Why most people don't respond on private messages?

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Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by BokaBB » May 21st, 2020, 3:19 am

I have seen that many users don't want to respond on my private messages,even if I expect that. Why this happens?
This is probably not going to be up to me. Maybe they are busy?Or have so much private messages?Or do not even know about them?I really would like to know.
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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by Saka » May 21st, 2020, 4:56 am

Maybe some people think that it just isn't worth their time responding to some PMs...

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by GUYTU6J » May 21st, 2020, 4:59 am

I suppose this thread should be in the Sandbox.
It depends on the content of your PMs. If you're asking others to help you do research on your OCA rules (as many recent posts suggested), please think twice because they have their own business.
(Also we have a thing called time zone)

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by Hunting » May 21st, 2020, 7:27 am

BokaBB wrote:
May 21st, 2020, 3:19 am
I have seen that many users don't want to respond on my private messages,even if I expect that. Why this happens?
This is probably not going to be up to me. Maybe they are busy?Or have so much private messages?Or do not even know about them?I really would like to know.
Have a good day!

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For me, because I have too many private messages. For example, once GUYTU6J sent me a request about editing one of my posts to add his do-not-warrant-a-single-post message, but I discovered that request after, uh, about two weeks.

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by bubblegum » May 21st, 2020, 4:14 pm

BckaBB wrote:
May 21st, 2020, 3:19 am
I have seen that many users don't want to respond on my private messages,even if I expect that. Why this happens?
This is probably not going to be up to me. Maybe they are busy?Or have so much private messages?Or do not even know about them?I really would like to know.
Have a good day!

BokaBB
Because you're expecting too much. PMs are not the best way to get responses (but posting on talk pages is even worse)
But yes, all three possibilities are valid even if they're not the reason.

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by Hunting » May 22nd, 2020, 11:55 pm

bubblegum wrote:
May 21st, 2020, 4:14 pm
but posting on talk pages is even worse
No. Talk page is supposedly the best way to "talk" on the wiki but since LW don't have a notification bar like WP it fails almost completely. (Some people, like AB, still check their talk pages everyday though)

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by GUYTU6J » May 23rd, 2020, 12:25 am

Hunting wrote:
May 22nd, 2020, 11:55 pm
bubblegum wrote:
May 21st, 2020, 4:14 pm
but posting on talk pages is even worse
No. Talk page is supposedly the best way to "talk" on the wiki but since LW don't have a notification bar like WP it fails almost completely. (Some people, like AB, still check their talk pages everyday though)
There is a Special:Watchlist for every user. You can add a page to it and manually check it daily. Note it doesn't have notifications, either.
The talk pages and Tiki bar are (almost) not for real-time discussions.

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Re: Why most people don't respond on private messages?

Post by Hunting » May 23rd, 2020, 12:27 am

GUYTU6J wrote:
May 23rd, 2020, 12:25 am
Hunting wrote:
May 22nd, 2020, 11:55 pm
bubblegum wrote:
May 21st, 2020, 4:14 pm
but posting on talk pages is even worse
No. Talk page is supposedly the best way to "talk" on the wiki but since LW don't have a notification bar like WP it fails almost completely. (Some people, like AB, still check their talk pages everyday though)
There is a Special:Watchlist for every user. You can add a page to it and manually check it daily. Note it doesn't have notifications, either.
The talk pages and Tiki bar are (almost) not for real-time discussions.
Well, no one should have real-time discussion on the Wiki.

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