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ephemerella
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01 Dec 2008, 11:32 am

ForsakenEagle wrote:

A lot of topics around here are "post your opinion; move along." It is only when someone disagrees or is strongly supporting/interested in your post that people reply.

Once a topic gets moving, many post can have some interesting or useful material to read. I like to collect on all the opinions I can to make a decision on what I should do next in life, for example.

This is what I've been doing. It's not really in my nature to get into one-on-one exchanges with people. So I post my opinions and thoughts, learn from other people's posts, and move on. I only reply when it seems important to the other person or myself. I often don't have time to check for replies, even.

I also don't get a lot of replies, as you claim to have a problem with. My thing is that I'm new to the forum and learning and adjusting. This can take me a long time to do, in a new social situation. It's becoming obvious to me that I have some attitude problems that make me contemptuous of NTs and their behaviors, and that I'm often too defensive and opinionated, so I'm learning from that, too. So while getting a lot of replies isn't something I'm here for (as maybe you are), the fact that you are not can also be a thing to learn from because that is a kind of feedback, too.

The people here seem very tolerant, and helpful. Perhaps if you find out why you are not getting a lot of replies (if that's what you want) and make a few adjustments so that you improve your response rate, you will find more of what you need here.

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01 Dec 2008, 11:35 am

Am I being ignored, lol? I hadn't noticed...

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01 Dec 2008, 11:47 am

Advert alert ! !! You're not supposed to post adverts ! !! !

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01 Dec 2008, 12:51 pm

I thought that rule was changed in summer on 2007. That's what I was told anyway by one of the mods, I dunno if he still is.

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01 Dec 2008, 12:58 pm

I can't be tired of something that hasn't happened.

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01 Dec 2008, 1:31 pm

JetLag wrote:

I can't be tired of something that hasn't happened.

Same here. I still get quoted in responses, mostly in a very friendly manner.

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01 Dec 2008, 1:47 pm

OP has done a good thing by making the forum,can never have too many of them providing they're just not direct copies of other forums and made up completely of the same community from another forum-make sure to get new users as well or else it's just like being on WP except with different layout.

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01 Dec 2008, 5:58 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Advert alert ! !! You're not supposed to post adverts ! !! !

u cant underestimate power of LINKBUX! :skull:

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01 Dec 2008, 6:01 pm

Followthereaper90 wrote:

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Advert alert ! !! You're not supposed to post adverts ! !! !

u cant underestimate power of LINKBUX! :skull:

I think that if someone is going to start a thread it should be more meaningful than "go to this website". They could at least post something that took some effort to write.

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01 Dec 2008, 6:09 pm

It is better to be ignored here than in the real world, it is only a message board, all message boards are pretty much the same regardless of the subject, you get cliques everywhere, even among aspies. The cyber-world is a bandage that keeps slipping off thus revealing the wound.

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02 Dec 2008, 8:39 am

boots_dy1 wrote:

The cyber-world is a bandage that keeps slipping off thus revealing the wound.

Lovely way of describing it, seems true to me.

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02 Dec 2008, 10:04 am

I prefer Wrong Planet to other ASD forum sites, but I'll look into the new one too. What I like about this site is that my threads all have serious replies. Other forums (of any type) that I have used generally supply me with jokes or insults. This site is my favorite.

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02 Dec 2008, 10:54 am

x_amount_of_words wrote:

Shadow50 wrote:

That's funny, I thought we were doing that here.

I wasen't saying that you aren't.

Oh, really?

x_amount_of_words wrote:

If so, join a smaller, friendlier community at...

By direct implication, you state that WP is both larger and less friendly than the website you're promoting.

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02 Dec 2008, 11:08 am

x_amount_of_words wrote:

If so, join a smaller, friendlier community at www.spectrumforums.com
It is a friendly enviornment and support is offered by its staff and members.

I'm surprised no one has responded to this yet.

From the list of the forums, it looks like it's setup like a mirror of WP. What's unique about it?

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02 Dec 2008, 11:31 am

x_amount_of_words wrote:

Sorry I realize I could have worded that better.

MUCH better!

:lol:

But we forgive you.

I hope people aren't feeling ignored here, I know I don't feel ignored.

Remember, just because your post is not quoted directly or your name is not mentioned in responses, doesn't mean that you are being ignored. We (Aspies) can lack that sort of social signalling, but I think most forums are much the same.

Most of the time, if you ask a question here, it gets answered.

Right guys? Guys?

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02 Dec 2008, 11:41 am

Right!

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