In other words, "thank you" or "yes that did work", or something else along those lines!

I have noticed that there is a lot of threads started asking for advice about something, and plenty of advice is given, but the OP never posts on the thread again, and the advisors never know if they have given the right advice.

To me, it seems that the OP only started the thread just for the sake of posting, and have don't really need the advice sought. Either that, or they are just don't know how to give courteous feedback.

Has anyone else noticed that this goes on, and what do you think about it?

very true Ann. I remember when i first started posting, I took time to provide a quite detailed reply to a question on a technical issue. It was in the form of practical advice and, I thought, answered the person's query fully. However, I never got any response, let alone a brief 'thank you'.

i have always made a point of thankng forumers who have given me useful advice, particularly on the techy forum.

I'm glad it's not just me that's noticed this...I've been thinking about it on and off over the past few weeks, and watching certain threads to see what happens, and am pretty sure that, in over 50% of the threads asking for advice, the OP does not respond. I have to admit that I may have been guilty of this myself in the past but, from now on, if I ask for advice on a thread, I am going to make a point of responding to the advice given, even if that advice didn't help.

Hi Ann,

I've noticed it soemtimes, and like you have probably done it myself. :)

However, I have seen people who do say thank you, so all is not lost!

Joe

Originally posted by JoeP
However, I have seen people who do say thank you, so all is not lost! Hi Joe

Yes, so have I, which is why I was careful to state "Some People" in the title to this thread. I never intended that everybody should feel that they don't give feedback, but I started this thread to try to draw the subject to the attention of those to whom it applies, and also to see whether anyone else has noticed that it occurs, and that it isn't just me.

Yes I have noticed this as well, it doesn hurt to say "thank you".

I need to say it on one thread but cannot for the life find it, lol, but whilst I am digging up the old "polls" I am bound to come across it.

Ann,

I'm agreeing with you here! It's just as important to mention that people do play a straight bat though, 'cos it encourages folks to play nice.

I know on the odd times I've forgotten to say thanks I think it's been that I genuinely have let it slip my mind - carelessness, I guess.

Joe

I have found it with a couple of forummers, I must admit.

:)

when you give advise you feel like you are banging your head against a brick wall as you hardly ever get any gratitude at it is often ignored

Originally posted by JoeP
Ann,

I'm agreeing with you here! It's just as important to mention that people do play a straight bat though, 'cos it encourages folks to play nice.

I know on the odd times I've forgotten to say thanks I think it's been that I genuinely have let it slip my mind - carelessness, I guess.

Joe Sorry Joe....in trying to explain myself, it seemed as though I was having a go, which I definitely wasn't.:)
Originally posted by kentboy119
I have found it with a couple of forummers, I must admit.

:) Only a couple?:wink:

I can cite an example of my expression of thanks on some help here...

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62459

Where I have profusely thanked the respondees to my plea for help.

PT

On these lines I've notced the odd journalist trawling for ideas and stories for their own use and not replying when the info is given or a question asked.

I pm 'd one recently to ask what they intend to use the stories for, Im still waiting for a reply.

I've also noticed this person has not even taken any part of the forum other than ask for forumer's stories.

No feedback, guidance, kiss my A***e or anything to anybody.

Who said, 'Writers are the robbers of thieves'

I must admit I'm always much less likely to reply to a thread if it starts with "I need some information for my university project" or "I'm writing a book and I need..". There's a lot of people hoping to get others to do the work for them! :) We used to get this a lot in our research group (at the uni), where people would email us asking for a list of references. I don't mind helping if people show they've done some work themselves first and at least tried to find out the information, but if not....

edit: I do like the way Ann's posts end up with google searches on the LHS for sleep remedies! ;) (or at least did the first time I posted, now they're all about finding girls in chatrooms - what does that say about my content???)

Originally posted by PopT
On these lines I've notced the odd journalist trawling for ideas and stories for their own use and not replying when the info is given or a question asked.

I pm 'd one recently to ask what they intend to use the stories for, Im still waiting for a reply.

I've also noticed this person has not even taken any part of the forum other than ask for forumer's stories.

No feedback, guidance, kiss my A***e or anything to anybody.

Who said, 'Writers are the robbers of thieves' Have you reported your suspicions to the mods, so that they can keep an eye on things. If they don't know, they can't help.

Originally posted by rich951
edit: I do like the way Ann's posts end up with google searches on the LHS for sleep remedies! ;) (or at least did the first time I posted, now they're all about finding girls in chatrooms - what does that say about my content???) I've never noticed that before.....lol

Must be something to do with my siggie:wave:

We had a whole rash of people joining to ask about reatives they were looking for to fill in their family trees. The forum (as usual) would collectively go hunting through all the info it could find for these individuals, who were probably posting on everyforum they could find, but had no clue about how to book mark us to read our answers.

I started answering their threads with questions, so others could see if they didn't respond - saving us all alot of bother.

It was great if they did respond, as we then knew we were still talking to a person, not a message on a board :thumbsup:

That's a really good idea, Strix.

Only thing is that, now that there is so many people posting these days, a post like that can get lost, and go unnoticed.

The members of this forum have so much to offer, and it's such a shame that some unscrupulous individuals choose to take advantage of the majority. Unfortunately, I can't see any way of putting a stop to it, short of someone watching the boards and reading every single post, 24 hours a day, which is obviously impossible.

I suppose all we can do is report overtly suspicious posts as and when we see them, so that admin/the mods can keep an eye on things.

