To wonder: do you respond to posters, or posts?

[Hullygully]

Keep seeing stuff saying blah blah cliques talking to each other

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blah blah don't notice names, respond to posts.

How is it for you?

'The post, but there are a few names I like reading there post/ response'.

Seconded.

Posts, I really don't notice the names. Obviously a few stick out as I've seen them so often since I joined a couple of years ago , but I usually forget posters names. I could have a very heated debate with a poster on a thread one day and will honestly forget their poster name by the next day.

Posts. The only name I ever read is the OP, I usually read the first page and then if I wonder how it's developing I just scan the following pages for the OP's name.

solesource you have a PM friend??? do people PM each other?

You know everyone will say posts. But you also know that's not quite true.

Well known posters are treated with much more... - respect isn't quite the right word, but they're certainly responded to differently.

Posts.

A bit of both tbh.

A bit of both.

I sometimes read an OP, and have to look at the author to weigh up the chances of it being intentionally on the funny side.

If it's poster I recognise, I guess I respond to what I know of them.

I read threads according to the title/subject

I follow the conversation and will respond to a post that interests me or annoys me or makes me laugh

I will often respond to posters on a thread if I really like them because I am alone and friendless.

usual was honest, flogging.

I dunno, I thought more people would say posters, yes.

Do you think they have FIERY PANTS??

Both. On long running threads it is a mix of chatting amongst friends whilst welcoming newcomers. If I see one of my "friends" in a different topic area I will generally just respond as if I don't already know them though.

Apart from that, I do notice a lot of regular posters and get a feel for personalities in some cases but try to respond as though I have only seen them on that thread. There are some people that I just know will press my buttons so I tend to avoid threads where they are active, or only respond to other poster's points. There are also some posters that I have an enormous amount of respect for and will read a thread just because they started it.

Bit of a theme going there pagster, doll.

I respond to posts. But I recognise various posters and if I remember one for a particular reason it may colour my reply.

yy who knows, not always approp to chat.

Mostly posts, I think. And there are some posters I would never respond to, like that HullyGully.

I do look at the poster in AIBU and if it's a known moron someone I usually get het up about then I click out again. Otherwise, nay. Though you can always tell a Chaos title without having to look

Posts-I rarely notice who has posted.

i do name search and refer to my spreadsheets

I respond to posters. Of course you recognize people's name and posting styles, and respond accordingly. Or join a thread that you wouldn't normally join if you see a poster who you have a giggle with.

Or I do anyway

Bit of both. Depends on the thread.

If it's a long-running thread in a quieter topic, it's all about the posters and sense of community.

Sometimes if I recognise the names I will respond to posters, as I'm more able to get the context if I know their personality.

If I don't 'know' them (majority of MNers) then I respond purely on the basis of the post.

Tantrums - OUT AND PROUD

I neeeeed a pm friend kids like a pen friend that we had as kids! Does anyone remember writing to strange kids living elsewhere?? How shocking they could have been 40 year old weirdos!!!

Yep. That's me.