still won't make the forum higher up on other members' list of priorities, it's still just something to fill the time in.
All that said, I do agree with John's point that if people have time to read the topics then they should also have time to give at least a few words of feedback, encouragement or whatever it may be. It doesn't need to be War and Peace just something to recognise the effort show some respect and appreciation.
As this topic has proved, it is kind of annoying that people are more interested in any kind of debate / argument than technical posts the forum is intended for. I used to post on some car forums before I had changes in circumstances (wife & kids) and more often than not posts ended up which car was faster or better than which without any technical input pinging backwards and forwards, for that reason I only ever use them if I have a problem, but more often than not these days there is nobody there than can answer difficult questions. I guess that problem could happen here if we're not careful.
Nick
Darren:
--- Quote from: NickG on July 17, 2009, 05:20:23 AM ---
As this topic has proved, it is kind of annoying that people are more interested in any kind of debate / argument than technical posts the forum is intended for. I used to post on some car forums before I had changes in circumstances (wife & kids) and more often than not posts ended up which car was faster or better than which without any technical input pinging backwards and forwards, for that reason I only ever use them if I have a problem, but more often than not these days there is nobody there than can answer difficult questions. I guess that problem could happen here if we're not careful.
Nick
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I think that's the crux of this thread.....use it or loose it...
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