What would you do if you started a discussion and noone showed up to answer?

Suck thumb and cry? You can try to figure out what is wrong. Chances are you will have a rough idea. When all else fails, moan and whine to your friends and hint for them not-so-subtly to reply to your discussion. Or you can just let the moon pass over your head as is the case every night and move on.

In all honesty, it doesn't really bother me if people don't respond right away to my discussions. I don't start discussions very often at all anyway, though. So I definitely don't have a following. That's fine with me, though. I prefer responding anyway.

I have a couople that I started that no one responded to. I wish I could add more tags so that maybe someone will find a intrest in them and read them.

I usually just wait. I'm not in any hurry to get responses. Sure it's nice and all but I can wait. I'm pretty patient I guess. Someone usually comes along, even if it's months later and answers them. And I have plenty of other discussions that are getting responses so it all balances out.

welll...i dont think that there are many options in front of me than just think that it was not right or atleast posted at the wrong time....and i ll try make my future posts better.....

I am new so I have put up a couple and no one responded. I figured no one wanted to reply to he new guy. That is fine. One was pretty specific about collecting certain things and I wanted to see if anyone else here does. I guess either they do not or they just never searched or saw my post. I don't really take it personally or anything. I have found some really good discussions to reply to and I have seen some that are just ridiculous. I even replied to a few of those though. The mindless ones are the easiest to answer but there isn't really any discussion to it. I like some of the deeper debates that might even get a bit heated. people shouldn't offend or swear to get their point across, that is just ignorant, but if one really believes in something I can understand how people trying to disprove them can make them upset. So I guess in answer to everything you asked, fluff gets quick replies but no respect and isn't very much fun. Hooking up with some quality people who will read and discuss, even if you don't get the amount of replies is much more rewarding I would think.

I tend to just think oh well it wasnt a discussion of interest to anyone at this time and leave it at that. I dont get upset about it or fish for responses. I've yet to figure out how to "attract" people to read the discussion other than the tags.

I think that I would respond to several discussions of one of my friend's and hope that they will return the favor. Most of my discussions with no responses are buried by more of my discussions. It doesn't bother me so much that they are unanswered, as I usually just try to make up for it by responding to people and hoping that I get a response on mine.

I have never posted a discussion that noone has responded to. I don't think I would be too bothered, because in real life people say things to us and we don't care but we have to reply as we are face to face, whereas on here if someone is not interested they do not have to reply. I think that is better and more honest. I think that people that get bothered by it, over think things too much, it is not a personal attack on them or anything. So I would not do anything about it, I would definitely not email and message people begging them to reply to it.

Hello beautyqueen26,i'm very late posting.If nobody showed up or respond to my discussion...hmmm...surely i get depressed.That's why sometimes i'd rather not check my discussions first,i'd go to the other discussions where i could post/respond to topics that interests me.It's funny some might think but at times i make posting to some topics that have been posted last month or so.Maybe because i know the feeling of having topics that's too trivial for others-maybe.Haven't emailed a friend and ask them to check my topic,i don't know if that will be fine with them.