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descrite -> RE: Why do people ignore mails (10/10/2012 10:00:05 AM)
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I sincerely doubt that any of those people were sending responses out to folks and then got more abusive replies than otherwise.
You've obviously never met Harlan Ellison.
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At 0 point did I ever complain about being overrun with messages, nor will I ever.
I got a completely different vibe from your previous post.
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Well good for them. some people have the time and effort available to respond to lots of random people. Especially when they're rich celebrities who have something to gain in public image
Let me see if I understand your reasoning: someone whose time is far more valuable than anyone's on this board should be obligated to respond to mail from 7 year-olds, but anyone on this board is too durned busy to click the "Not Interested" button on CM.
Uh-huh.
I like this reasoning. It totally demonstrates no entitlement issues.
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Do you invite salespeople by having a front door on your house, or a phone line?
No. But I also didn't put up a billboard available to 60% of the planet, stating, "I am interested in what you have to sell."
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pretty much everyone who isn't a man, and certain men too.
Right. No entitlement to be seen.
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Much easier to make money that way.
It's easier to make money by spending time replying to letters from kids in junior high than, oh, say-- writing another novel/screenplay???
Seriously...dollar for dollar...that makes sense?
There are plenty of wealthy celebs who don't answer mail. The difference between these two groups is that one has class.
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I might be wrong but reading between the lines it actually sounds as if you do not like women. Just the impression I get.
I love women. Life would be meaningless without them.
But I see a looooot of entitlement in their tribe.
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Answering them all would be a draining waste of time. Not to mention that being a slave to my inbox isn't exactly the relationship I came here to find...
And yet, the profile stays active.
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Do you really believe that? Because I don't. They hire people to do that, and I'm sure those people have an assistant to weed out what is actually fan mail. And I am assuming you are talking actual mail, not the internet.
I would sorely enjoy watching you call Harlan a liar. That would be fun. Piers would just utter a, "Ppff--" and walk away, because he's kind of a hippy.
TieMe-- I wasn't quite sure I got the gist of what you were saying, honestly. Sorry. Thanks for the post, though.
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The very first weekend I joined CM, I got 300 messages. In the few months I've had this version of my profile, I estimate a total of about 1000. In my experience, the people who claim to answer all messages get very few.
Any reason you didn't hide your profile, go through the messages, then put it back up again?
What is it you're trying to accomplish? What criteria do you use to discern which of 1,000 emails you answer, and which you don't?
Kalik-- yes, if those were initiating messages, they deserve no response. I didn't get that OP has posed his question in that way.
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Why in the world would ANYONE feel entitled to a reply on a site like this?
Because it's common courtesy not to ignore someone you've invited to communicate with you.
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Nope. I don't owe a stranger anything.
And yet, you solicit their attention.
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now, i do not have to hide my profile, and i certainly don't want to. why the hell should i just to suit some whining arsehole?
Ummm...because you are inviting a bunch of unsoliticed mail you don't intend to respond to?
Picture a grocery store offering a special on milk, then locking the doors when customers show up.
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Are you surprised no one responds to someone with a single sentence profile? Seriously, if you can't take the time to care enough about yourself to put it out there why in the world should someone take the time on you too?
I don't send the profile: I send the message. And a minimal effort in response (clicking a single button!) does not seem like an unfair or inequitable expectation.
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While again I'm sure some folks would just love to drop to their knees in front of such a man 95+% of the women here would like to be considered something more than a twat-carrier/owner. Your words, without a doubt, have already come back to bite you in the ass and any smart submissive has undoubtedly looked at your posting history and has seen some of your true colors.
If you got the conclusion you state in that first sentence from my post, then you misread my post. Go back and try again. I never made that statement. Someone who misspells "chord" and "lala" ought be careful criticizing the words of others and bandying about terms such as "idiot."
FOR THE RECORD: "douchenoodle" has always been one of my favorite expletives. It has that repeated "oo" sound.
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