Posted by All Done on March 5, 2004, at 14:32:24
In reply to Re: Does everyone here know each other? - KindGirl, posted by All Done on March 5, 2004, at 13:35:51
Not that I've been around forever or anything, but if you're feeling hurt because people don't reply to your posts the way you've seen them reply to others that they "know", keep in mind that the goal of this site is to be suppportive. Now, this might seem like quite a contradiction. How could no response be categorized as supportive? Well, it could be the potential respondent's fear of sounding unsupportive. For example, I know I like to respond to each Babbler in a personalized sort of way if I can. Two Babblers could post the exact same question and I would fashion two different responses for the simple fact that I know a little of their history, their style of posting, and their sensitivity level. I would never want to post something that might offend someone and without having read maybe more than a few posts from someone, I might hesitate to respond for fear of unintentionally hurting that person.
My advice is the same as a lot of the advice we've seen here already. Keep posting and responding. It just takes time and we'll get to know you all, too!
I'm big on hugs, so here you go!
(((((New Babblers)))))
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