Including more Information from the OP as a thread... - Page 5

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@BirkiLadywrote:
@Mominohio @Sooner @hckynut Understand the reasoning behind wanting to leave an unbiased response; however, if you have not read the entire thread, you may be leaving one of 25-30 of the same responses already there. Many of us DO wade through the entire threads to see what the OP has added or what questions have been asked to encourage those additions. It's an interesting give and take . . . or "game" with some OP's.

Thus, I also find it a game when posters don't bother to check if their response has already been posted. You read the question and your values instinctively tell you how to respond. It seems like a courtesy to check for duplication of efforts. Some of those threads become lengthy and off-track unnecessarily. If my response has been added, I don't comment at all. Simple and well mannered.

Correct me if I'm out-of-line to suggest that. I'm open to comments!

@BirkiLady

Absolutely not out of line to suggest anything!! That to me is what the forums are for!

People can simply look through responses, and if someone else has already given the same answer they were thinking, simply heart that answer as an agreement with it.

Suppose someone was asking something simple like, posting a picture of gadget they have, and looking to learn what it might be. If one person gives a correct answer, and I have nothing to add, like how I use it, or the history behind the gadget, I will heart the correct answer and move on.

On the other hand, if someone is asking for opinions or experiences, I don't care if the same opinion has been posted 30 times, I will post my concurring opinion, with my own comments and unique spin on it. I think when people are asking that kind of question or asking for that kind of input, it makes more of an impact and gives them more food for thought when they get as many opinions (regardless of what they are). It lets them know how widely (or not) an opinion or a 'side' of something is or isn't.

Just my view. I know when I post something looking for opinions and input, I love when lots of people answer, even if many of them seem to give the same answers/opinions/input.

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

I try to keep my posts short and sometimes failed to give enough information when I started a thread. Only after reading the answers did I realize more clarification was needed.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@AuntGwrote:
I try to keep my posts short and sometimes failed to give enough information when I started a thread. Only after reading the answers did I realize more clarification was needed.

@AuntG,

Me, on the other hand, as I said in one of my other posts! Usually end up with looooong posts, probably for the opposite reason. I don't really intend for them to be long or short, but the more I get into some specific topics, the more detailed I become.

As I said, my wife tells me that all the time, but when I talk about things it must be "an automatic". Could be I try to assure myself that most that read my posts understand what I am attempting to say.

Maybe it is because I have been the head person in so many types of groups over decades and I have found that if I leave out even small details, some people I have worked with just "don't get me, or maybe IT". Might be why I tend to put in more details because of my experiences with thousands of people, with me taking the lead. Could that be why I talk a lot in Real Life, and type a lot here? Hmmmm!

hckynut(john)