Posted by Dinah on October 23, 2010, at 10:31:55
In reply to Lou's request-psoyuwnahtheykbezoz?, posted by Lou Pilder on October 11, 2010, at 7:46:32
When I read the wording "If you are considering being a discussant in this thread or parallel threads, I am requesting that you read the following article." I tend to feel unwelcome on a thread. Because in general I'm not going to click on a link to read something else or watch a video. That's just me. I tend to be very careful about clicking on links. So then I feel like maybe I shouldn't contribute to the thread.
I try to remind myself that such requests, unless they come from the originating poster, are simply requests by an individual poster, and that I probably should assume I am perfectly welcome to comment without clicking the links. Particularly if I don't reply to the poster requesting that I do so.
Should an originating poster, of course, make the request, they would be starting a thread about those links, and I'd think myself pretty useless if I responded without reading/viewing them, so I'd respond or not based on whether I clicked.
But it is hard for me to remember sometimes. My kneejerk reaction is to think "Oh, well then I'll skip this thread." Which isn't really fair of me to the original poster I suppose...
This post is about my reactions to requests, not about the requestor.
poster:Dinah
thread:963286
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20101020/msgs/966668.html