To wonder why I even bother to give advice on here?

[loopylou6]

I probably am but it pisses me off. There have been a few threads recently where I have taken time to give advice, and its just like my font is invisible. I know I'm not well known here, but I think its common courtesy to reply to people. I always reply to anyone who's been kind enough to take the time to offer me advice, even if its not helpful [harumphh]

I see where you're coming from but I am sure what'syourname that people notice you!!

Sometimes I wish we had a 'like' button like Facebook does, because when I start a thread...I really do read every single reply but obviously no-one can reply to everyone.

Therefore, clicking 'like' is a way to let that person know you've read what they said...a bit like nodding during a conversation.

I'm ridiculously pleased if anyone says anything nice (or responds at all really), because it seems to happen so rarely. And it does seem that everyone else is chatting away .

Hecate I also have a technical question and you seem like you may be a personage of some repute who may know the answer

How do you highlight posts by OP? I have gone to 'customise' and thought I'd enabled this function but OPs posts not highlighted...

Sorry to highjack for my own personal gain... Just can't work out what I'm doing wrong!

By the way loopy I know what you mean. Sometimes it's really frustrating that you take the time and effort to type out an informative and considered reply to a poster's issue and you never get any feedback on whether it was helpful or not or what the outcome was for OP. But I guess we just have to learn to move on and accept that this is the reality of posting on internet forum...

Totally agree mutznutz

Sometimes I go to reply to what a poster has written, get distracted for 10 mins, by the time of publishing on the thread, the reply you were referring to is 2 pages away.

Just like the opinion thread today; it was so fast moving; if you wrote more than 2 lines, it had moved onto the next page.

An like/unlike or agree/disagree option would be fab.

Over to you to start the campaign

smile on my face hecate..if i ever get peak again to you,it's because i'm feckless.x i like this site though. see,i'm revising that''it means i'll be lucky to get back,not...oh well

maryz are you new? I had always assumed you were a namechanger who had been around for a while. I often find myself nodding along to your posts!

And loopy I know what you mean. It's kind of understandable on the big threads but on the smaller ones where someone has asked for really specific advice a little thanks doesn't go amiss.

did you click 'save', bootymum?

softpaw. It's good here. It's not for the fainthearted, but good all the same.

Over to you to start the campaign

Okey Dokey Emmanana I'll get right on to David Cameron

Same here, but I usually talk shite anyways.

I love you Loopylou

is the problem that people ignore precisely what you have saiod? or simply that they don't address you by name when replying?

cos i am guilty of the latter... if people reply to a thread giving advice, or maybe asking me further q1uestiong... i just answer! i always feel that it must be fairly clear who I am replying to if i am talking about stuff they have said?

Ach well, when I give advice, someone always usually comes along and gives much better advice and then I feel very

Thought I did save Hecate... oh well, will try again. Thanks for replying... and information was useful

Oooh look at all the replies < feels warm>

Meg I love you too [ grin]

hope I didn't come across as patronising oooh did you save it you moron...

It's just that i've done it. Made changes and forgotten to save them. I wasn't suggesting you're dim.

Loopy- it happens to a lot of people, including long term posters. Like ME.
Smetimes it feels like you are wearing an invisibility cloak on some threads. It no longer bothers me.

Maryz maybe you are often the last poster because your comment just sums everything up so well?

Happens to me sometimes. Usually when I haven't told people what they wanted to hear Find it quite amusing really.

I never think of this thread as an advice giving area - more post if you fancy a row thread!

With big/long-running threads it's more or less impossible to respond to every reply - I always really admire the OPs who obviously try to. But equally I can see why some just can't - a simple "thanks everyone" is enough.

But yes, with the short threads it does hack me right off - e.g. "Can you help me with this really quite challenging dilemma?", I take a degree of time and trouble, sometimes involving Google, to answer and then....silence. Nothing. More silence. One of these days I'll return three days later to say "Really, don't mention it. It was nothing".

I am a threadkiller a twisted threadkiller popular fast moving threads stop once i get involved .

Loops I lurve ya and always listen to ya....i have to you have my home fone number

Great idea Mutz!!

I really appreciate the comments on my thread from you the other day, but I am really polite and acknowledged you straight away!

I replied to someone recently offering advice about their DC. They asked me a question about my experience (my son is under longterm paediatric care) and I responded with a load of hugely personal information in the hope it might help them.

They never responded :( Not even a quick 'thanks for that' or an 'you're awfully dull but I appreciate you typing all that medical nonsense'.

I got a right harrumph on about it. I've even namechanged since (not sure why but it felt like a nice, petulant gesture).

Reading this back I think I might be slightly petty...

Grudge bearing me though says YANBU.

Hassled and cheese, these are exactly.the things I mean, you take time and effort, as u did today, and you get a big fat silence. Very rude imo. Nickschick, have u give you my new home number? Luffs ya 2 :)

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