How many make a post then sit and watch to see how many read

[Seanzies]

There must be more that act like me out there that when you create a post you keep refreshing the page to see how many people have view it.

I get frustrated when I may only 5-10 views and others get 100's.

Does this happen to anyone?

 

[Norie]

What do you mean exactly?

 

[milesUK]

It's much more depressing when you get no replies. Either some of my posts are far too easy to warrant a reply or belong in the "Too Difficult" tray.

 

[Joe4]

That is why it is very important to use a good Subject title in describing your problem, to make sure that the appropriate people (the ones who might be able to help with that particular problem) look at it.

Other things that affect how many people look at your post include the complexity of the issue and the time of day you post it (some times of the day have more people on-line than others).

Also, if you try to put too much in one question, it may scare people off. You are better off breaking it up into smaller chunks and tackling them one item at a time.

 

[milesUK]

I agree; those with subjects like "Help please" although polite do not target anyones expertise without they open it first.

It's not always easy to sumarise your problem into a six word subject line.

I have the same difficulty when sending emails that are not Joke/humour/Funny/etc.

 

[mrhartley]

That is why it is very important to use a good Subject title in describing your problem, to make sure that the appropriate people (the ones who might be able to help with that particular problem) look at it.

Other things that affect how many people look at your post include the complexity of the issue and the time of day you post it (some times of the day have more people on-line than others).

Also, if you try to put too much in one question, it may scare people off. You are better off breaking it up into smaller chunks and tackling them one item at a time.

Spot on there.

urgh the two things that annoy me, well only a little anyway. I can't help people as much as I wish i could in this forum but the 2 things that send me running are:

Subject - "Urgent Help Required..."
Who cares if it's urgent, only one person care's if it's urgent so if some spent better time typing out a useful subject lines then more people might bother reading it.

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Some people can write a book about their problem. I think I am distracted too easy but I get to paragraph two and fall asleep. I know it's not easy to describe some requirements in a forum but with a little thinking most problems can be broken down into segments and solved over a number of days rather than trying to 'fix' everything at once.

Also on the time of day issue, I am in the UK and always post my problems in the afternoon (that would be in the morning for the U.S) which of course is when the most amount of people will be viewing my problem and had I posted my problem earlier in the day, would send my post half a dozen pages back. Maximum exposure

Regards
Mark

 

[atmospheric]

Another point: "Help Please" doesn't help those people using the search facility even though the topic may be related to their search.