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Having posted to many forum threads, I noticed something. Often, after I post my ideas, opinions, comments or observations to a thread, it will stop dead, or die quickly with few posts following. (This doesn't include the endless political party or the religion threads.)
Are my posts so thorough as to have fully answered the OP's question?
Are my posts so dull that no one wants to even address the topic and thread anymore?
Are my posts so futile that they just kill the conversation entirely?
Did I add my two cents to a dead horse (mixed metaphors notwithstanding)?
Am I paranoid?
Is it coincidence?

Oh, the irony, if no one responds to this!

bgcat57 saidHaving posted to many forum threads, I noticed something. Often, after I post my ideas, opinions, comments or observations to a thread, it will stop dead, or die quickly with few posts following. (This doesn't include the endless political party or the religion threads.)
Are my posts so thorough as to have fully answered the OP's question?
Are my posts so dull that no one wants to even address the topic and thread anymore?
Are my posts so futile that they just kill the conversation entirely?
Did I add my two cents to a dead horse (mixed metaphors notwithstanding)?
Am I paranoid?
Is it coincidence?

Oh, the irony, if no one responds to this!

Yes to all

bgcat57 saidHaving posted to many forum threads, I noticed something. Often, after I post my ideas, opinions, comments or observations to a thread, it will stop dead, or die quickly with few posts following. (This doesn't include the endless political party or the religion threads.)
Are my posts so thorough as to have fully answered the OP's question?
Are my posts so dull that no one wants to even address the topic and thread anymore?
Are my posts so futile that they just kill the conversation entirely?
Did I add my two cents to a dead horse (mixed metaphors notwithstanding)?
Am I paranoid?
Is it coincidence?

Oh, the irony, if no one responds to this!

Well, worse could happen.

I don't know how some threads linger on while others fall short. I think many of the threads that linger on and on are not very intelligent conversations, like Britney's new video or some B.S. like that.

Sorry, bgcat57 but I know how you feel.

Is this thread still going on...
Can't it die already, I mean seriously, wasn't enough said 4 posts prior to this one?

Likely you gave the best and final answer. At least that is what I tell myself when I have the last post!

Guys are probably speechless from looking at your profile that they forget the reason they first went to the forum! Too busy checking you out they forget to answer!!

I've never really noticed you on the threads before at all, i'll have to go back and look for you.....near the end, right?

Me too, bgcat, me too :-)

Underwear

Boyfriend trouble

Anal sex

bisexuals (non-existence of/unicorns)

Mahogany

Monogamy

Cheating

Redheadguy

Camping

These are threads that will live forever.

You could also write what to cook a boyfriend for a dinner date!

I have some theories:

1) It's a matter of frequency. You're creeping up on 1,000 posts. The more topics you comment in, the more chances you have to be the end (or close to the end) of the thread.

2) Everyone hates you. (Impossible!!!)

3) Caslon (AKA The Don) has forbidden the rest of RJ to address you. If we want to live, we must cooperate.

4) Your responses are confounding, and they will pick up again in a few months once people have pondered your deep words. They only SEEM dead.

5) A glitch in the matrix.

Hmmm.

Aw, I've killed off plenty of threads. Don't feel bad. We're like William H. Macy in 'The Cooler'.

But threads are like doritos -- they'll make more.

bgcat,

I had been thinking that what you describe was happening to me.

Yes, my initial reactions were negative (a silence conspiracy, etc.), but I've ended up with just assuming (without knowing) that what I said didn't need anything added, whether because it summed up things nicely, or was so wishy-washy-this-way-that, that the bouncing ball had no alternative but to drop like a hot potato.

CarlosGringo

Those three things are not mutually exclusive.

bg,

If you really do have the awesome power to kill, please snuff "insulted: hit on by an ugly guy," the latest dumbest thread. Dancerjack smote it with manamana, but it lives on.

bgcat57 saidHaving posted to many forum threads, I noticed something. Often, after I post my ideas, opinions, comments or observations to a thread, it will stop dead, or die quickly with few posts following. (This doesn't include the endless political party or the religion threads.)
Are my posts so thorough as to have fully answered the OP's question?
Are my posts so dull that no one wants to even address the topic and thread anymore?
Are my posts so futile that they just kill the conversation entirely?
Did I add my two cents to a dead horse (mixed metaphors notwithstanding)?
Am I paranoid?
Is it coincidence?

