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.)

[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.

[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?

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?