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I am just wondering if ignorance is a result of being on the spectrum. Why do so many people see posts and ingore them? Defeats the purpose of a forum no?

How can ignorance be to do with being on the spectrum, when usually Aspies use the word ''ignorant'' when talking about NTs?

And I've often been ignored when making a topic on a general non-Aspie thread.

I only reply to posts that are of interest to me, a lot of the posts I cannot contribute anything to so I skip them

Why are the majority of posts not worth replying to?

That would take a lot of energy. Especially if you end up posting multiple times per thread.

I only follow a few threads else it can get overwhelming and you can end up ignoring responses by accident!

Also some threads / posts are of no interest, e.g. you started a thread earlier with a video. The cover of the video had swearing on it, I just thought, nah...

Huh, how is ignored a thread ignorant?


Perhaps you meant if ignoring is a result of being on the spectrum and if it was auto correct that did it to the word.

Ignoring a thread has nothing to do with being on the spectrum, it happens on none autism forums too. I "ignore" them because I have nothing to say, I don't feel like writing, I have already answered it years ago and it's the same question again, the thread title didn't catch my interest.

I have a hard time putting my ideas down the way I like. If my post doesn't come out the way I like I just back out of the thread and not post at all. Happens way more often than I'd like.

If you want people to be interested in your posts, then post something interesting!

Personally, when I see a post that asks a question, I am inclined to type up an answer. However, I try very hard not to reply just for the sake of replying. There are so many times I start to type something and decide when I'm nearly complete that it is not really addressing what the person is asking. Other times I think my opinion is as valid as anyone else's, but maybe it isn't what the thread is about.

For instance in a thread about Movies That Didn't Match The Books, I wrote a lengthy post about film and books being different media, cost, and movie length (the movie Greed was shot verbatim from the book and after being cut almost in half, still lasted over six hours), blah blah blah... Then I said to myself. This thread is Movies That Didn't Match The Books, not what's your opinion on why movies don't match the book. So I didn't post it.

I posted a reply to something you asked earlier, but almost didn't just because I thought maybe I was taking your question more literal than you intended.

Sometimes I'm not interested and have nothing to say.

If I don't reply to posts it's because I can't relate to them / can't contribute to the discussion, and have nothing to say.

Which is a lot of the time.

Or, if I do have something to say, I often have trouble formulating the thought into words that make sense.

congrats, you got my attention.

@boredome, who ninja-ed me: same! word jumble is a pain.

i don't think ignorance or lack of it has anything to do with being on the spectrum. those are most likely just generalizations.

most of the time i respond to someone when making a post (example here!!), when i have something to say (less than i'd like) or to add. at times it seems like i can't at all post without replying, heh.

that happens on most forums. i also find it a bit annoying when people use the "quote" button as a general reply button, when addressing the post right above them. it just looks....messy.

It begins.

Simple: People can only respond to so many things. Most will only click on topics that have to do with something that they personally understand and/or like. Or something they can relate to.

If it's none of those things, that person typically will not click on it. They have limited time, after all.

A lot of original posts are too long. Like someone posts a ten thousand word essay life history....that's often a jumble on top of being way too wordy. Others write stuff that looks non sequitur, like your original post (your first sentence doesn't go together with the second sentence). Deceptive titles that have nothing to do with what is being asked. ....Basically, bad posts get passed over.

I actually do wonder about that, too. So many posts are ignored every day. It's as if each poster were talking to itself (= him-/herself) by posting. If that's the nature of an online forum, that's sad. I don't go to any other online forum. So I don't know if that's the case with other forums.

Having said that, imagine all posts being responded to. Threads would grow exponentially. That'd be a big mess.

I assume that the OP means ignoring rather than ignorance. Or could "ignorance" also mean "ignoring"?