Oh, the irony, if no one responds to this!

Well, reply and we'll see what happens.

Correction: the 666 thread is currently the dumbest thread (and it may be the dumbest I've seen since I started reading the boards here over a year ago).

It's happened to me a quite a few times. Usually after an abortive attempt at humor, or even worse, a serious response to the OP. Sometimes I like to think that I might have said something so horrible that nobody wants to be further associated with the thread. But sadly, it's usually because the thread naturally played itself out and I was the last one to know it.

teapimp saidGuys are probably speechless from looking at your profile that they forget the reason they first went to the forum! Too busy checking you out they forget to answer!!

This happens to me I forget to answer 'cause I'm too distracted checking guys out

*I'm probably going to be this topic's killer

RBY71 saidIt's happened to me a quite a few times. Usually after an abortive attempt at humor, or even worse, a serious response to the OP. Sometimes I like to think that I might have said something so horrible that nobody wants to be further associated with the thread. But sadly, it's usually because the thread naturally played itself out and I was the last one to know it.

You are a terrorist who I would be proud to pal around with. Which thread should we terrorize next?

metropolitan said*I'm probably going to be this topic's killer

I say nothing is more deadly to threads than lame attempt at humor by a faceless member. I will kill this thread, and you can't beat me to it.

dowal said

metropolitan said*I'm probably going to be this topic's killer

I say nothing is more deadly to threads than lame attempt at humor by a faceless member. I will kill this thread, and you can't beat me to it.

I don't think so:


Yes I can [kill this thread better than you ]

hafakasi said

RBY71 saidIt's happened to me a quite a few times. Usually after an abortive attempt at humor, or even worse, a serious response to the OP. Sometimes I like to think that I might have said something so horrible that nobody wants to be further associated with the thread. But sadly, it's usually because the thread naturally played itself out and I was the last one to know it.

You are a terrorist who I would be proud to pal around with. Which thread should we terrorize next?

Any thread started or contributed to by anyone I find mildly annoying up to, but not limited to, those that make me want to slam Elizabeth Hasselbeck's face in a George Foreman Grill while alternately setting fire to and urinating upon a life size paper mache effigy of Ronald Reagan.

We're gonna be busy little extremists. Good start on this thread-- That last bit should alienate a good number of people.

Maybe you are one of those that like to have the last word!

hafakasi saidWe're gonna be busy little extremists. Good start on this thread-- That last bit should alienate a good number of people.

Did I forget to mention replacing Rush Limbaugh's Oxycontin with horse laxatives and fisting the Pope with a Klingon battle glove?

LMAO rby71 you funny .....I likey....
like water off a duck's slick behind...just let it go........

If you're a buzzkill it might not be only you

A thread maybe dying out anyhow
or you might have really nailed the question and there's really nothing more to say

Ah, it's so good to read how many people share this feeling ...

I'm new here, but on another forum I finally came to the opinion that all threads I started died fast. I stopped wondering why, but I do know that certain buzzwords draw lots of readers - so it's likely other words repel them.

Naturally, we hate to think that after writing the definitive post, no one will ever read it! But it often feels that half or more posters haven't read anything but the OP anyway.

It happens to me too. I used to think every time that it happened, it was because I shot my mouth off inappropriately or didn't know what I was talking about. Now I realize that looking at it that way is pretty narcissistic of me... I've just decided to not take it personally anymore when it does happen.

Me too. I don't really have anything to add. I just wanna be last, bitches.

Yeah...

Let Zdrool be last to post

I'm not letting you be the last on this thread.

I think you (Thirdbeach) have a crush on zdrew (love that you call him zdrool, he makes me drool too)

You thread continues!
As long as there is a fight for the last word, this will continue for some time!
So goes to show, with the right topic you will get a forum off and running! Good job BjCat57!

Hey BGCat:

Head over the the Microwave oven thread thread. See if you can kill that silly flame war.

Remember guys:

Zdrool wants to be the last to post on this thread...