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

[Hullygully]

Keep seeing stuff saying blah blah cliques talking to each other

.v.

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

How is it for you?

Posts, although sometimes I will see a post that makes me cross, look and see who posted it and go because it's someone I usually agree with or have 'liked'.

yes, how weird were pen friends??

I don't want pms, I get literally 100s a day, can't keep up.

I had a penpal called Per who lived in Lapland

I get literally...none a day :(

oh usual, he obviously thought he had no chance with you and got all intimidated.

Only notice names of posters on AIBU who will not accept they Abu and then get really defensive.

Me neither Tantrums.

I try to only look at posts, sometimes a past post will float into my mind. If it's relevant i.e. past problems relating to the current I'll post. If it's somethingthat pissed me off royally I felt strongly about and I think it'll colour my response I try to just hide and walk away.

Another MNer is on my FB and we chat a bit and she did me a massive favor recently and as a result is attending my wedding. I do tend to if I see her. She's the only person who's name really jumps out at me.

I AM NEEDY!

I think it is hormones.

Being needy and an endless urge to drnk wine. All new symptoms of the old age thing

I've only ever had one pm.

It was from Chaos, so the odds are high that it wasn't even intended for me. Probably a phone malfunction.

I suppose I'm lucky it was just the one really.

exit shall we PM each other 100s of times a day?

Deffo both.

Underscore fail. Add me to your spreadsheets and judge my posts accordingly in the future.

I have nothing to say

Bit of both. Some posters you can tell before you click on a title, that they wrote it (chaos?!). I like that.

No neither do I.

How boring we are

Is it possible to send PMs to yourself?

I got a penpal in Germany when I was 11.

She wrote once in perfunctory manner then sent me a picture of herself and asked me to show it too all the boys I knew and ask them to write to her.

The picture was taken from a long way away yet she looked very like Mrs Hogget. The boys all said fuck off no thanks.
It was a short correspondence.

posts, but I do respond to posters on a thread if they have made a good point etc.

Paggy, are you upduffed? Is that why you're hormonal? [concerned face]

I ahve been thinking some more

1. If it's some I know, I respond to posters
2. If it's someone I don't, posts

For 1 - if you do "know" someone it would be awfully rude not to respond to them, and generally mill about and ignore them.

Answer the question Everlong, who were you ??

::shines torch::

Also, do you not post because of who has started the thread? Do you ignore new/unknown people

Too old for upduffed.

I like knowing people on a thread but I like reading posts because of their content. They are not mutually exclusive I think.
But I can see how some feel outside a bit if it feels like everyone else is chatting.