Etiquette on No-Replies

deludel · 03-31-2008, 03:08 PM

Anyone ever not get a reply when posting something asking for advice/feedback? What's the etiquette - I thought of replying myself, just to make it show up in "today's posts", but don't want to sound like a whiner ..

*daacon* · 03-31-2008, 03:28 PM

That is a good question - I would think a bump or two (just add a comment to your own note as a bump) would be perfectly fine. Sometimes there is so much activity people just do not see it. As long as you are polite and not bashing everyone for not helping you - I see no problem with bumping it to the top a couple of times. If after two bumps there are still no responses I would move on though ;-)

Just my $0.02..........dy

*rormeister* · 03-31-2008, 03:32 PM

I have seen what Dave describes; "Bump" want to keep this alive notes. Not annoying, and if you post on the weekends, there sometimes is less traffic. My fear is I find myself being the last post in a thread, effectively making me paranoid that I've somehow placed the kiss of death on the topic.

**Adam** · 03-31-2008, 04:54 PM

Feel free to bump your threads with a most if they haven't gotten replies within 24 hours. If you for any reason don't want to make that post (deludel), send me a PM and I'll bump your thread using an admin feature. Thanks!

As for weekend traffic- yes, it tends to be about 15% below the average, which is 80,000 pageviews per day.

*Ed in GA* · 03-31-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by rormeister

I My fear is I find myself being the last post in a thread, effectively making me paranoid that I've somehow placed the kiss of death on the topic.

Hmmmm. I thought I was the only one with this experience......

Now, if no one else posts to this thread, I'll know it's me!

Good to see that I'm not the last one. So, I can't possibly kill this thread.

OniFactor · 03-31-2008, 11:49 PM

nah, i really am the threadkiller... i've been such on a few forums..

JCSullivan · 04-01-2008, 08:28 AM

It is usually me that kills a thread.

@OP
Sometimes people just miss a thread - I've done it umpteen times. On the other hand, sometimes people don't have an answer.

Arpe · 04-01-2008, 05:07 PM

15% down in weekends - so we're all accessing the site from work! Better be careful!

MJB DIGITAL · 04-01-2008, 06:00 PM

im here to add the kiss of death from my own luscious lips

c'mere babeh, kiss meh

muah!