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[andrewducker]

I dunno, you post a conversation you had, and 5 people comment. You post silliness and sometimes get 30 responses. You post something you care about, ask for responses and beg people to pass it on if they know anyone else that might be interested, and you get one response. Which, of course, might be because it's Saturday/Sunday. But I'm now wondering if people actually read it, so here's a poll. You can now feel aggrieved at the badgering...

[Poll #252383]

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[derumi.livejournal.com]

I just couldn't think of anything to really add.

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[andrewducker]

Yeah. I was starting to think that.

Next time I post something I want feedback, I think I'll post a poll underneath it saying "I read this and have nothing extra to say."

I'm still hoping someone has something more to add. Some magical method which will allow creative people to make money.

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[derumi.livejournal.com]

Free coke between every line of my writing!

Or something like that.

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[birdofparadox.livejournal.com]

ditto.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

I started reading it, wondered (as I always do) whether there were really only that many models, realised I was too tired to apply brain power to figure out a sixth one and thought that (if I had time) I'd come back later.

So none of your poll answers is one I can actually click with 100% confidence.

I read some of it (first model and a half)
I understood the bits I read, no idea about the bits I didn't
I hadn't got to anything to agree/disagree with until I could read and evaluate the entire article
I certainly hadn't read enough to disagree yet, and here's my reply (so far)

I realy find polls that leave out options annoying, as annoying as those quizmemes that give a set of answers that leave you out.

E.g. what did you thing of 50cent's new album?
a) Better than the previous
b) worse than the prevous
c) as good as but different from the previous
d) I don't like 50cent

Where's the answer "haven't heard the previous"? Where's the answer "who's 50cent"? Where's the answer "haven't heard the latest album"? Where's the answer "haven't made up my mind yet?" etc. (in fact where's the answer "who is 50cent?")

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[andrewducker]

I agree, generally. Although there will always be some people who fall through the cracks of any system. That's the problem with systems.

I'll look forward to more reply later :->

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[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I *think* I understood it but I have spent idle time thinking about it to've come up with ideas past what you posted.

Re: Understanding

[andrewducker]

Much gratitude.

Will stop whining now.

Re: Understanding

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're whining; I often think similar things about my posts and I'd prefer to think that I'm not whining when I do so.

[rahaeli.livejournal.com]

You missed the tickbox for "I read it, but am so fucking burned out on life in general that I'm not commenting on anyone's entries this week, especially if they want actual brain-powered opinions".

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[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was in about the same boat. I skimmed it, but didn't have time to really read it yet.

But now I have (kinda), and left a post with at least a quick impression.

[red-cloud.livejournal.com]

I started to read it, but then discovered that it didn't really interest me. This is my standard response to most LJ posts. I prefer, and am thus more likely to respond to, personal anecdotes and trivial stuff. I am officially shallow.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

You post silliness and sometimes get 30 responses. You post something you care about, ask for responses and beg people to pass it on if they know anyone else that might be interested, and you get one response.

If you post sillyness, you tend to get a single line (semi-witty) response. That takes a matter of seconds to think up and type, whereas to read a lengthy article, understand it, think about it, possibly do some research, then compose a response can take a lot longer.

This is probably the main reason you get numerous responses to quirky posts, and less responses to more in-depth ones. People don't always have the time, or the inclination, to read lengthy articles and comment on them.

[whiterabbitt.livejournal.com]

A one-lined response to an in-depth post is just as possible. It probably won't be a meaningful contribution to the discussion, but that doesn't stop one-lined responses to silliness. What makes people self-censor more when the post requires more thought to understand?

I'm wondering why I commonly see "that was awesome" in response to some flash toon or something, but never to my most recent thoughts on the inherent coerciveness of government. Both require time to look into.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Did you include the model that says 'encourage people to choose to pay for something that they could get free, because that's the morally correct thing to do'? It's the model that eMusic uses, and it works for me.

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[andrewducker]

The problem is that that assumes that people follow the same morality, and when it comes to Intellectual Property many people seem to have very divergent opinions. And seeing as the "you shouldn't copy" viewpoint is about as widespread as possible and people _are_ happy to copy in their millions, it seems unlikely that the "I vaguely hope people will pay" doesn't work well.

I'd categorise Emusic as (4), by the way - charging for simple , easy access. I could download all the music elsewhere, but I'm willing to pay my subscription to get access without faffing about.

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

I saw the post but somehow missed reading it - probably due to trying to catch up on two or three days of LJ reading.

Read it now, and if I think of anything useful to say, I'll reply to it.

Yes, trivia rules on LJ. Anything serious that's not also personal is hard to get a response to.

That said, communities are probably a bit different. A post like that to an artists' or developers' community might have produced more replies.

[xquiq.livejournal.com]

I tend to hesitate to comment on these sort of things unless I have the time to give it a reasonable amount of thought. It was clear you had given this a lot of thought and I dislike responding to other people's well thought out posts unless I can comment in an equally well thought out manner.

I'd say:

I read it I understood it and I generally agreed, but didn't have much to add.

[taromazzy.livejournal.com]

Hey, you forgot
"I didn't read it"

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[taromazzy.livejournal.com]

Actually, change that to
"I read it, and woke up with my face in my cornflakes"

[darkoshi]

I skimmed it. But am not generally very interested in things dealing with money, finances, business, profit, etc. They
tend to get me down, so I try not to pay much attention to
them. Therefore did not respond.