Originally posted by Ann_x
I suppose all we can do is report overtly suspicious posts as and when we see them, so that admin/the mods can keep an eye on things.
Well, that's what we are sometimes told that 'report this post' is for, but some people think it's only for the most offensive posts ;)

Originally posted by Ann_x
Have Some People Forgotten About Courteous Feedback?

Originally posted by Ann_x
...Has anyone else noticed that this goes on, and what do you think about it?

I've noticed that you've had quite a bit of feedback so far...

...and yet haven't said even a single thank-you to any of the respondents.

;)

Thank you for starting this thread ann

Originally posted by foo_fighter
I've noticed that you've had quite a bit of feedback so far...

...and yet haven't said even a single thank-you to any of the respondents.

;) I have responded several times in this thread.

I never said anything about people saying thank you, but that it would be nice if the advice given in a lot of threads received feedback as to whether the advice was helpful or not. If something works, then that feedback may be useful for somebody else with the same problem. However, if it doesn't work, then that gives the opportunity to others to give different advice.

Judging by some of the responses to my OP, I'm not the only one who has noticed that courteous feedback is absent in some cases, and that there are other issues connected to this subject.

Originally posted by Craig7777
Thank you for starting this thread ann You're very welcome, Craig:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Ann_x
You're very welcome, Craig:thumbsup: And can I also thank Anne,here and now,and also Kent boy and Kristian who have all helped me with my computer problems.They never talk down to me,although some of their answers sometimes differ from each other,I have always found their advice,has solved the problem.Thanks once again.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by PopT
On these lines I've notced the odd journalist trawling for ideas and stories for their own use and not replying when the info is given or a question asked.

I pm 'd one recently to ask what they intend to use the stories for, Im still waiting for a reply.

I've also noticed this person has not even taken any part of the forum other than ask for forumer's stories.

No feedback, guidance, kiss my A***e or anything to anybody.

Who said, 'Writers are the robbers of thieves'

I often see Forum threads turning up on other forums, and there are definitely a couple of journos who use the Forum to get ideas and story leads.

There are also a fair number of journalism students who frequent the threads and put topics up that they want 'vox populi' type responses to. I too wish that they'd admit that they're journos and say please and thank you afterwards.

Quite a few members have now started giving rather spirited responses to the more obvious of these people... :)

If you do come across anything that really offends, do let us know.

Joe

Maybe people do thank people for their advice but prefer to pm them.

I myself pm more than I post so there may be others that do the same.

Originally posted by adventurer
Maybe people do thank people for their advice but prefer to pm them.

I myself pm more than I post so there may be others that do the same. As I said in this post.... Originally posted by Ann_x
I have responded several times in this thread.

I never said anything about people saying thank you, but that it would be nice if the advice given in a lot of threads received feedback as to whether the advice was helpful or not. If something works, then that feedback may be useful for somebody else with the same problem. However, if it doesn't work, then that gives the opportunity to others to give different advice.

Judging by some of the responses to my OP, I'm not the only one who has noticed that courteous feedback is absent in some cases, and that there are other issues connected to this subject.
...I haven't asked for thanks; just that it would be nice to know whether advice given was useful or not....that way, if it wasn't, then the person giving the advice will know not to try that again for the same problem and others with the same problem won't use it, and if it was, then others with the same problem could try the advised solution!

If someone wants to thank someone else for their help in private, I'm all for it, but it would be nice to have some sort of public feedback (not thanks necessarily) on the thread!

Hello Ann_x,

I can't help but think that your post is targeting me, but I could be wrong?

I took your advice a couple of days ago.

I would've courteously given feedback whether your advice to me worked. I know that you gave it with very good intent to help me as I was struggling with a technical problem of not being able to login and logout of the forum.

However after I took your advice to switch off automatic logging in in my options - things went horribly wrong !!!

It's amazing !! I could not get back onto the system and therefore I could not post or give feedback to your advice ! I wanted to get back to you and say thanks - but I'm afraid it didn't work.

Unticking the automatic logging in has now meant that I could not login logout check my pm inbox, post, reply, start new thread or anything. It took several emails to baffled moderators to sort this out and destroy my old account and for me to re-register to say thanks - but it didn't work, it really screwed me up. I've lost all my previous post numbers and my pm messages, and my history of being on the forum - but I don't hold it against you !!

So cheers I'm back online now :clap: :clap: and you get +feedback for your help (even though it didn't really...). :hihi:

island3rlara, this thread isn't directed at you or anyone else personally, it's just something that I noticed was happening, not just to me, but to others as well, and judging by the responses in this thread, I'm not the only one who has noticed it.

On a few occasions, I've read the advice given to others, and realised that I was having the self same problem, but because there had been no feedback from the OP on a couple of occasions, I wasn't sure which advice had worked, if any.

You're the second person to have asked about this, and I can categorically state again that THIS THREAD IS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR!

:)

EDIT: Sorry that I caused you so much bother. I, myself, don't understand what could have happened, because I have unticked that box in the past, and never had any problem with re-logging on. I suppose if I forgot which e-mail addy I was using or my password, that might caused problems.

replying out of courtesy - ok !!

it wasn't cos i'd forgot email or anything like that, it is an unusual thing which the forum peeps are looking into as they've never come across the problem before either... it was a bit worrying as they described it as very peculiar :suspect:

i did everything with computer i know of before it was suggested for me to try aswell, so i'm not computer illiterate - suppose i can't really put it down to your advice either ... computers eh whataretheylike ?? :loopy:

(ps. no caps cos i'm feelin lazy)

is this thread the same as the other?