Hi AZjenn,
Thanks for posting this reminder for all of us to see.
I've always felt bad for the new people who don't get many (or any) responses, so I have been trying to look for those posts first. I try to say something to them to make them feel welcome, if I can't say anything helpful. My time online is limited by both my panic disorder and my wife... She gets a little angry with me being here because she knows I take too long because of cognitive difficulties. Since my time is limited I can't reach out to everyone as much as I would like to. I've often felt bad because of it.
As for myself, once in a while I'll post something that I thought was important and get little to no responses... but I realize that I've always been a different type of sufferer more or less (different treatments, symptoms, secondary conditions etc), and not too many people can relate to my questions. It's not just at kickas.org though in my case. I usually get probably 4 responses per post I make... which isn't a whole lot compared to others. Sometimes I will take it personally, if someone makes light of my serious inquiry or if I don't get any responses, but not enough for me to say anything about it, or actually leave the forum. And yes, I have seen people leave the forum for good.
me personally, I would rather hear about people's AS complaints, because I have a number of AS related problems myself that puzzle me too. even if I'm reading a long list of complaints, it doesn't bother me. However, sometimes I get that strange feeling that not many people want to hear all of my complaints, or successes once in a while.
I keep forgetting to use smilie faces in my posts, because in some of my posts I get a little goofy (that's rare actually), but I try not to do that in newer people's posts because certain words can easily be taken the wrong way.
So with all that said, I agree with what you're saying.
thanks,
James.
