Posted by Noa on April 19, 2001, at 15:15:05
In reply to Re: Overposting on psychobabble, posted by mila on April 19, 2001, at 12:04:40
There have been times in the past when I was the most frequent poster, I think. During that period, I would check in pretty compulsively throughout the day, and respond to lots of messages. It was something I needed to do , I guess, although it got to a point when it began to feel like too much for me.
Nowadays, I don't read all the threads, and open messsages selectively based loosely on a mixture topic, author, time limitations, and whim. I tend to not read the posts of people who seem, imho, to be dispensing advice in a way that (I feel) comes across as overly authoritative, or those that seem to be repetitive, or contain what seems like misinformation, or seem like overgeneralizations. Occasionally, however, if I see a post that asks an honest question or raises an interesting issue that I feel I have something to add to, I will read some of the responses that fall into the overly authoritative, overgeneralized, or repetitive categories, just to get a sense of what kind of responses the questioner has received. At those times, I can be concerned about the kinds of responses the questioner is getting, and then it feels especially important to offer a different perspective, although I don't usually address myself directly to the overly authoritative responder. It is just that I want to add something different to give some balance.
For me, frequent posting ran its course and ended. I don't know if that will happen in this case.
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