Posted by gardenergirl on April 27, 2004, at 1:11:37
In reply to I see it too spoc and dinah, posted by Fallen4MyT on April 27, 2004, at 0:16:48
I'm jumping i a bit late here (actually really late as it is 2:00 a.m., sigh).
I have to admit, I don't really see it as Fallen4myT and spoc are describing. Perhaps this means that I am one of the offenders. I just know that, like Dinah, I don't always resond on every thread for a variety of reasons. Sometimes I don't have time. Sometimes I don't feel like I have anything to add. Sometimes, it's just not grabbing me, for whatever reason.
There are also times when I just don't understand a post, so I might not respond to it directly. I admit I don't always take the time to post questions to try to understand, as I already feel like my time online is rationed, and I hope that I will eventually figure it out or that it will get clarified by other posters. I guess that is a bit selfish of me.
I really wish that I could respond more to everything I read that is at all interesting. Sometimes I feel the need to "catch up" on responses, but then I am on for hours, and I really can't afford that right now, or I'll never graduate.
So, if I have inadvertently failed to respond to someone who posted to me or on a thread I started, I apologize. It's likely an oversight rather than an intentional slight. I seem to be developing that absent-minded professor shtick, :( If I tend to stick to only a few threads, unfortunately, that's all I can manage right now.
That all being said, I had the same feelings at the beginnning. I thought I was a thread killer and an outsider. But it changed the more I posted. It took a few months, I believe.
Glad all babblers are here. It's really a cool place filled with warm and wonderful, unique people.
gg
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