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User	Learah | 2005-01-25 |
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Message	That’s the way to go, EnslavedShonen... you sound like a treasure :)

User	Enslaved Shonen | 2005-01-24 |
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Message	I make sure that I respond to any and all comments left on my site, I appreciate it when some one leaves a comment back.

User	Learah | 2005-01-18 |
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Message	Rieke: depending on comments to explore other writers’ work is not what this site is about. You’re more likely to find really good poets through browsing and reading and searching through the site than sticking to those who’ve remarked on your work.

User	Webmaster | 2005-01-18 |
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Message	Kind of a starter standardization. Logical and predictable. I want to post. << Post blocked. Please Comment. >> I don’t know how to comment. I’ll read it and point out the most obvious things and say I how I really like them. << Post >> I didn’t get that much feedback... I’ll comment on more people complimenting them in a way that’ll make them check out my page. >> Your writing was excellent. I like the flow and it really touched me. I know what it’s like and I can relate. Keep on writing. Good job. This was really good << << Wow, thank you! I’m really glad you liked my poem. I appreciate the comment. >> % chance they compliment yours.

User	Learah | 2005-01-17 |
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Message	I disagree psycho... I get so much shit for the comments I leave, and even more so when I dislike what I read... also, have a look at my pageviews... literally tens of thousands... I’d never be able to leave my page from a horrible amount of angry backlash... it’s the idea of "always comment even if you don’t like it" that makes people leave mindless "u rock" comments.

User	psycho_1 | 2005-01-16 |
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Message	I have posted 11 poems so far, and I thank everyone that leaves me a comment. If you read someone’s poetry you should at least leave a comment, even if you don’t like what you read...

User	magnicat | 2005-01-09 |
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Message	that’s always the first thing i do when i hop on my site... check for comments and then thank the people who commented. common courtesy, really.

User	Mister Fizzle | 2005-01-05 |
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Message	I’m not sure if this fits into this topic but it is in the same grain. I have found a really good method of commenting that gives me great results in the "return the favor" department. What I do is dig around submits until I find a really cool poem I like, (very picky in the digging mind you.) then I just go to that persons page and just focus my energy on them for a while. I will read like 5 or 6 of their poems and give nice detailed comments on each one. 9 out of 10 times I always get thank you’s and return comments on my work since I started commenting like this. Also I have found it alot more fun than just skipping from person to person to person. I get to know the writers better. Hope this helps. peace, mister fizzle

User	Beulah | 2005-01-04 |
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Message	I’ve noticed the same thing... I comment and comment and comment and most people never even acknowledge the input. I’m probably not the best with comments but at least I try to be honest and provide positive feedback or the odd suggestion. I have a haphazard way of finding posts to comment on since I often go to someone’s page to say thank you and get hooked on comments from other users and then I drift of to their page and end up reading the posts... and so I carry on... so I comment on a huge variety of posts and not 10% return the favor. Guess that’s the only thing about this site that is slightly discouraging. I notice as well that people seem to be stalking four or five users and the only comments on their posts comes from the ones they are stalking... go figure... and the only comment on the theirs. Seems a bit counterproductive. Can’t we somehow put rules in place. I’ve posted on another site where they were quite strict with the comment/post ratio... don’t know if we should perhaps do something similar. Anyway, I’m preaching to the wrong crowd... everyone that’s commented about this isn’t guilty of the sin...

User	Learah | 2004-12-19 |
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Message	I agree with Angela~ on this, if someone took the time to write for you, return the favour, even if it is a simple "thanks for your comment on ____".

User	angela~ | 2004-12-08 |
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Message	besodemuerte Even if the comment did not help you, you should send a thank you. Let them know that although you appreciate the time they spent commenting, you still are unclear about how they "feel" about the piece. They will get the message. Some people just don’t know any better and learn by the examples set by others. If this still does not work......oh well.

User	besodemuerte | 2004-12-08 |
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Message	i dont thank people for comments if i dont think they gave me any advice.. if they just wrote good write and crap like that.. they didnt really do anything and dont deserve a thank you.... but if time was taken, and i feel they actually did read my work.. then i will always thank them... it all depends.. then sometimes i jsut get bored and thank everyone.... in which case i will comment on the works of the ones that helped me...

User	angela~ | 2004-12-06 |
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Message	What really annoys me is when you do your best to make a commentary that goes into quite a bit of depth and detail and the person responds with, "Thanks for reading my poem." They don;t respond to any of the questions you asked, or take time for any explanations for the piece. Don’t they want to discuss the writing? It’s like, "NEXT!"

User	magnicat | 2004-12-04 |
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Message	it just seems like common courtesy to me to thank someone for their comment, even if they didn’t like the poem. there are a few people on here who never acknowledged my comments, and one in particular who i had made a fav. i have since erased that fav, and i won’t return to a site where someone doesn’t take the time to give even a little "thanks." that’s just rude. better than? who knows...

User	Learah | 2004-11-19 |
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Message	*Raises eyebrow@Knowledge* Well? Thank you?

User	on1eday.co.uk | 2004-11-19 |
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Message	i think it is not so good to be too hard on the new users, if they do not know then they can not help it, though it only seems like common courtesy to me. maybe some people are just that way. i have made lengthy commentary on users such as lelik and mister fizzle, with nothing in return. and whereas i do not have anything against these people, it is these that should be leading by example. it does not piss me off to a great degree, though i can understand why it would, it just means that i will have no desire to even look at their work, and its kind of sad when it ends up like that, because if we all did it then no one would be reading anything by anyone.

User	Learah | 2004-11-19 |
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Message	The majority of older users do say thank you, and will generally get back to you if you’ve commented on their stuff. I’ve had a bit of a run in with two new users in the last few days over not saying thank you. I decided to just say to them that they were bad-mannered, especially since their work had been added to my favourites. I don’t mind if people don’t comment in return, but not even a thank-you pisses me off. I’ve spoken to some of the newbies and they say that they didn’t know they have to say Ta. I think Jimmy’s after getting too lenient and is letting peeps away with murder for want of a quiet life.

User	on1eday.co.uk | 2004-11-18 |
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Message	it is not as much the newer users i find, but the older users who have their circles. it does not matter who you are or what you do, its very disrespectful if people put their time into giving people feedback who do not acknowledge their efforts. it may also be a way of getting to know other users you think you know because of what you read about their interactions with others, but have not experienced it themselves.

User	Learah | 2004-11-18 |
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Message	Blah. Throw a vowel in there...

User	Learah | 2004-11-18 |
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Message	It’s not just me then, who notices how much rarer it is to even get a thnk you now, never mind a comment!