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Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby casual_cyclist » Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:12 pm
What do you mean by that?mikesbytes wrote:Answer their question with a short question and see if they respond
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby HappyHumber » Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:53 pm
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby Derny Driver » Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:59 pm
what?mikesbytes wrote:Answer their question with a short question and see if they respond
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Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby sogood » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:02 pm
?mikesbytes wrote:Answer their question with a short question and see if they respond
(Short enough?)
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby HappyHumber » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:02 pm
I think a portion of it is people using the setting under the UCP to auto-subscribe to their own started threads or not. I think by default it isn't enabled. Such posters mightn't get a reminder by way of a "topic reply notification" by e-mail and people's attention spans being what they are, they may simply forget... or not be savvy enough to remember how to browse back to their post. For example, just how many people don't use the 'Search' function?
Certainly, I would prefer some sort of periodical daily/weekly mail notification of updates to a thread, rather as-and-when a new reply is posted since your last visit. I often forget when I've had a flurry of other e-mails that've swept away the notification.
Similarly, I think people replying, and then getting a constant Reply notification in turn as they waste time infront of the keyboard (Hey, we're all guilty of it at times, right?) discourages quality of comments in favour of quantity.
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:09 pm
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby HappyHumber » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:13 pm
That only really allows for popular threads which 'float to the top'. Anything a little more locally specific or obscure, with an infrequent contributor-ship will likely get washed away by that means also.ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby mikesbytes » Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:49 pm
LOL, see you know I'm still aroundcasual_cyclist wrote:What do you mean by that?mikesbytes wrote:Answer their question with a short question and see if they respond
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Postby cyclotaur » Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:10 pm
That's my default ....ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby Farmer Elvis » Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:13 pm
The 2nd Womble wrote:Western Australians? 1400 of them recently disappeared.
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby London Boy » Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:13 am
We're back on bananas are we?HappyHumber wrote:That only really allows for popular threads which 'float to the top'.ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:11 am
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby JulMass » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:18 am
I am not a spam bot but expect inane comments to get my quota.
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Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:29 pm
Just click on view your posts up the top of the page. Those with responses are highlighted. If you use Tap a talk just click on participated.ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby ldrcycles » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:30 pm
But that only shows threads you've actually posted in, not ones that have just come up or you haven't commented in yet.singlespeedscott wrote:Just click on view your posts up the top of the page. Those with responses are highlighted. If you use Tap a talk just click on participated.ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby The 2nd Womble » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:35 pm
Soul brother.JulMass wrote:In order to post stuff for sale the rules require 10 valid forum posts to prove a member is not a spam bot. I think I read the rules right.
I am not a spam bot but expect inane comments to get my quota.
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:58 pm
In that case your better of using Tapatalk on your phone. It lists all the new threads as they are posted from the latest back, regardless of what part of the forum they are posted in.ldrcycles wrote:But that only shows threads you've actually posted in, not ones that have just come up or you haven't commented in yet.singlespeedscott wrote:Just click on view your posts up the top of the page. Those with responses are highlighted. If you use Tap a talk just click on participated.ldrcycles wrote:Or you could click "view new posts" 15 times a day .
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Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:45 pm
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby casual_cyclist » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:31 pm
What about Kalgrm?bigfriendlyvegan wrote:Haven't seen Derny Driver for a while. What up with that?
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby Nobody » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:22 pm
Yeah, maybe "post 'n' bail" is becoming his specialty too.bigfriendlyvegan wrote:Haven't seen Derny Driver for a while. What up with that?
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Postby Derny Driver » Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:49 pm
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby Duck! » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:11 pm
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Re: Why do people start a thread and then disappear?
Postby barefoot » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:53 am
I think it's good manners when doing this to acknowledge replies and engage in the conversation, but it doesn't surprise me that not everybody does this. But I expect these phantom thread-starters will come back and read what answers they've got, even if they don't engage any further.
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