Being ignored on this site

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I am being systematically ignored on this site (there was one friendly guy: john browning). Maybe because my points of view are a bit different. Do others here have a similar experience

Are you sure you're not being a bit sensitive? People on here don't deliberately ignore people. It might just be that they haven't got to know you yet. You'll know if you've upset someone with your point of view because they'll tell you!

It's highly unlikely that everyone got together and agreed to ignore you. I respond to things that I notice on the twitter feed if they sound interesting. Maybe you should try different topics that are more likely to get a variety of responses.

You only have 37 posts. I'm sure it took a lot more than that for people to interact with me. Also, remember that it's not even possible for anyone to read and respond to every post in every thread, so it's natural that quite a lot of posts go unresponded-to. Don't take it personally.

Your posts in PPR are fairly polarising. Be understanding that many will not accept your positions.

Truth is

I just say crap and people respond to it, sometimes they don't, so I add to my ball of string when they do that. Uh oh it rolled away and just killed an elephant. What an unusual place to park an elephant. Anyway, what were we talking about?

I know what it's like being relatively new to a forum. You have to find your niche. I'm on this huge sci-fi forum and I still don't feel like a regular, maybe because the amount of poor grammar on that site makes me tear out my hair and scream bloody murder. Honestly 'he weared? he weared!' WTF is that?

Anyway the moral of the story is to tether your elephant securely.
I mean post like crazy. No I don't mean that. Umm just wait til you get over 100 posts and see if anything changes. Really you just need to give it some time. Just look at my post count and I can guarantee at least 15% is not insane rambling like this one is. New routine and medication messes me up a bit.

To be engaged, be engaging. From what I've seen, most of your posts seem to be statements about such and such being stupid or whatever, which doesn't invite much in the way of interesting discourse.

John Browning? Isn't that the guy over on the LGBT forum that says most paedophiles are gay?

It has taken me a lot of posts to feel like I'm starting to become a member. I think it takes time.

Also, most of your posts are in the PPR forum. Have you thought of posting more in other forums as well? I think that any differences in opinion are going to be more obvious in the PPR forum than in any other.

Yes.

And for OP:

1) As has been said, you've hardly posted anything.

2) This is a relatively diverse place, but saying things like...

...and might make people feel a bit...

3) If you don't want to be ignored do the following; post a lot, be nice.

Must read: Some posts here, mostly the longer ones:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postxf159848-0-15.html

No.

If you want people to be interested in you, then you first must be interesting!

Constant complaining, cynicism, and sarcasm are not interesting. Try posting something that people will want to read, and not your usual whiny rants against the mods, the members, and how you are not getting enough attention to suit you.

People get ignored when others deem them uninteresting or unpleasant ... maybe both ...

A lot of your posts are in the same forum, you might want to try posting topics in different forums because some people don't read certain ones.

You're more likely to get interaction the longer you are on the site and the more frequently you post. Although, if you are complaining constantly it will most likely get people to avoid you.

Today is the first time I saw you.

Just 42 posts? I got over a thousand (thought it was 4 thousand, wtf.), before I felt like I was starting to get notice around here.

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