3 from 35! What to do?

SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 · March 12, 2009, 06:02 AM

G,day. You ungrateful pack of skirt wearing SOB.
I have 35 new threads and 3 have not had responses. I don't know why I bother wasting my time with you.

Seriously though. How many new threads have you had 0 responses to?
Maybe it's time to drag them out of the depths.
What do you do to get responses in your threads?

Ben Towe · March 12, 2009, 07:43 AM

I haven't had any yet, figured I'd respond to this one so you wouldn't have to change you numbers.

. I tend to ask controversial questions alot of the time, so maybe that helps, I don't know. Other than that I have no special "tricks". G'day!

Stiofan · March 12, 2009, 08:05 AM

Give us time. Most here need to wake up and get out of bed before posting.

Seriously, the forum is busiest in the evenings after most folks get home from work. Right now it's just after 5am on the Pacific Coast in America, the east is 3 hours later. Another 8 or 9 hours and the place gets a bit more crowded.

**Bud Helms** · March 12, 2009, 10:37 AM

Quote:

What do you do to get responses in your threads?

Be patient (already mentioned)

Reword your question.

Ask on another board.

Don't blame us: we don't know.

It is a bulletin board: there is no obligation to answer or reply to every question asked.

OnTheFly · March 12, 2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

You ungrateful pack of skirt wearing SOB.

Who told you I wear a skirt?! It is NOT a skirt...it is a K-I-L-T!

To answer your question, I've had four threads that no one answered.

No worries mate.

Fly

**Bud Helms** · March 12, 2009, 11:26 AM

It's a UTILIKILT!

Hey, "rule of thumb" is, if you got no response from a posting, it ain't worth reviving ... take a hint.

grymster2007 · March 12, 2009, 11:52 AM

I've started 54 threads and three got no response. Two of them were providing feedback to sellers and one was my attempt to give a way a Lee Safety Powder Scale. Seems like pretty good response to me.

OTOH: I am counting the threads that have just one response and most of those simply say "Closed".

SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 · March 12, 2009, 02:52 PM

G'day, the question came up yesterday from somebody else. So I thought I would throw it out to everybody else. They got a little upset and started calling names.

With 2 of my unanswered threads I re-asked the same question under different forum sub titles and got good responses. Maybe my number should be 1 from 33

**pax** · March 13, 2009, 01:27 AM

What I do: give it a little time, rewrite the post, and put it up with a different title. It's usually the title that's the problem.

pax

March 12, 2009, 06:02 AM	#1
SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2008 Location: Far Nth Wst QLD Australia Posts: 970	3 from 35! What to do? G,day. You ungrateful pack of skirt wearing SOB. I have 35 new threads and 3 have not had responses. I don't know why I bother wasting my time with you. Seriously though. How many new threads have you had 0 responses to? Maybe it's time to drag them out of the depths. What do you do to get responses in your threads? __________________ If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough! When you're confused, I'll try to use smaller words!!!

March 12, 2009, 07:43 AM	#2
Ben Towe Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2009 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 974	I haven't had any yet, figured I'd respond to this one so you wouldn't have to change you numbers. . I tend to ask controversial questions alot of the time, so maybe that helps, I don't know. Other than that I have no special "tricks". G'day! __________________ I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.-Thomas Jefferson I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.-Euripides Last edited by Ben Towe; March 12, 2009 at 07:46 AM. Reason: Got ahead of myself...

March 12, 2009, 11:26 AM	#6
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	It's a UTILIKILT! Hey, "rule of thumb" is, if you got no response from a posting, it ain't worth reviving ... take a hint. __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995

March 12, 2009, 11:52 AM	#7
grymster2007 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: In the oak studded hills near Napa Posts: 2,203	I've started 54 threads and three got no response. Two of them were providing feedback to sellers and one was my attempt to give a way a Lee Safety Powder Scale. Seems like pretty good response to me. OTOH: I am counting the threads that have just one response and most of those simply say "Closed". __________________ grym

March 12, 2009, 02:52 PM	#8
SKULLANDCROSSBONES65 Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2008 Location: Far Nth Wst QLD Australia Posts: 970	G'day, the question came up yesterday from somebody else. So I thought I would throw it out to everybody else. They got a little upset and started calling names. With 2 of my unanswered threads I re-asked the same question under different forum sub titles and got good responses. Maybe my number should be 1 from 33 __________________ If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough! When you're confused, I'll try to use smaller words!!!

March 12, 2009, 08:05 AM	#3
Stiofan Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2006 Location: Panhandle, Idaho Posts: 686	Give us time. Most here need to wake up and get out of bed before posting. Seriously, the forum is busiest in the evenings after most folks get home from work. Right now it's just after 5am on the Pacific Coast in America, the east is 3 hours later. Another 8 or 9 hours and the place gets a bit more crowded.

March 13, 2009, 01:27 AM	#9
pax Staff Join Date: May 17, 2000 Location: Washington state Posts: 6,403	What I do: give it a little time, rewrite the post, and put it up with a different title. It's usually the title that's the problem. pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat