# Why does it seem my posts go unnoticed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402 "2006-01-31T21:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/21 "2006-01-31T22:15:29Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Try turning the caps lock on. This, coming from a mod? šŸ˜› Adam ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/22 "2006-01-31T22:15:44Z")
Agent Foxtrot, I always notice your posts because youā€™re a fellow Baltimoron. Howā€™s your Dad, by the way? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/23 "2006-01-31T22:18:11Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > This, coming from a mod? šŸ˜› You wanted to be noticed, didnā€™t you? Sure, youā€™d quickly be universally reviled and eventually banned, but no one would say you went unnoticedā€¦ (No one ever said I was a _good_ mod.) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/24 "2006-01-31T22:22:52Z")
Hah. I notice them too because youā€™re local. I notice most of the locals including norinew, Urban, DancesWC, Q&Elf Family, Dave&Ging, whynot, who-me, mhendo, wendell, and several others who should feel totally slighted and take it personally because I didnā€™t list them. I donā€™t know why your posts donā€™t get noticed. Some posts do. Some donā€™t. Maybe youā€™re too reasoned and uncontroversial. My posts that get quoted tend to be intentionally inflammatory, flat-out retarded, once-in-a-blue-moon mildly humorous, or so perfectly righteous and wise that they must be repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/25 "2006-01-31T23:33:24Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Shoot! I forgot to tell you that when I see your user name, I see Fox Mulder. Funny, I see Peter of the _Fox Trot_ comic strip. Then again, I was never an _X Files_ fanā€¦ I can relate to Adam because he and **Mississippienne** share living quarters and occasionally post under each otherā€™s screen name because someone forgets to log out. **Long Time First Time** and I have separate residences, but Iā€™m frequently using either her office or home computer, and similar incidents of mistaken identity occasionally ensue. Fortunately, none of her veterinary pronouncements or accounts of breast-feeding experiences have ever appeared under the **Sternvogel** imprimatur. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/26 "2006-01-31T23:40:44Z")
Sheesh, I recognise easily every one of you in this thread. Familiar names all around, and I usually take note. But I must not respond often. I think Iā€™m usually pretty low on the radar. Sometimes I start threads just to see if I can get 15 people to view them. Then, a week later, I start a new thread and see if I can beat that record. I kid. This place is _immense_. There are many people who feel similarly, Iā€™m certain. But I, for one, take notice of everyone in this thread so far. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/27 "2006-02-01T00:08:41Z")
Often, Iā€™ll read a post that I really appreciate, but I hesitate to post just to say ā€œgood pointā€ or ā€œwell saidā€ or ā€œLOLā€; if everybody did that, the board would soon be awash with trivial posts that say nothing. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/28 "2006-02-01T00:13:17Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > But I must not respond often. Did you get your new sewing machine figured out? The thread still breaking? ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/29 "2006-02-01T00:13:59Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Often, Iā€™ll read a post that I really appreciate, but I hesitate to post just to say ā€œgood pointā€ or ā€œwell saidā€ or ā€œLOLā€; if everybody did that, the board would soon be awash with trivial posts that say nothing. Well said. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/30 "2006-02-01T00:21:54Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Did you get your new sewing machine figured out? The thread still breaking? Heh. :smack: Yes, but I _just_ bought a book for beginners about figuring your way around a sewing machine, and I think I had the threads pulled to the wrong side when I began sewing. I havenā€™t given it a whirl yet, though, since I also bought a ā€œKnitting For Dummiesā€ book, and Iā€™m having a blast with that. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/31 "2006-02-01T00:33:28Z")
I feel that way too sometimes. I remember once, someone had a knitting question. I was the first to reply and also answered her question correctly. A few hours later, someone else replied, with the same information. OPā€™s response was ā€œThanks Poster #2 Who is not Hello Again!ā€ I was like, ā€œhey! WTF!?ā€ Its not like I expect a bouquet of flowers but every now and again I enjoy it when my posts are even noticed. I actually got quite excited when not 1 but 2 people acknowledged a post in a recent thread. Iā€™m pretty sure no one is ā€œignoreā€-ing me, I rarely post on controversial subjects and Iā€™ve never been pitted in all my years. