Do you ever wonder......?

[steveb*]

....about this scenario which seems to happen quite often:

1) PHer posts a topic, often asking for tech advice
2) Other PHers respond
3) Original PHer does not post a reply

Do you wonder whether they've not been back & looked, or if they don't feel the need to respond?

[minimax]

personally I think it would be ill mannered not to reply after you have asked people to help you

[andy mac]

Normally a "cheers chaps/chapesses" would be appropriate, even out of politeness...

[Mrs Fish]

I agree

[BliarOut]

Yup... manners cost nothing... except a teeny bit of bandwidth in this case

[steveb*]

Well thank you guys for taking the trouble to reply!

(How predicable was that? )

[tvrgit]

I notice that too!

Also - person posts and asks for technical advice... people post their diagnosis... person posts to say "right i'm going to try x or y" totally ignoring the advice...

[steveb*]

tvrgit said:

I notice that too! Also - person posts and asks for technical advice... people post their diagnosis... person posts to say "right i'm going to try x or y" totally ignoring the advice...

...right , but I still prefer that to no reply at all!

[lanciachris]

The worst ones imho are : I need to change a wheel, where can I find the wheel nuts are on my bmw 318is noddykins, with the perrywinkle blue trimming and electric snozzcumbers.

And youre like... HAVE YOU TRIED LOOKING?

[nicecupoftea]

I must admit sometimes I completely forget what threads I've posted on so don't know what to check for replies

[55jnj]

Just keep an eye on "My Stuff" in "What's New".

>> Edited by 55jnj on Thursday 21st October 00:37

[trooper1212]

tvrgit said:

I notice that too! Also - person posts and asks for technical advice... people post their diagnosis... person posts to say "right i'm going to try x or y" totally ignoring the advice...

The one that gets me, is someone will post "I've heard you need to stand on your head to kick a donkey on the arse", someone else will post an informed, well researched post with links to evidence proving that it isn't true.
Within two posts someone else will come along and say "Yep, it's true my mate dave told me that you have to stand on your head to kick a donkey in the arse, fact!"
Do they not read the thread before posting?

[RichardJB]

The one that gets me is when people support the first argument with a later post, when it has just been disproved by the previous post. Do they not pay any attention at all???

[steveb*]

RichardJB said:

The one that gets me is when people support the first argument with a later post, when it has just been disproved by the previous post. Do they not pay any attention at all???

Do you have to stand on your head to kick a Doney up the arse?

[2 Smokin Barrels]

Several Months Later

Do you feel compelled to visit your posts to reply to people who've taken the trouble to reply?

If you don't, why post in the first place?

[lanciachris]

lanciachris said:

The worst ones imho are : I need to change a wheel, where can I find the wheel nuts are on my bmw 318is noddykins, with the perrywinkle blue trimming and electric snozzcumbers. And youre like... HAVE YOU TRIED LOOKING?

Ahhh. im still true to myself then I havent changed a bit!

[2 Smokin Barrels]

Gazboy said:

I've been guilty of this, if I post in a forum I hardly ever visit, I forget to go back- sorry.

Take 100 lines Gazboy. "I must use the what's new my stuff pop up!"

[2 Smokin Barrels]