Do you mind when a discussion of yours gets no or few responses?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
May 21, 2019 11:30am CST
Usually when I post a discussion if no one responds it's not such a big deal but if I post something because I want help or feedback and no one responds then it becomes a bit frustrating.
I posted a discussion yesterday asking for help with an MS Word issue. I was hoping people would respond to that discussion but only one person did. Unfortunately, that one response was not helpful. But at least the person was nice enough to respond.
I still have not been able to solve my problem, even after googling for a solution... 
And that's why I posted that discussion, hoping someone here may know the answer.
And that's why I posted that discussion, hoping someone here may know the answer.19 people like this
20 responses
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
Of course people have more important things to do than mylot.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
21 May 19
@lovebuglena yes they do.Sometimes this can happen to most of us
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
22 May 19
@yanzalong yeah or I dont know about that!!
@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
24 May 19
I like to keep the average amount of responses that I usually get. If I get less I might be a little bummed but just have to make my post more interesting next time.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 May 19
The number of responses isn't important to me. I once asked a very specific question like yours (a printer problem) and I didn't get many responses, but I guess that the members who read it didn't know the answer.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
Perhaps not. But that wasn't helpful to you.
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@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
21 May 19
I'm sorry you weren't able to get a response that helped. When you and I spoke about this you said you had the margins set the way you wanted them. Do you leave an extra line between paragraphs or do you indent at the beginning of each paragraph?
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
Each paragraph is indented and all text has 1.5 line spacing. I do not leave extra space between paragraphs.
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@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
21 May 19
@lovebuglena Then that shoots down my theory. Did you ever solve your problem?
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
@LindaOHio Nope, which is very frustrating.
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@Bianca_mergillano (1067)
• Philippines
22 May 19
I'm in between. It depends on my post. If I am just expressing I won't mind if my post gets no response, I am okay with that but if I am asking something and I needed the opinion of other people, I know these responses would help me solve my problem. :)
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
29 May 19
Hmmm... I'd probably be upset if nobody landed on and responded to a discussion I wrote. Thankfully, I've never written anything here that received no responses.
Edit to add: I usually am one of the people who can help others here with computer problems... hardware or programming. Unfortunately, if I can't duplicate the problem, I can't figure out how to fix it.
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
2 Jun 19
@lovebuglena Oh, wow... I'd not looked at your profile before. (I'm following you now. Not that that means much on this site.)
I didn't realize you were a published author or that you edit manuscripts for other authors, too. (I've had a couple of authors that I refuse to edit their work again and a couple of authors that didn't need anything edited... of course, that is really rare, though!)
I mostly read SciFi/Fantasy books, but will read anything except Biographies and Auto-biographies. (I usually tell people who ask that I can tell lies as well as people who write those and am unwilling to read theirs. 
)
What type of books have you written? (I had a book of poetry published in 1982,)
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What type of books have you written? (I had a book of poetry published in 1982,)@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Jun 19
It's hard to help someone if you can't duplicate the issue they are having.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Jun 19
I've had some discussions I think that have not gotten any responses. And I've had those with only a few. That sucks, especially if I spend time on them!
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
22 May 19
@lovebuglena
I did not see the post. What is the problem? Not sure I can help but maybe I know the answer. I figure if I did not get any responses is because my post was not good at all. I usually have people no matter if like it or not respond to me. I thank you for responding to my posts.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
23 May 19
@Hannihar I asked someone for help but not sure she got to look at it yet.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
22 May 19
It was an MS Word formatting issue where the space between the last line of text on a page and the footer was bigger on some pages than on others. That space should be the same (minus the last page of a chapter). No matter what I tried to do the issue still remained.
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
23 May 19
@lovebuglena
Do you know someone that is good with computers that can help you solve it?
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
It doesn't really bother me either unless I am seeking advice or help on something.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
That can be the case but wish someone were able to help me.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
21 May 19
Usually someone will respond..but if they didn't know the answer, they may have felt they had nothing to add.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
Of course if there is nothing to add a person can't leave a response.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
I'd hate to put a lot of effort into a discussion and then get none or hardly any responses.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 May 19
Welcome to every...single...sunday...post I make, anything that is about my webcomic it gets maybe 2-4 comments if I am lucky. I still get a little sad but I have gotten over it. I learned to not ask for advice on here as well, the internet is your friend and someone somewhere has had the same problem, you just have to know how to word it.
@Ladanger (14582)
• United States
21 May 19
I try to help everyone but sometimes i don't understand their discussion at all. Some of mines got up to only 2 response but that's okay.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
You can always ask the author to clarify what they are trying to say.
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