You'd think I'd know better

[stonebender]

Why do I only get responses from my not-completely-thought-out posts? And a why do I let the responses bother me so much? *sigh*

Comments

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

And I was no help, today, either. Sorry, love.

(For what it's worth, my off-the-cuff snarks get a lot more response than my long posts, too.)

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Sure you were. Talking to you always makes my day better.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad. I always feel better after talking to you, too.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Join the club.

FWIW it's taken me a good while to view certain tarbabies as things I just don't needto bother with. It took my endocrine system longer to read the memos, but it finally has.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

I just can't figure out how it gets under my skin so quickly. I know better. Thanks!

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

One of his tactics is to say that he is behaving only as you are, when this is not the case.

I've managed to find him strangely silent when I go back and add in the text he cuts out.

I realize this isn't worth your time, effort, or blood pressure to do so. Just wanted to point out that I've been there, done that, and stopped worrying about the t-shirt. :-)

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Hm, did I miss something?

The mysterious ways of LJ are indeed perplexing, and you're not the only one who complains that the off-the-cuff posts generate the most traffic. I still have no idea which posts of mine are going to get picked up and which aren't. I try not to let it bug me, but sometimes it's hard.

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

Usenet?

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Yes, actually.

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

It now makes sense. My sympathies. I don't read the newsgroup anymore.

Geez.

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

I don't read that newsgroup anymore etiher.

But I have almost enough context to possibly figure out who's being referenced.

That's kinda scary.

Re: Geez.

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

I was mostly expressing frustration. I didn't want to get into personalities, but I'll bet you could guess.

Re: You'd think I'd know better

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

because posts that are completely thought out provide fewer hooks for other people to attach their own thoughts; i think that's pretty much a given. what is it that you do expect from replies to those posts instead?

as to why it bothers you, no idea, of course, *heh*, since i am not you. is it a particular type of response that bothers you? or do they all have that effect?

Re: You'd think I'd know better

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. :-/