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/32 "2006-02-01T00:55:53Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > What Iā€™ve noticed in those types of threads is that it tends to boil down to two or three people arguing with each other. If you step in with a new opinion, itā€™s easier to ignore you so you can get back to your Regularly Scheduled Disagreementā„¢. This is often the case in some of theā€¦ahemā€¦more _vigorous_ threads I become involved in in the Pit. When several people are going at it hot and heavy and someone else comes along and posts something in a relatively benign style, it can seem more like he/she is just offering an observation rather than trying to encourage comment by the other posters. Also, if you enter an intense discussion and your post is on the side of the majority, there might be an inclination on the part of the minority poster(s) to let your post slide rather than add to the number of posters the minority guys have to try to keep up with. Also, what **Thudlow Boink** said. For the record, you, **norinew** and **AHunter3** are very familiar names to me. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/33 "2006-02-01T00:58:58Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I havenā€™t given it a whirl yet, though, since I also bought a ā€œKnitting For Dummiesā€ book, and Iā€™m having a blast with that. šŸ˜‰ Iā€™ve been seeing ā€œIdiotā€™s Guide toā€ various things, including knitting, and Iā€™ve wondered if theyā€™re pretty much the same as the Dummies books. Anybody know? Back on topic, sorta. I donā€™t worry so much about responses as I do about starting a thread, or asking a question within a thread, and then forgetting to go back and see if anyone responded. I hate ignoring people worse than I hate being ignored. **HelloAgain** , Iā€™ll bet thatā€™s happened to just about everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/34 "2006-02-01T01:38:33Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Back on topic, sorta. I donā€™t worry so much about responses as I do about starting a thread, or asking a question within a thread, and then forgetting to go back and see if anyone responded. I hate ignoring people worse than I hate being ignored. **AuntiePam** , you can go to your user control panel (User CP, if youā€™re not already familiar with it), click on Edit Options and subscribe to each thread you post to with the option to receive email notification of new replies to those threads. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/35 "2006-02-01T01:40:05Z")
I donā€™t know what Iā€™d have to do to get people to notice me ā€“ strip and masturbate in the middle of a thread, I guess. Oh well, I can take some solace in being the resident Gay Spelling Nazi[sup]TM[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/36 "2006-02-01T02:10:15Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I donā€™t know what Iā€™d have to do to get people to notice me ā€“ strip and masturbate in the middle of a thread, I guess. > > Oh well, I can take some solace in being the resident **Gay** Spelling Nazi[sup]TM[/sup]. (bolding mine) Thereā€™s a Gay way to spell stuff? A lot of my posts tend to go unnoticed, too. I guess everybody falls into invisibility now and then. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/37 "2006-02-01T02:10:50Z")
I have the same problem. I recently posted in a Pit thread on page 1 or 2 and never got a reply or a notice. It was like I was talking to myself. It was a somewhat lengthy thread and bupkus. Hey-where you guys going? Guys? Hey! \ ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/38 "2006-02-01T02:13:41Z")
What, am I the only person who got the email directive from Tuba to ignore him? Check your inboxes, folks. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/39 "2006-02-01T02:15:12Z")
I agree with **Eureka** and the other HOs in this thread. The sure-fire ways to get noticed are to either: a) post like an ass, b) open a lot of threads, or c) flood the board with posts. There are other, better ways, but they take lots of work. The bizarre thing about this thread is that the posters that have mentioned not getting noticed are some of the posters I take special notice of (albeit silently): **Foxtrot** , **norinew** , and **AHunter3**. I always find it weird to look at a posterā€™s name and then start listing off in my head the things I know about that poster. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402/40 "2006-02-01T02:30:04Z")
I recognize, heck, everybody in this thread. Some of you I even like (I kid!). But the thing is, I donā€™t post very much, and itā€™s pretty random whether or not I decide to respond to something. Iā€™m always sure thereā€™s someone smarter or more succinct whoā€™ll get to it. A lot of people are probably reading your posts and recognizing you, but they just donā€™t have the impulse to put themselves out there for scrutiny. Who knows how many lurkers there are? Usually I find myself saying something like ā€œgod, why did I even post that?ā€ to myself moments after hitting submit, and fearing reprisal. This is a pretty fast-moving community and itā€™s hard to keep up sometimes, for me even though I read pretty regularly. **norinew** makes a good point about certain thread types, but itā€™s always good to offer new opinions anyway. Even if you donā€™t think people are reading youā€™re helping to make this place richer and more interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-my-posts-go-unnoticed/342402.md?page=3)