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Is it just me?

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jinglbellsfrocks Wed 07-Jan-15 13:47:53

Do you always imagine absolutely thousands of people rushing to read your posts? Whereas, in fact, when you stop to think about it, that is no more likely to happen with your posts than with anyone else's. grin

Have I got a ridiculously over-inflated online ego? Or are we all the same?

Genuinely wondering! grin

pompa Wed 07-Jan-15 15:30:41

"bob along on the river of life", love it, will have to remember that.

whitewave Wed 07-Jan-15 15:35:07

Must admit I do like a good debate, but other times can't be arsed. Need to adopt the "river of life" philosophy.

loopylou Wed 07-Jan-15 16:07:31

At least it makes sense Grannyknot when you talk to yourself!
Glad am not only one who thinks that they 'kill' threads! Had got to point of thinking I'd be banned if it happened once more.....

KatyK Wed 07-Jan-15 16:17:51

Are you seriously saying that you are not all spending all day on here desperately hoping that I will post? grin

soontobe Wed 07-Jan-15 16:24:07

I assumed that everyone read everyones' posts if they post on a thread, or even just read a thread.
Doesnt that happen? <naive emotion>

I dont assume that everyone reads all threads <not quite that naive emotion>

soontobe Wed 07-Jan-15 16:25:10

This thread has managed to give me a complex now!
I am talking to absolutely no-one! grin

<tumbleweed>

kittylester Wed 07-Jan-15 16:27:48

I'm flattered stansgran but fear you might be misguided! grin

Phoenix, I'm sure you could if you tried! grin

loopylou Wed 07-Jan-15 16:29:03

Helloooo soontobe [Desperately waving emoticon]!

Lilygran Wed 07-Jan-15 16:34:06

Did someone say we ought to have a 'like' button? Good idea, HQ!

Ana Wed 07-Jan-15 16:37:16

But what if you never got any 'likes'? How sad would that be?

soontobe Wed 07-Jan-15 16:38:53

<waves to loopylou> Yeah!

soontobe Wed 07-Jan-15 16:39:22

I have often wondered that Ana.

soontobe Wed 07-Jan-15 16:40:10

Would it start a popularity contest? Is that how it works?
I am not on other forums so dont know how it works elsewhere in practice.

newist Wed 07-Jan-15 16:52:37

If there was "a like button", would there have to be "a don't like button".
That could be interesting smile

Ana Wed 07-Jan-15 16:55:01

On some forums they show the number of 'likes' a member's received on their profile page. I'm pretty sure it does lead to competition among some people!

Ana Wed 07-Jan-15 16:56:20

newist, I suggested that once when the subject came up on here - to be met by stony silence...grin

NotTooOld Wed 07-Jan-15 16:57:46

You could press your own like button as many times as you like! :-)

newist Wed 07-Jan-15 17:01:46

♥ for you Ana

grannyactivist Wed 07-Jan-15 17:02:29

I never think about people reading my posts except for whoever I see is online at the moment of posting. Some are ignored and some are responded to - and as that's what I do I can hardly complain if others do likewise. For instance I only read the Erectile Dysfunction thread last night for the first time because I was curious as to why it was still going - and then spent the next ten or twenty minutes laughing myself silly and reading various posts (thanks Pompa) out loud to my husband. I didn't have time to post a comment on the thread last night or I would have. I do like to read ALL the posts on a thread though, so sometimes I spend rather longer on GN than I plan to. smile

newist Wed 07-Jan-15 17:03:13

That was my "like button"

grannyactivist Wed 07-Jan-15 17:03:14

♥ Aw, that's pretty. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Pittcity Wed 07-Jan-15 17:09:30

I just read the thread and only check names if I want to add a name to a reply.

Ana Wed 07-Jan-15 17:14:18

newistsmile

Anne58 Wed 07-Jan-15 17:18:37

kittylester grin

I will try to do something "interesting" before the month is out, but I can't promise.

Although there was that incident the other day......................

Grannyknot Wed 07-Jan-15 17:21:14

<3