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michaelrjohnson

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I'm not quite sure what it is, but for some reason, a good 75% of the threads I post to (historically) die after I make a post. It's almost as if a post by me is a kiss of death to any thread.

What is it? I don't smell, I showered today and everything! :eek:

Does this seem to happen to anyone else?
 
michaelrjohnson said:
...Does this seem to happen to anyone else?
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You bet. I'm the No.1 origeeenal thread-killa.






'Seem' being the key word. ;)

I wouldn't worry about it. Now that the both of us have posted here, that's surely the end of this discussion. :D
 
michaelrjohnson said:
Does this seem to happen to anyone else?
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Your posts can't seem to be too needy, especially when you end your posts with a question mark. It's like begging to be replied to, which nobody would want to if they felt pressured to responding.

Just play it cool and add a smiley to the end of your posts. :D
 
Could be a personality problem.

Or like a fly, you could be attracted to the smell of crappy threads.

Of course, you could be edesignuk v2.0 -- who probably has the record for the number of posts to wastelanded threads. ;)
 
quigleybc said:
BV didn't you start that London picnic thread? That had a ton of responses....
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So did the World Cup thread.

I'm only joking though. I'm sure it happens to almost everyone now and then... with some notable exceptions. ;)

How much you notice it depends on how insecure you're feeling at the time, I guess.


Sun Baked said:
...Or like a fly, you could be attracted to the smell of crappy threads..
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:D
 
It happens a lot to me too. I decided that it was simply because I must provide really good answers or summaries, and no one else feels the need to add anything. So I see it as a compliment. ;)
 
michaelrjohnson said:
It's almost as if a post by me is a kiss of death to any thread.
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Probably just timing - if you happen to get in on a thread near the end of it's natural life, your post has better odds of being the last one.

Perhaps your new goal should always be within the first 5 to post, or simply stay away. ;)

Edit: I see that in post #28 you're actually attempting to insure your observation comes true. :p

jsw said:
It happens a lot to me too.
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Posting a note that you're closing a thread doesn't count. :p
 
michaelrjohnson said:
I'm not quite sure what it is, but for some reason, a good 75% of the threads I post to (historically) die after I make a post. It's almost as if a post by me is a kiss of death to any thread.

What is it? I don't smell, I showered today and everything! :eek:

Does this seem to happen to anyone else?
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Your real name isn't Godwin is it?

It seems to happen to me to. I guess its the problem with providing irrefutable proof that you have the canonical answer.
 
killuminati said:
That would have been funny if no one responded to this thread.
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Or better yet, have michealrjohnson post again and have no repsonse after that.
 
wow. here i was thinking that I was the original thread killer... hmm. i feel better about myself already. Seriously, i was getting down in the dumps at the thought of being the death of the party, so to speak. But I guess it happens to everyone now and then...


(NOW PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE POST SOMETHING AFTER THIS POST);)
 
Could be worse - people tend to ignore what I post. Sometimes I'll put up something, then a few posts later, someone else says more or less the same thing and gets a flood of responses. Go figure.
 
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
 
emw said:
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
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ditto on that.

and this happens to me all the time too, but meh, whatever.
 
emw said:
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
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Yea I know! That happens to me all the time I hate it!
 
emw said:
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
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Spot on – I hate it when that happens.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned it before you did, actually.
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Could be worse - people tend to ignore what I post. Sometimes I'll put up something, then a few posts later, someone else says more or less the same thing and gets a flood of responses. Go figure.
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emw said:
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
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:eek: LOL! :D

It's odd... I wonder if any of these anomalies are statistically significant? Perhaps we should start an inquest into MR posting trends.

Q? ;)
 
emw said:
What I hate is when I post something, but no ones says a word. Then, sure enough, some punk comes along with the same idea, posts it, and everyone talks about what a great response it was. Man that pisses me off.
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It's just that so many people have you on their ignore list that they just can't read what you write :p :D
 
Diatribe said:
It's just that so many people have you on their ignore list that they just can't read what you write :p :D
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That would explain a lot! :D
 
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