SG Communication

I'm gonna use myself as an example here. I'm also trying to be genuine so you'll just have to take my for it that I'm not being an asshole. Anyhoo, I realize that some of you, members and SG's, just don't care to communicate with certain people and that's dandy. But there is the option to block members. Say, you block me and I go to your page, the comment box is not there, obviously keeping me from posting a comment. This can be useful. If you don't care about what I have to say, sure, you can ignore me but it would be a great help, if not ideal, to (instead of not saying anything) . . . just block me. That way, I'll know not to stop by your profile anymore. It's quite frustrating otherwise.

Is anyone else feeling this?

Just a suggestion.

Thanks

Ok, I'm going to try and be helpful here.

SGs, some of which get hundreds of comments regularly, don't or can't reply to whatever message you may have left for them. So you want them to take the time to single you out, go into their preferences, and add you to their ignore list, just so you know not to expect any contact from them.

Do you see where your plan is flawed?

I totally get that . . no you're right. I'm a complete fucking moron. How could I have not thought of that.

I'm including regular members too, by the way. I'm sure some would agree it's a very simple procedure. You make it sound like it's labor.

I'm not gonna go into details but I'm completely aware of what you're saying. That's not all of it, though. I mean are you also saying that it is impossible for some members to flat out ignore others?

No, I totally get that. Really . . I do. And I already assumed that. But how are you to really know whether someone is ignoring you or not? Unless they say flat out "don't talk to me". I mean, for the ones that do ignore people and know they are doing it . . . it would be real gem. Don't you think?

If you think that someone is ignoring you, then maybe you should stop posting comments in their journal.

Obviously.

But therein lies my point. I mean, the 'ignore' button is there for a reason, no?

It can't just be there for viewing pleasures. No. It's for blocking people that you don't want to communicate with.

When I go to a bar or nightclub, I want girls who won't talk to me to have a tag hanging around their neck that identifies they plan to ignore me all night.

It would save me all those fruitless attempts to talk to girls who won't talk back.

It's not just about the girls. I'm speaking in general.

That would be awesome though, right? But you can't exactly confront someone online about that sort of thing. Communication is limited through this monitor. I guess if you're actually ignoring someone, it would defeat the purpose of saying "leave me alone".

If you think this'd be an awesome idea, I can see that you'd like everyone to run around ignoring you if they think there's even a likelihood they mightn't ever wish to talk to you ever.

I was refering to the whole "chicks with signs" thing. And that was a joke. But nevermind

From what I can figure out, you'd prefer that pretty much everyone just block you right now, so you can save time by not commenting to anyone, right?

I still say it's easier for you to stop commenting to people you think are ignoring you.

Maybe Cherry is right, and they're not ignoring you per se, but just waiting for you to say something interesting.

So I was right.

Who would've thunk it.

Now that I think of it, I have a sort of "rule of thumb". If I comment someone's journal - e.g. someone who doesn't regularly get 30+ comments - 3 or 4 times and I get no response, I usually just drop it. People with dozens of comments, 200 friends, etc. you have to give a little more leeway. There are some people - SG's and members - who are very conscientious about responding. Others just suck at it, and will sometimes say that themselves. It's kinda "go with the flow".

kind of just play as you go and never take offense.

its hard to respond to every comment. Not everyone has time especially the sg who gets
pages and pages. Also some comments are just hard to respond too. Like *what the fuck do i say to that? * I try to get back with every single person that comments but no bodys perfect. Im sure ive missed loads over time. Its called having a life outside of here. Everyone does. Ive always thought it was an unspoken thing here that most people understand stuff like that. Most of the people ive talked to on this site and became friends with are really bright and understanding which is a plus. I would hardly expect everyone to comment back too some of the BS that i spout. Alot of it is just compliments and getting shit off myechest. Which can be rewarding whether we get responses or not right? Its all gravy.

Wait, what?

I'm really bad at responding to people sometimes. It's not because I don't care or I don't appreciate the comments in my journal... I'm just a bit of a scatterbrain and a lot of the time I forget to reply.

I really do like it when people comment in my journal... just saying.