The etiquette of stickies

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[cabbie]

Does anyone else here get annoyed when you do your best in answering a sticky and you get no reply.Not a thanks, not a murmur.
It happens so often that I feel that there must be some sort of webmaster ethic of not needing to bother.
Is There?

[grandpa]

Does anyone else here get annoyed

Annoyed isn't the word... it's like the same feeling I get when I post a message and no one responds ;)

Why on earth anyone would want to solicit my opinion is beyone me.. but it does happen.
Lately I think I might have been sounding grumpy - it's all my fault and I could follow-up, I suppose....
Actually, it recently took me 3 days from the time I knew I needed to write a sticky before it got sent.
That said, I try to apply the same ethic of etiquette evenly throughout my day -
with a dash of professionalism due this particular forum.

Is There?

I'd be the last to know....

[balam]

> Annoyed isn't the word...

So true.

I've become so "annoyed" with this sort of behaviour that just this week I removed the contact form on my primary site. I replaced it with a message that says, to nutshell it, since people can't bothered to say thank you for the work I put into answering their questions, I can't be bothered with reading & answering them in the first place.

It's not as bad here, but then again I don't get anywhere near the volume of sticky mail as I did form submissions.

> ethic

Saying "thank you!" should be a common courtesy, but...

The subject irks enough that I'm even willing to make a post in Foo - my least-favorite forum here!

[cabbie]

thankyou for posting in my thread Grandpa and Balam.;)

[Webwork]

I understand your POV and don't disagree, and maybe sometimes I feel a tinge of not being appreciated, however ... there's another POV that I also hold to: I assume the person who doesn't reply is grateful. This is especially true for people I've be social (in forum or PubConf) with. I know their character and I know they appreciate any extra help.

The one's that aren't? That's their problem. They only get so far in life.

Yes, it's nice to get a thanks. However, I'm often so busy that not having to make another trip to my mailbox, wondering if it could be a follow up question, etc., is actually a bonus. No thank-you note means no extra trip to check it out. Not all bad.

In light of your post I may have to make it a habit to send those follow ups. Hmmmm. Will this be a burden or a blessing to the recipient? Thanks = good. Extra visit to box =? Maybe it comes down to there's always time for niceness? (On that score, then, every day everyone should send Brett a sticky thanking him for WW.)

Ack! Once again, there is no right answer! The moral relativism of stickies is another issue I will have to lay in bed at night grappling with ;-P

P.S. If I've offended anyone by not expresing my heartfelt appreciation, or otherwise, let me know. Beer apologies are my specialty. If you are worrying that you may have offended me by not being sufficiently effusive in your thanks - beer also fixes that.

P.P.S. On second thought, given the number of lawyering posts I've made, I probably can't afford all those beer apologies.

[edited by: Webwork at 10:52 pm (utc) on Nov. 5, 2004]

[volatilegx]

No. I appreciate the fact that they are leaving me alone.

Go away.

I'm busy.

:)