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I start quite a few. Some have gone on for a long time, and some are short lived. It’s fun to think of one and see how far it goes. If you don’t start them you never know what will spark a good conversation.
One of my best ones is, What are you working on now? I like hearing about everyone’s projects. It’s sort of a home related Show and Tell.
I start quite a few. Some have gone on for a long time, and some are short lived. It’s fun to think of one and see how far it goes. If you don’t start them you never know what will spark a good conversation.
One of my best ones is, What are you working on now? I like hearing about everyone’s projects. It’s sort of a home related Show and Tell.
Yes, I like to read the show and tell...it's never ending too.
I started Nature category years ago and it's now a big part of my enjoyment on cd. People have such interesting stories and have so much info to share...
Then there are some dumb threads I started that go nowhere fast
and others that unbelievably continue on...
I wish we got better quality threads from long time contributors. Lots of subs are inundated with "trollish" topics from a new batch of posters who predictably pop up every single month. You can tell these accounts apart because they've been members for less than a month and will already have 10s-100s of comments and threads that follow the same trollish patterns. You can report them away as frequently as you can, but there's always another one that'll come up in its place. It's like having a weed problem in your garden.
I post threads from time to time, but usually seldom and only when the urge strikes (i.e. something relevant in my life at the moment).
I think posts come in two categories (maybe more). Posts to gain information have a short shelf life. ...like, for example, identify this________. Others can continue indefinitely.
Really, I’m always amazed at how some threads last a day then get closed, when I think there was more to be gotten out of them, but some moldy old things of no interest to anyone still hang on for years.
I think posts come in two categories (maybe more). Posts to gain information have a short shelf life. ...like, for example, identify this________. Others can continue indefinitely.
Really, I’m always amazed at how some threads last a day then get closed, when I think there was more to be gotten out of them, but some moldy old things of no interest to anyone still hang on for years.
Hee hee...I can think of some that seem to have been here as long as I have...
^^^ This!
And I follow up too.
Some people just start lots of threads but never come back and participate. I feel that I wasted my time on those... It just seems to me like talking to a wall...
Not as much as I used to. Not worth the aggravation of not going as I hoped. I mainly do it when I'm bored with topics (often so) and bored in general and I have a question or information I think is important and will be able to monitor the thread frequently.
My time online is much about locating interesting material that potentially could be discussed with others, but seldom does the discussion part pan out. Not many people have the intellectual curiosity and creativity to start good discussions, and many people lack the intellect or manners needed to keep the discussion going smoothly.
Off the top of my head,, I would have said very, very seldom and of those, not much response so figure I don't ask anything anybody is much interested in.
This thread made me go look at my statistics and, wow! I've started over 200 but, most of those were asking for help about something specific so low response is understandable.The ones trying to start a conversation weren't a hellova a lot better, though
That's about a 2% ratio of overall posts.
I also would have said I have only a handful of DMs and the stats show 345!
So much for memory.
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