Lately I have began noticing members posting calls for help with disasters or just specific questions.
Many times the member who initiated the post does not bother to acknowledge the input received nor even thank the members for the time taken to respond.
I do not understand this phenomenon.
Regards,
Herb

I think most certainly do appreciate any help, but may not see the need to post a follow up "thank you."

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I agree with Herb. A simple "thank you" is not a difficult task to perform!!

It is generally considered poor ettiqette to reply to emails, etc. when the reply is a "thank you". it is viewed as wasting the time of the recipient. i don't like clicking on replies thinking there is an update to find a "thank you". my point is, people may not see it as a lapse in courtesy, but actually the opposite. thanks to everyone for any info I've used, past, present and future. i got my Rodmaker today, so thanks to all who wrote articles, and published it.

Mike, these are not emails! They are posted questions and requests, posting a response is not time consuming for the recipient.

Phil,
Fair enough. just a thought on why some people may not be inclined to post a thank you. (i intended to state, the time was not a waste for the person posting the thank you, but the person receiving it, thus taking the time to open a response to find a thank you) in the electronic world, it is common to not post a thank you to a question's reply. My point was only to express why someone may not reply to an answer and not feel it is a lapse in courtesy.
Mike



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Herb,
I couldn't agree more. Your statement and request is nothing more than common courtesy.

Be safe

When posting at any given time ,and asking for help. Before closing ,I always try to add a thank you for the help given , and that I appreciate their replies . I feel this way , a follow up post isn't needed .. Regards : Don'

<<<<DON>>>>
Fort Myers Fla.

Well I will go the other way and say that if someone asks a question a lot of times the reply is "look it up its been discussed here", or similar response. Now if you don't want to help leave it alone. Don't make a newbie feel stupid just for asking a question. We were all newbies at one time and some are better with the net then others or perhaps new to the sight. Also many times the answer or advice given is just plain wrong. It seems to me its from the same guys too. They lurk here and answer every question like they are the authority and expert on rod building. These same people spend so much time here they couldn't have time to build as many rods as their "expert" advice. Many times it seems it is just spewed from other posts also.

Showing a newbe the search funsion when the same question has been asked over and over only shows a newbe where he can find info
It also teaches them when they may not know how this site works
If you give and expect a reward -- you are not giving from the hart

Bill - willierods.com

This is an interesting discussion, however, I have not learned anything regarding the building of a fishing rod.

THANK YOU!

Be-little folks so they are afraid to ask a question only makes them afraid to ask a question. If you don't want to answer don't say a word. Some people it seems there "reward" is not giving but making themselves the self imposed expert by answering as many different questions as they can. many times with wrong advice. Some in a round about way trying to sell something they make or resell. Not as vendors.

Thank you John !!!LOL

Bill - willierods.com

John that subject has been discussed many times before and can be found in a previous thread search lol

Yep
Use the Search Function above and set to all dates LOL

Bill - willierods.com

I read the post and then the responses in the thread, and wrote a response and erased it a couple times as I considered the different viewpoints. In thinking about why I post responses here I guess they are my way of saying thank you to everyone else who ask questions and posts replies.

Oddly though this may seem, I find I get a lot more from reading posts and responses about topics that are not of particular interest to me than I do from topics that I think are of interest to me. They tend to make me consider what other people are doing and how I might learn from their experiences. This post made me realize that I've rarely just outright thanked someone for their response that I found interesting or thought provoking, though I have done so on a few occasions. rather, I guess I felt my thank yous were in the form of sharing my expertise and experiences with everyone else. Sometimes my responses are quick and short, other times they are lengthy and take quite a bit of time to write out.

This one will be short, thanks Herb for this post and for reminding me that many people look at situations from different perspectives. I'll try to remember to express my thanks more intimately in the future.

I'm not so concerned with a "thank you"....more interested if a solution worked. Sooner or later I might have that same problem. I've never had a problem with blushing on my thread finish but it seems it happens "out of the blue" for some. Lots of ways to skin cats and wrap rods.....but if the majority agrees....and I'm doing it differently....time for me to evaluate.

No forum is perfect. Given the collective knowledge and degree of manners here.....Tom is doing well beyond "good enough".

Russ in Hollywood, FL.

That is why this is the Best rod-building site on the net
heck Just check how many posts that go on here even day to day i am sure you know
maybe this post will make more posters give a thank you This is good

But Why is There Such a Big deal Over it If you worry about some thing that small -- You are going to get sick Have a hart attack get ulcers That is not good !! A lot of posters I would think are posting from work or just don't have the time
They ask Get an answer And move on
Just like we should ---Hay what rod are you working on

Bill - willierods.com

My thanks are basically self-inflicted. If a post I make helps, then great, if not, then maybe someone else's did. But I have the satisfaction of knowing that I at least tried to help.

Ron Weber

I apply epoxy using a spatula in most cases.....

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)