just a question

[Ginger's Mom]

Generally speaking, I agree with Vela. There are a few people who I believe may just be too busy, or not sure what to say, or just don't feel like "talking." If I believe someone is just using the board to boost their own ego without any real interest in dogs in general or this community, I will not open their threads. But, that is a decision I make on an individual basis after a period of time.

[cloverfdx]

But if people have time to post up 100s of photos of their own dogs, maybe they could spare a few minutes every now and then to comment on other peoples threads . I have the non commenting people on my ignore list so that does not bother me .

[Vela]

Well I also don't post to every picture thread, i have a family and work two jobs, but i try to input in other areas of the board as well. It's part of the reason i infrequently post pictures. Not that I don't want to but I'm very busy, and I totally understand only posting sometimes and if you feel you have something to say. I always enjoy all the pictures, even when I don't post to every thread, but there are only a few who post only pics and have no other input, it's not a big problem on the board here IMO. The only time I have a problem with it is when they get mad about people not replying, when they don't input otherwise.

[K9soul]

I don't see it as "rude" necessarily as long as they don't have any expectations of their own in regards to responses. If someone wants to come and post 10 pictures a day of their dogs, but never participate in the board in any other way, I have no problem with it as long as they don't expect people to lavish them with praise on their pictures every time. The less you participate in the board, the less people "know" you and thus will choose to focus their attention on people/pets they have come to know.

I look at pictures sometimes, but respond a lot less than I used to. This is for many reasons, foremost of which I type over 10 hours a day for two jobs now and simply do not have the time/energy to post meaningful replies like I used to. My wrists and hands are so sore and tired by the end of the day even typing one more sentence seems like more than I can handle .