pretzelman: What bothers me more are those that post thread after thread...but never respond to other threads. Like theirs are the only important ones!
I've seen this sort of remark on here before, and I find it somewhat odd.
What is there to be bothered by?
One might as well be bothered by members who have registered to CS but
never post in the forums.
Also, is there some CS Excel file available which shows these statistics, or do people keep track themselves?
As for the initial question in this thread, yes, if a question has been asked, it is rude not to reply. But, I see no problem if a person starting a thread isn't back with more later on, if there's been no questions asked related to the opening post.
I know my own posts can be quite long, and I know it irritates some, but I can't really care too much. After all, it is a forum, and not a chat or SMS between mobile phones, and it's simply a matter of skipping. Often, the way I can do it is throw out a post, then read the replies. I don't feel like I need to add much more, instead I read and learn from what other think regarding the subject. So, no, I don't see why it must necessarily be wrong to start a thread and then not participate with anything else written as it carries on. Silent participation (reading what follows) is also participation.
I have also seen the remark of that I think very highly of myself. And the remark has obviously grown out of how I chose to contribute to these forums. It's funny, how people put together the math sometimes.
Someone writes longer posts, and it equals that someone must be full of himself.
I've never found my threads important, at all. They're just words, yet in the end, my words are the only true wealth in life which I have. Them next to a few blessing, one alseep in the bed behind me.