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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 17, 2016 19:07:12 GMT
My mood. My answering any thread depends on my mood. I have to be in the mood to talk on here to begin with. Sometimes I am just in the mood to read. Other times I'm here to discuss fluff. Sometimes I want a heavier more substantial conversation. Sometimes I'm pissed off at the world and want to show it. And if the OPs question is particularly prickly, and gets under my skin, I will voice my opinion, no matter how many other people have said the exact same thing.
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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 17, 2016 19:15:20 GMT
And if the OPs question is particularly prickly, and gets under my skin, I will voice my opinion, no matter how many other people have said the exact same thing. This is sort of what I meant when I chose Topic as my answer. if it's a subject I feel strongly about I will add my voice even if my POV has already been covered by other posters. I think t's human nature to want our voice to be heard. This is the only place I can say 90% of what I want to say. My need to express my thoughts is not dependent on the lack of someone else beating me to the post. OTOH, there are threads I enter somewhat reluctantly for the sole reason of trying to balance information on the thread.
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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 17, 2016 19:17:55 GMT
I think a lot of peas are waaayyyyyy too sensitive and I don't understand being sensitive about strangers on the internet. I don't think a lot of peas saying the same thing equals a pile on. I'm suddenly wondering if Donald Trump is a pea.
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Post by leftturnonly on Feb 17, 2016 19:22:19 GMT
I'm always puzzled by others who, knowing the MO of such an OP, continue to try and argue points with them. I COMPLETELY agree! I feel like they're feeding into those poster's strategy of getting negative attention. ErrAlthough there can be value in others (not the oP) reading the responses. I have read some very well-written responses on pile-on threads, and learned some things. I just doubt that certain OPs are open to that learning process. Do you think posters only post to respond to the OP? Silly pea.
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Post by auntkelly on Feb 17, 2016 19:37:02 GMT
I think a pile on is when numerous posters say mean things on the same thread.
I don't think it's a pile on just because 20 posters give the same opinion, such as "I think you were in the wrong and owe your friend an apology."
I don't know why anyone would start a thread asking for advice if they don't want people to give them an honest opinion.
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Post by janeliz on Feb 17, 2016 19:51:38 GMT
I agree with those who say that a majority of people disagreeing with the OP doesn't equal a pile-on.
I personally back out of any thread when I start to see responders begin to almost compete over how cleverly insensitive they can be. They're responses that are like the message board equivalent of a smirk. You know it when you see it. Not my style.
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