I admit it. I'm a nickist.

[qnr]

There are certain users I won't reply to, no matter how interesting I think their posts are. Not because I dislike them, but because of the futility, they never respond to my replies anyway.

I'm a nickist. I'm not proud of it, but I am.

phfffffft!

[Lady Freedom]

1. with so many people posting and replying...

How can you keep track of stuff like that??

[qnr]

3. I don't "keep track" in the sense of knowing numbers, however, the

pattern is evident after a while

:hi:

[datasuspect]

2. the perceptual apparatus of the human mind

makes us essentially "pattern recognition" machines.

and that's what i do. recognize patterns.

[qnr]

5. True. n/t

[BarenakedLady]

4. So now that I'm responding

Does that put me on the other list? :shrug:

:hi:

[qnr]

6. Well, you weren't on the list anyway :) but I suppose that in the future,

that it will keep you off it :) :hi:

Edit: Although technically, in the sense of what I said in the OP, it would have to be a response to my reply to you :rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

7. Done!

:bounce:

:woohoo:

[qnr]

8. (scribble)(scribble)(jot)(jot)

Well, a mental SSJJ. Hmmm, I guess that's a little redundant, since I generally act pretty "mental."

[wildhorses]

9. nickist? I have never heard the term before. Is it strictly DU

jargon? I was wondering the same thing myself...about people who just "don't talk" to me. After awhile I get the hint and just sorta keep to myself. Isn't this how cliques get formed?
It is not that I refused to them but, I don't want to bother someone who can't be bothered:shrug:

I try to be respectful of everyone who has reponded in one of my threads. However, sometimes a post is made that requires no comment...it stands alone, as it were

[qnr]

11. Nah, I just made nickist up on the fly.

I certainly don't expect answers to most of my posts. Heck, the majority of the threads I start end up with no replies. However, after a while, you know which ones are fruitless, perhaps you're on ignore, or they just don't care what you say, so why clutter up their threads?

[wildhorses]

15. a long time ago (read as: when I was a No0b) I put someone on

ignore for a couple of days. Then I realized I was missing out on "ALL" that DU has to offer. I want to experience it all. If I get offended by something then perhaps I have cause to reflect on that part of myself and come to a better understanding of myself and my views. So, now I never put anyone on ignore. I don't want blinders on...after all as wildhorses they would just be tossed off ;)


but, I know what you mean about not repsonding. I may read the thread but, I won't comment in it cos they are not interested in what I have to say anyway.

[qnr]

precisely. And as far as ignore, I only use it when I'm about to say

something mean to someone due to they've said. I'm not particularly tactful, and generally just say what I mean. Ignore protects me from my own character flaws, in a sense. I put them on ignore for a day or two and then take them off when I've calmed down on the subject.

[wildhorses]

20. precisely!! I know they have upset me and it causes me to

reflect on that part of myself and introspectively grow as a human being and possibly expand my horizons. Difference in me and you is that you use the ignore feature whereas I have learned to constrain myself and just REFUSE to reply. Every once in a while I "rise to the bait" but, I am learning tolerance...and building my character while working on my flaws. I try to see it as an oppurtunity for growth.

thanks for this thread:loveya:


on edit: I just realized we both responded with precisely:P

[qnr]

21. I congratulate you on your self-control. I don't have it in situations

like that :)

Sure! And thank you for replying

[datasuspect]

22. putting people on ignore also

prevents you from keeping tabs on them . . . it's interesting to watch patterns develop.

plus if i ignored all the posters i'd like to ignore, i'd miss out on 16.32% of the fun i have here.

[johnnie]

10. I can relate

I stopped in some too for the same reasons.

[qnr]

12. It gets irksome, particularly when you are regularly among the

one to three that are not replied to, while 30 others get responses. Oh well :)

Edit: s/there are you are/you are/

[cwydro]

13. geez...

hardly anyone responds to my posts...but I still respond where ever I want...Who can keep up?:P

[qnr]

17. heheh I don't 'keep score" or anything, it's just a general recognition

thing, like "this winter isn't as harsh as most."

[cwydro]

14. and btw

since you're keeping score...I responded to one of your posts in the Florida forum...guess I must be on the list, because I heard nothing back...B-)

[qnr]

16. Sorry about that, I checked for a week for additional replies, and there

were none, so I figured there wouldn't be any more. I'll go visit it now, thanks for letting me know.

[cwydro]

18. no problem

perhaps I should become a nickist too...now how did you come up with that term?:hi:

[qnr]

19. no idea, I was toying with a few ideas for the feeling, and I just decided

on that one - I guess it has something to do with racist.

Edit: and I tend to use "nick" due to long experience on IRC.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

23. Never heard of that term before.....

Where does "nickist" come from?

[qnr]

24. Just tacking "ist" on to nick. I'm a long-time user of IRC, so I tend to

think in terms of nicks, rather than unser names.

[Shine]

25. Thanks for your honesty. That's so heart-warming.

:D

I have the same experience, for what it's worth, of people not responding to my posts. I try not to take it personally...Yes, we're a diverse bunch.

:hi:

[qnr]

26. It's bad not to be forthcoming in things like this. I might eventually

run for shuffleboard captain and have to face charges of hiding my nickism. :hi:

[Shine]

27. You made that term up, didn't you??

admit it. ;)

[qnr]

28. drat - busted already, and I'm not even running for shuffleboard captain!

:)