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LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:57 AM Jan 2013

Why is it that when I post something, it sinks like a stone [View all]

Last edited Fri Jan 25, 2013, 07:55 PM - Edit history (1)

but the next day someone else posts the same thing, and gets responses?

This has happened to me twice in the past three days, and it's happened other times as well.

Do people on DU hate me for some reason?

1. I post about the cheese fire in Norway yesterday and got one response before it sank. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018285221
Today someone else posts about it and is getting responses.

2. Two days ago I posted about the Japanese finance minister who wanted older people to hurry up and die. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022228545
As usual, it sank, but someone posted it in Late Breaking News the next day, and it should not have been allowed because the story was several days old, which is why I didn't post it in LBN. And someone posted it again in GD and got several responses.

Watch this post sink into oblivion too.

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Why is it that when I post something, it sinks like a stone [View all] LiberalEsto Jan 2013 OP

Could it be the time of day that you are starting the thread? In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

i like you. i wasnt interested in either story. i do not know why that happens sometimes, seabeyond Jan 2013 #2

Timing? surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #3

Maybe you're right, LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #6

kick to the top Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #4

I don't know Denninmi Jan 2013 #5

I'll kick to keep it up for you! Agschmid Jan 2013 #7

It's the nature of the beast. If it's only been twice so far, you & I have thousands of times more UTUSN Jan 2013 #8

It happened twice in three days LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #16

take some time and spam the lounge one day datasuspect Jan 2013 #9

I think it just depends on when you post and who's reading at the time. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #10

Happens to me too, LibEst, elleng Jan 2013 #11

My posts sink like stones, too... Demoiselle Jan 2013 #12

it has been HOURSSS since i read this OP. you havent responded to one person. seabeyond Jan 2013 #13

Usually I do, but am not in good shape today LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #15

she was probably as shakey as you were. i am sorry that happened. scary stuff. seabeyond Jan 2013 #17

ugh! bad experience! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #20

Sometimes, people look at a post but have nothing to add to it. hedgehog Jan 2013 #14

You're not the only one. Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #18

Your posts are heavy Duer 157099 Jan 2013 #19

That is why I never post op's libodem Jan 2013 #21

Good answer. narnian60 Feb 2013 #79

In the year and half I've been here OriginalGeek Jan 2013 #22

Informative posts don't get many responses. Ones that start spats are the big draws. dimbear Jan 2013 #23

try all caps, some form of "fuck", and exclamation points Enrique Jan 2013 #24

You raise a fucking good point LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #28

Not without reason tama Jan 2013 #39

Me too. Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #25

Me too. I'm also an epic threadkiller. As soon as I post on a thread, its dead as well. nt riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #26

We should form our own clique LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #29

We could be the "Good the Bad and the Ugly" Grantuspeace Jan 2013 #31

How about "The Terminators"? LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #32

I'm a Professional Threadkiller!!1!! AmyDeLune Jan 2013 #33

ROFL! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #42

Thanks! AmyDeLune Jan 2013 #66

I lerve these! nt Still Blue in PDX Jan 2013 #53

Thanks! Feel free to help yourself. n/t AmyDeLune Jan 2013 #67

threadkiller here... kurtzapril4 Jan 2013 #27

See post 29 above. LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #30

Don't feel too bad Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #34

Kick... Agschmid Jan 2013 #35

That's because you didn't post it at now-now. kentauros Jan 2013 #36

And may the schwartz be with you! nt tama Jan 2013 #40

Haha when it's good... it's good! Agschmid Jan 2013 #68

ah, our egos so powerful. busterbrown Jan 2013 #37

I love you, dude� MrScorpio Jan 2013 #38

Um, LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #43

Etymologically, "man" is all-inclusive: kentauros Jan 2013 #47

okay LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #48

Thank you for the additional etymology kentauros Jan 2013 #49

What if you used your first line as the subject line? "There's nothing like the smell pnwmom Jan 2013 #41

Good point! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #44

Yeah, that sounds like a DU title! n/t pnwmom Jan 2013 #56

I feel your pain Separation Jan 2013 #45

I've been a DU member for more than a decade LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #46

I have the same invisibility cloak, apparently. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2013 #50

Thread ain't dead yet, see! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #51

Nope, not never, not no how. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2013 #54

It's all about the headline. Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #52

I didn't see the first one... Wait Wut Jan 2013 #55

I just recced it LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #57

Thank you Wait Wut Jan 2013 #58

Absolutely LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #59

Oh wow...that's awesome! Wait Wut Jan 2013 #61

I hear ya, happens to me all the time......although I'm usually the one posting late.... a kennedy Jan 2013 #60

Sinks? MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #62

Welcome to Threadkillers Anonymous! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #63

!! MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #64

Your words carry weight?? n/t winter is coming Jan 2013 #65

That's a good way of looking at it. LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #75

Still puzzled over antiquie Jan 2013 #69

Me too! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #70

That's my job, please don't steal it. nt NoGOPZone Jan 2013 #71

It's a numbers game Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #72

Ah! I must learn to piss people off more effectively! LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #73

I can count on 840high Feb 2013 #74

Posting about sex usually gets attention. TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #76

Usually very few people respond to my threads struggle4progress Feb 2013 #77

I'm getting an eerie feeling that this thread will refuse to die LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #78

Hey, you have 4 valentines! narnian60 Feb 2013 #80

I'm too broke to buy valentines, but here: LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #83

Me happy now. narnian60 Feb 2013 #84

Posters here are taking you Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #81

you rock LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #82