Just a reminder for everyone ...

[Vela]

I agree with most of what's been said so far in this thread and how it's been said. But, on this, I must comment. This is where it gets fuzzy on what's proper etiquette. There are some people who would rather you say something (even if it's "i don't know, i'm sorry i can't help"), than just view and not reply at all. Again, I think the biggest thing to remember is that you can't please everyone. I think there are a lot of people would rather know that someone read their question and thought about it and told them that they don't know how to help, as opposed to seeing 30 views and one reply. I'm not disagreeing with you, Vela, just pointing out that it can be very confusing to someone on what's the proper thing to do. And, I think in some cases, there isn't always one right answer. It just depends on the poster as to what they like to see.

Well this is true, I mean it more in the context of what Jessica said, that someone who posts generic responses to everyone's threads, really seems like they don't really care, they respond to all the threads the same pretty much and often say things to the point that you can even tell they didn't read it. I'm not saying NEVER post things like that...it's the megaposters who do it generically that don't seem to really care what is going on with that poster. There are always exceptions to every "rule" or situation.

[finn's mom]

Well this is true, I mean it more in the context of what Jessica said

Ah, I didn't see that you two were saying the same thing at all when she posted that last bit about the generic posts! My bad!

[Vela]

Hehe no bad, it's just sometimes hard to get across what we mean on a message board since I know what I meant but perhaps didn't say it in such a way that others saw what I meant, we all interpret what we read differently sometimes. In my mind it made sense, but I can see how someone else might read it differently.

[finn's mom]

Hehe no bad, it's just sometimes hard to get across what we mean on a message board since I know what I meant but perhaps didn't say it in such a way that others saw what I meant, we all interpret what we read differently sometimes. In my mid it made sense, but I can see how someone else might read it differently.

I know how that goes! IM and texts, too, are hard to decipher sometimes. I was mostly referring to the bit about not replying if you didn't have an answer to the person's question.