This turned out to be a really good discussion. I think a person's individual perspective can play a part too, because I keep wondering what's the magic number of responses you have to get to feel liked. Seems to be different for each of us. I think I average less then 10 replies a post and seriously I think I'm quite popular (okay delusion can have its benefits ). Yet I see others that get 10 or so and feel slighted.

Granted if you're getting Zero that can be quite discouraging, but maybe you need to look at what you can do differently. I had a post a couple of days ago for a Murph video, it slipped off the 1st page with Zero replies. I was gonna just let it go off into the posting graveyard, but I felt a lil' bad for Murph, so I popped some pics of Gully and Murph onto the post and got it back up to the top of the 1st page. He got some posts then, and I went away happy, thinking, "Aw Murph aren't you the popular one".

I guess it's human nature, but I think we get a lil' too caught up in the numbers game. If that's important to you though, look at how you can improve your postings. Are your pictures as good as they could be? Are they capturing your dog's personality? Are you taking the time to tell lil' stories or antedotes about your dog? What's your title like? Is it catchy enough to get people to click on your thread? Look objectively at the posts of people who are getting huge numbers, what are they doing differently that's bringing people in?

I personally come here for fun though and I don't want to feel obligated to post on every thread. It's not even a realistic expectation. I reply when something grabs me and I have something to say. I can't do it any other way or I know I'll start feeling like it's a chore and won't post at all.

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