Why do my posts get no responses?

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I am very mad at the fact that I try to post topics for discussion and no one ever replies to them. Why is it that people can post stuff and instantly get replies, but mine don't. I posted a topic just recently and it's one that is very important to me and no replied. I am getting sick and tired of the lack of responses my posts get. Can someone please go to my last topic I posted and reply to it? Thanks

There aren't that many people online.

Everyone must be patient.

The post is mostly viewed by bots and not people.

Your new.

I think your angry post(s) scare people away. I usually keep away from aggressive/scary people on WP but I'm responding to this thread because I really want to let you know what I honestly think. It wasn't even an hour after you started your thread and you already got frustrated.

Sometimes a topic will be viewed a lot but won't start to get responses for even a day or more; it could be that people sympathize with what you've posted but they don't have an answer, suggestion, or an opinion to offer. You were upset after just an hour -- that can be a very short time on a busy site like this one. I posted something that I think got its first response as much as a full day later, but I didn't mind because it was only an information post and not something that needed advice.

It can also be when a person posts at a time when the largest demographic on the site is sleeping; there are people from all times zones here, but sometimes when the majority of members are not here, posting can slow down a lot and things get better six or twelve hours later when the larger population starts their day. That's a common issue with internationally visited forum boards.

Try not to take it too personally; you're new enough that it's unlikely people are deliberately ignoring you; they probably read your post and want to help but perhaps feel someone else is better qualified to answer a particular question. And when too many people are thinking that same thing, nobody's answering!

I was gonna read some of your posts first before commenting, but....

You (the OP) joined WP four and a half years ago.

In all that time you have made a total of 34 posts???????????????

You cant expect much output if you're making such a microscopic amount of input.

Just read some of the 34.

Don't see anything wrong with your more recent posts myself.

I apologize for not responding to your recent thing about "hating autism".

I like what you said, and basically agree with you on that. Hating autism doesn't help you.

But I actually had too many thoughts on the subject to focus on a response. Guess I should focus on putting my two cents worth in on that thread! Lol!

I will get to it.

But each of us only gets overt replies to a fraction of our posts. More folks read and think about what you post than actually write responses. If your total count is so low then its to be expected that the replies would be in the single digits.

No one is obligated to respond to your posts. You had an earlier thread last year about being upset that you only got five likes on a facebook status. To me, it sounds like you value yourself based on how much attention you get. This is dangerous thinking. I'm sure you're an intelligent person, but you need to stop trying to measure up to people.

I used to be the same way where I would live and die based off attention/facebook likes/etc. but now I just throw my carefully considered and (hopefully) well-written opinions. If people reply to state their agreement or disagreement, so be it. If they don't, so be it.

^ I agree with this though. I believe a huge part of getting feedback on your posts is to create a presence where you post relevant topics/replies that are thought out and add to the discussion. For example, I've noticed Beneficii (did I spell that right?) make a lot of topics about the transgendered community. Fnord and Kraichgauer were fairly active in the PPR, Current Events, and Autism News subforums a few years ago. (I imagine they still are)

In summary:

-Put yourself out there and post more often.
-Post coherent, relevant topics/replies.
-Don't expect to get feedback. It will come in time.

I have given up on figuring out which topics I post will get a response. If they do respond great, if not it is on to the next topic that peaks my interest.

I agree with the above. I sometimes post things in forums that get no responses. In NT forums it's usually because I'm not being superficial enough, it seems. Here, it looks more random (I haven't been here long enough to reply from personal experience).

I've only got one thing to say;


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^Lol!

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Sorry.

Mindblind started the thread about "Hating autism" not the OP of this thread.
So what I said about that doesn't apply. Oops!

I'm kidding around there, iluvGod.

How about I respond to a couple of your posts later on? When I have a little time for it.

As natural plastic said, hating autism is a more thought provoking topic, so I need to mentally prepare myself for responding to that.

Nice user name. I hope it really is true of you.

Also don't feel too bad. Hardly anybody has listened to the cool Sega music I posted on the music boards a couple of days ago.

I poured so much time and effort into it as well. But I just figure that it's their loss and don't let myself get upset over it. I'm sure most people would enjoy it, but are probably busy with other things in life.

So you gotta take it in stride, but also as others have said here, you gotta get out there and start posting more.

Sometimes it may just take a couple of days before you get some responses as well.

I have a problem with replying at times. If my post doesn't come out exactly how I want it to I will just back out of it and not reply at all. Happens way too often, ugh.

Yeah, I've had similar experiences, but mostly because my phone tweaks out and loses everything I was writing

But I figure it's better to have a few relevant posts than a whole mess of posts we end up regretting.

The one about switching support for football teams? OK I've done that. Hope you find my comment useful.

I often post stuff that doesn't attract any direct replies. But what right have I to assume that everything I say is worth a comment? If I get a phase where everybody seems to be ignoring me, I can feel rather left out, but I just try to hope that somebody's quite likely reading it, and that they're probably liking it well enough but just can't think of anything worth saying back. Then I let it go and just keep reading and posting.

I reply to posts when they've said something interesting - something that I feel I have an interesting opinion about, something I agree with or can disagree with without risking a fight, or somebody who needs a bit of help with a matter I know something about. Most of the sections of WP, I never post in at all. I hardly ever start threads of my own because it looks a bit embarrassing if nobody replies, but occasionally I take the risk. We're mostly autistic here, we often don't find it easy to take an interest in things that we don't happen to be naturally interested in.