How do you guys feel about accounts that post threads and then don’t ever comment in them?
If a person makes a post and doesn’t participate further, then there can be valid reasons, but over all it just feels rude, dishonorable or something to me.
I’m starting to wonder if when an OP doesn’t reply that they are just bots fishing for common responses for some LLM training data or something.
Early answers seem to say that its common and not rude to not respond, for different reasons.
Has never bothered me and I do it myself sometimes. I don’t make generic “thank you” type comments usually, I just upvote people instead. So I won’t reply unless I actually have something worth saying. Usually I will have something to say, but not always.
Also depends how many replies. If I ask a question and one person provides the answer, I’ll say something. If I start a thread and it takes off though, I’ll just observe. And I think most people are that way, just because a popular thread can be a little overwhelming.
edit for cleanup
Interesting to hear your side of it. I’ve just responded to a few posts in a row that responded zero times, but ran off to post elsewhere. People worked hard in them so its worth an opinion or two.
I know it can be a bit awkward too, to respond after so much is said from so many people.
I can get a little miffed if I don’t get even 1 upvote, but so long as I get that I’m alright. Even if I had to write a lot.
Getting zero upvotes after writing a ton of text is a bit… not fun.
I got invested in a thread from a guy being eaten alive by mosquitoes and posted a joke, but then realised i didn’t read it well and he seemed serious, so i replied properly. He ended up with a ton of replies and didn’t say a word lol. Not saying there can’t be valid reasons like going to bed or ducking out to the shops in a fit of rage to get equipment for the mosquitocaplyse. Seeing it happen more than in one post is the part that’s really getting me curious now.
I feel the opposite. If someone goes on an “Ask” community and is responding to most answers, it feels like they’re trying to push an agenda. The polite thing, in my mind, is upvote the answers you get and only respond to ask clarifying questions or maaaaybe say thanks if anything is particularly insightful or helpful.
While of course i have a reason for posting this thread just like everyone else’s always does. It’d be really weird not having an abnormally high reply rate giving the spirit of my post lol. I could have gone the other way and intentionally replied to zero people as a joke.
Under normal conditions i would do like you say, just not for this post for obvious reasons.
edit: also, some people are just more invested or friendly, they might want some conversation. I do realise you are taking a stab at me, but its ok to chat a bit.
Not trying to take a stab; trying to share a different perspective.
Sometimes it’s better to reply in comments to address specific questions, other times better to post an ETA. Sometimes, I just wanted to provoke discussion, or I’m about to do something that’ll leave me away for a couple of hours.
On principle, i’m replying to your comment as its first :P Edit: i came in here to do this, but i woulda responded either way lol
Im more talking after an hour, not a single comment or update from OP.
There definitely are good reasons to take time responding or not comment for ages etc of course. Some comments of course don’t need a response.
If I’m posting a question, I simply won’t have anything better to say to someone who answered with more expertise than me 🤷♂️. If I say thanks to everyone just for the sake of it, I feel like I’m clogging up the comment section.
Sometimes it feels as if the author was a bot, with the intention to push opinions or agendas.
Iz ok
I only respond to comments when I have something to say. If people leave comments that have no room for me to add I just vote up or down and press on.
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Sometimes the top level comments are boring takes not worth replying to. Like this comment. Whatcha going to do? Argue that no, there’s always some comment worth replying to? Agree with me? Boring.
I’m gonna reply, that’s what I’m gonna do. What are you gonna do about it? I’ve added almost nothing to respond to.
