Reply #61: I never try to guess a person's motives in responding to replies.

[rbnyc]

Sometimes when I first post, I respond to every reply because the conversation is new, I'm engaged and I haven't started playing scrabble, looking for real estate or doing something else. Then later I check back and I have more replies. I don't really want to kick the thread, but I don't want people to wonder why I replied to everyone but them.

I usually end up responding and then worrying that someone will think I did it just to kick my thread.

Sometimes I respond in PM to avoid that.

In general, it doesn't bother me if someone kicks their own post all day and night. If I'm not interested, I just don't look.;-)