Does anyone else feel like leaving WP sometimes?

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I'm the opposite

I try to be helpful to people on here, but I feel like I am always being ignored.

I had the same problem
so one day I said-fuck it
I don't care anymore
and I stopped helping out and giving a s**t

you are describing burnout dude. take a break from here for a couple of days

if I leave its forever
its been like this for a few months
I tried taking breaks
it didn't help

though I do know I'll never go back to zomg
hate it there

I like helping people too, some are interested. I might dissapear one day altogether

I've been ignored quite a bit here.

Yeah time to go I think. I need to clear my head. I may come back soon, could be tommorrow , probably not though. Laters everyone.

awww...you can't leave...who'll bring me coffee and hugs over in the 'dear you...from me' thread when i need them? huh?


awww....you can't leave either...i just met you. you're fun. and yes, i'm sure there are people who do give a flying f*** about you. you don't think you'd be missed?

both of you...smarten up...

I can understand leaving to begin life, especially if the net is too addictive for you. But what's this place going to be like if everyone leaves for good?

I spent a lot of time on Delphiforums and WrongPlanet when AS was new to me and I needed to work things out. Offering answers to people helped me think about what knowing I have AS means for my future as opposed to what my ignorance of it meant for my past. BTW, I love making long sentences. Anyway, I don't post as much anymore since I see others offering the same answers I would before I get to the questions.

As for being ignored, not everyone who uses and appreciates advice will respond. You can make a difference for someone online and never know it.

People used to advertise for pen pals in hobby magazines to trade recipes, crochet patterns, tips to soup up cars, chess strategies, etc. My mother and sister had pen pals for a while, but there were a LOT of scam artists there. Web forums are the modern interactive pen pal systems for various interests. You come, you go, you come back, you go again. You can go forever or you can think you will then come back anyway. And there are a LOT of scam artists on the web. The bad always follows the good.

I won't be around the forums as much, especially if the company I applied to last week makes an offer. If I go away for a while, I'll likely come back. Meanwhile, I appreciate the feedback and education I've gained, especially from people who challenged my ideas intelligently. I never would have talked to most of these people in real life. I simply don't try to make new acquaintances. No motivation for it.

Kilroy,

People here obviously do give a fk about you.

WP is (in theory) what you make of it.

What's missing?
What's wrong?

That's the sort of stuff that would be good to answer here...

So far, the only reason I've gotten out of this thread is that most people who joined recently are apparently dkheads.... (I guess that's me)

It sounds mainly like you're getting bored.


oh and Tim... People DO listen to you.

Yes.

I'm certain people notice. In fact, you were the first person I came to recognize here because everywhere I go you seem to be helping someone, welcoming new members, or offering good advice.

I second that - particularly, "Tim the welcome man". I was in awe of how you went out of your way to welcome people to WP. You make a huge first impression.

So many postsseem to be so negative these days. That is all forums, not just the haven. I used to come here to find something positive - lately there isn't much to choose from