Rant: Vanishing Original Posters on the Forum

[pittpa]

Y'all come back now, hear?


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[Kanewpadle]

There is only one solution.

 

[amazingflapjack]

I'm good with all of that, but how about a guy you have traded emails with a couple times about a gun for sale, who asks for pics-you send, and there isn't even an OK, Thanks?

 

[Fishslayer]

or dig it up so they can ask a question that's somewhat related.

If they post a new thread somebody is bound tell 'em to use the search button...

 

[Fishinfool]

Yea, it kind of bothers me too, but I figure there are a lot more people reading the thread than just the OP, so it may prove beneficial or entertaining to someone else.

Larry

 

[vigil617]

Sorry, my mind has been preoccupied with lobsters.

I would've started a thread about this, but, well....never mind...

Rare ghost lobster caught off Stonington - Portland Press Herald

 

[Muss Muggins]

I always figure one these things happened:

1: Somebody answered their question here and they moved on.

2: After the first couple posts didn't answer their question, they moved on.

3: Their question was answered another way, and they moved on.

4: They sold the gun and moved on.

5: They just moved on.

 

[Watchdog]

I always figure one these things happened:

1: Somebody answered their question here and they moved on.

2: After the first couple posts didn't answer their question, they moved on.

3: Their question was answered another way, and they moved on.

4: They sold the gun and moved on.

5: They just moved on.

Or maybe they just forgot they made the post in the first place. Senility creeping in, who knows?

 

[OMCHamlin]

I try to respond to everyone who answers my questions. Sometimes I'll even send them a PM.

The times I feel I can answer someone's question, maybe help them a bit, I'll do it. If they respond or say thanks, fine.

But upset or offended because someone on an Internet forum ignores me? C'mon.

Yeah, I agree. I'm getting older, but I try (sometimes more, sometimes less) not to turn into a grumpy old man that complains about everything.
Man, I have seen a lot of that on this forum. A LOT.
Tissue?

 

[Marshwheeling]

Then there are the trolls, who post and then sit back to watch the fun.

 

[Whitwabit]

One time posters not an unusual breed of users on many forums .. ..

They are interested in 1 specific question and after getting an answer they never return as they don't have any other questions to ask ..

 

[Fishslayer]

Or maybe they just forgot they made the post in the first place. Senility creeping in, who knows?

I have done that MANY times!

I've also answered the same question months later when somebody digs up the old post... HATE when that happens...

 

[RobertJ.]

I hate threads that end like "The Sopranos" ...

You mean when they get whacked?

 

[vigil617]

You mean when they get whacked?

If only.....

 

[vigil617]

Kids today have an expression that fits these OPs exactly.

"Hit it and quit it."

Different connotation, but the sentiment's the same....

I don't like hitters and quitters of any stripe.

 

[Tom K]

One time posters not an unusual breed of users on many forums .. ..

They are interested in 1 specific question and after getting an answer they never return as they don't have any other questions to ask ..

They also don't have the common courtesy to say "Thank you". I pretty much feel contempt for those people.