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True Dough

(17,305 posts) Sat Oct 15, 2016, 09:38 AM Oct 2016

How do you feel about DU threads [View all]

where the OP responds to every post? I'm not fond of that practice. It's not the worst offense of forum etiquette, by any stretch of imagination. But it seems to scream "Look at me," especially when some of the OP's replies (or many of them) are simply an acknowledgement that you posted.

Just curious how others perceive it.

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How do you feel about DU threads [View all] True Dough Oct 2016 OP

Testing . . . . rug Oct 2016 #1

. femmocrat Oct 2016 #3

I'm gonna guess True Dough Oct 2016 #5

Well played Egnever Oct 2016 #31

I have the opposite opinion. femmocrat Oct 2016 #2

That"s how i feel... Phentex Oct 2016 #4

That's where I land too. OriginalGeek Oct 2016 #14

I fall in this camp too. I think it is rude to not respond. AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #33

I'm with them ^^^^ hermetic Oct 2016 #6

when I posted about the passing of Princess Peanut, irisblue Oct 2016 #7

Several years back, here in the Lounge... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #8

Our dear gregarious Peggy annabanana Oct 2016 #13

it tells me they have the time and patience to follow-up Skittles Oct 2016 #9

Yes, And How Many Times Have We Been Annoyed. . . ProfessorGAC Oct 2016 #20

absolutely correct Skittles Oct 2016 #30

I don't think it screams Look at Me NJCher Oct 2016 #10

I agree! cwydro Oct 2016 #11

Love 'em! Iggo Oct 2016 #12

I'm okay with it shenmue Oct 2016 #15

I always saw it Jamaal510 Oct 2016 #16

I don't think its an issue one way or the other. astral Oct 2016 #17

Personally, I check back and add something when inspired lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #18

It depends on the person I think. betsuni Oct 2016 #19

Not into pithy responses just for the sake of keeping a post kicked. Fla Dem Oct 2016 #21

That would depend on the person's history, I suppose True Dough Oct 2016 #22

If you post a thread on a subject and most of the responses are along the lines of.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #23

Fair enough True Dough Oct 2016 #25

"Imagine if every thread was like that" A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #26

But important enough to have responded twice in this thread! True Dough Oct 2016 #27

This is YOUR thread in which you asked a question of the readers A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #28

Okay, thanks for the advice True Dough Oct 2016 #29

I've found you can't win Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2016 #24

I think it is generally considerate to acknowledge the people ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2016 #32