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| Why do some posts fly while others fizzle? |
| 1. The post is correct, well-written information that needs no follow-up commentary. There's nothing more to say except "Yeah, what he said." |
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| 2. The post is complete and utter nonsense, and no one wants to waste the energy or bandwidth to even point this out. |
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| 3. No one read the post, for whatever reason. |
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| 4. No one understood the post, but won't ask for clarification, for whatever reason. |
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| 5. No one cares about the post, for whatever reason. |
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Bondrock
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject: Warnock's Dilemma - why do some posts end with a whimper? |
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Warnock's Dilemma - why do some posts fizzle?
---according to Wikipedia, Warnock developed 5 possible reasons why there are no responses to a given post.
Some posts on Dave's ESL are as rusty as a Billy Goat's breakfast while other posts move faster than a chicken in Ethiopia....
please take the poll... |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Warnock's Dilemma - why do some posts end with a whimper |
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| Bondrock wrote: |
Warnock's Dilemma - why do some posts fizzle?
---according to Wikipedia, Warnock developed 5 possible reasons why there are no responses to a given post.
Some posts on Dave's ESL are as rusty as a Billy Goat's breakfast while other posts move faster than a chicken in Ethiopia....
please take the poll... |
Are you talking about a particular post? Because it seems that this Warnock dude was saying that any one of the 5 could be a reason.
As far as I've seen, each of your options above fits one dead thread or another...
So... er... the poll is a bit pointless.
Then again, most of what goes on here at Dave's is a bit pointless...  |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Depends on subject matter a lot of them time. E.g. any post about Korean girls, or Costco ^^, get a lot of hits and responses. If it's boring or obscure, forget it. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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I checked . . . sure enough there's a Wikipedia page about that. Bizarre.
I end up killing most of my own threads, so I guess mine just aren't interesting. |
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sock
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ha, ha. 'Twould be mighty ironic if this thread too ended with a whimper, nary a vote cast on the poll, leaving one with no answers nor conclusions on the psychology of what makes such posts suck.... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:19 am Post subject: |
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I've always thought that it is the first or second response that makes an OP a hit or not. If someone says something positive or witty, the thread seems to take off. Conversely, if some smart*** troll gets in first, the OP usually dies. I think it creates a bad vibe or something.
As to the poll, all of the options are true but apply to different posts, like has been mentioned. |
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