Canned Responses

[SophiaGrace]

Hi Everyone,

I know that maybe many people may not agree, but I see a lot of canned responses to new people that are coming here and posting their life stories in this section.

"Hi, welcome."

"Welcome to the forum."

"Hello"

"Welcome."

Regardless of what the person has just said (there have been a few exceptions to this). Most of the time it seems like the person has painstakingly taken the time to write out what is bothering them and what led them to come here to ALL.

I am not saying that you must do this, but could the members here at ALL, that regularly respond to this section, please consider adding something personalized that acknowledges the paragraphs of text that the person wrote? Anything would be good, just to make them feel like someone heard them?

Thanks for reading my thread and feel free to disagree. I just thought I'd put my thoughts out there, because it's been something I've noticed since I first came here to ALL.

-Soph

 

[Badjedidude]

Good to see you back on the forum, Soph.

 

[Disaffected]

^ Classic, mirin. (srs)

 

[TheRealCallie]

Hi Soph. I acknowledge your multiple paragraph and look forward to seeing you in chat when you get your ass back in there. :club:

(How was that?)

 

[SophiaGrace]

Good to see you back on the forum, Soph.

Can't tell if

A) Sarcasm

B) Genuine comment

C) Intentionally ignoring my original post to state an opinion of my post

Or

D) Some combination thereof.

Note: Hi, you weren't here when I made my new account. I think you were off on some hiatus in real life.

Confused.

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Hi Soph. I acknowledge your multiple paragraph...

Well that was oddly specific. :shy:

Can you be a little more general next time? (hmm)

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look forward to seeing you in chat when you get your ass back in there. :club:

Sorry about not being in chat lately. Grad school sucks up all my time. I don't even have time to read for fun everyday like I want to.



I'll try and pop in this weekend though.

 

[kamya]

Welcome

 

[Punisher]

Whaaaaaaaaaat? I only have a "hi" to say. It's more than what people get from me in real life

 

[Bob Arctor]

HI I'M A DINOSAUR WHO LIKES PEANUT BUTTER AND ORANGES THIS IS NOT A CANNED RESPONSE GOOD DAY TO YOU NICE LADY

 

[EveWasFramed]

My two cents:
Some people wouldn't post AT ALL if they felt they needed to compose something more.
Sometimes a simple "hello" or "welcome" does wonders for people who are new. It makes them feel like they've at least been acknowledged.
While I understand your point, I also feel that a "welcome" is better than nothing.
Again, just my two cents. Not everyone feels comfortable addressing someone else's issue or problem.

Ps. I'd like to personally thank all of those members who faithfully go out of their way to welcome new members (no matter how long or short your response is).

 

[mintymint]

My two cents:
Some people wouldn't post AT ALL if they felt they needed to compose something more.
Sometimes a simple "hello" or "welcome" does wonders for people who are new. It makes them feel like they've at least been acknowledged.
While I understand your point, I also feel that a "welcome" is better than nothing.
Again, just my two cents. Not everyone feels comfortable addressing someone else's issue or problem.

Ps. I'd like to personally thank all of those members who faithfully go out of their way to welcome new members (no matter how long or short your response is).

I liked when people said "hi" and "welcome" when I joined, so I like doing it to new members when I can. I could probably write more, but I still think it's plenty nice just to say hi

 

[Peaches]

I liked when people said "hi" and "welcome" when I joined, so I like doing it to new members when I can. I could probably write more, but I still think it's plenty nice just to say hi

it is

 

[SophiaGrace]

My two cents:
Some people wouldn't post AT ALL if they felt they needed to compose something more.
Sometimes a simple "hello" or "welcome" does wonders for people who are new. It makes them feel like they've at least been acknowledged.
While I understand your point, I also feel that a "welcome" is better than nothing.
Again, just my two cents. Not everyone feels comfortable addressing someone else's issue or problem.

Ps. I'd like to personally thank all of those members who faithfully go out of their way to welcome new members (no matter how long or short your response is).

Sure. Not everyone feels comfortable saying more, but when everyone fails to do this in threads it makes me wonder if people even read what the OP said.

 

[TheRealCallie]

Honestly, I agree with minty and eve. Yes, it's nice if people say more, but not everyone will be comfortable or may not even feel able to reply to anything more specific. Something is better than nothing.

 

[EveWasFramed]

My two cents:
Some people wouldn't post AT ALL if they felt they needed to compose something more.
Sometimes a simple "hello" or "welcome" does wonders for people who are new. It makes them feel like they've at least been acknowledged.
While I understand your point, I also feel that a "welcome" is better than nothing.
Again, just my two cents. Not everyone feels comfortable addressing someone else's issue or problem.

Ps. I'd like to personally thank all of those members who faithfully go out of their way to welcome new members (no matter how long or short your response is).

Sure. Not everyone feels comfortable saying more, but when everyone fails to do this in threads it makes me wonder if people even read what the OP said.

Not really sure it's relevant if they read it or not. Only the reader will know, yes? What IS relevant is that in their own small way, someone is acknowledging a new member - and that's still very important here.

 

[SophiaGrace]

From looking at everyone's responses to this thread, it appears that nobody else feels similarly. Hmm.

Okay.

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My two cents:
Some people wouldn't post AT ALL if they felt they needed to compose something more.
Sometimes a simple "hello" or "welcome" does wonders for people who are new. It makes them feel like they've at least been acknowledged.
While I understand your point, I also feel that a "welcome" is better than nothing.
Again, just my two cents. Not everyone feels comfortable addressing someone else's issue or problem.

Ps. I'd like to personally thank all of those members who faithfully go out of their way to welcome new members (no matter how long or short your response is).

Sure. Not everyone feels comfortable saying more, but when everyone fails to do this in threads it makes me wonder if people even read what the OP said.

Not really sure it's relevant if they read it or not. Only the reader will know, yes? What IS relevant is that in their own small way, someone is acknowledging a new member - and that's still very important here.

Just so you know, I don't agree with certain aspects of your opinion, but I respect your right to disagree with me.

 

[VanillaCreme]

From looking at everyone's responses to this thread, it appears that nobody else feels similarly. Hmm.

Okay.

I'm sure there are people who feel the same as you do. And those people say more than a simply greeting in their responses. Basically, people will say what they wish, whether it's a simple "hello" or something more, and either one is fine. You can't make anyone say more than what they want. It may make some feel hesitant to even say "hello" for the simple fact that they're thinking they need to say more. And they really don't.

 

[SophiaGrace]

You can't make anyone say more than what they want.

Right, I know I can't. And you are right, especially for people like Pun for whom saying "Hi" is something more than what they usually would say to someone, it's actually reaching out to others and doing something. I get that.

 

[SofiasMami]

It would be far worse to see no responses at all to a new member. Sometimes I try to make sure I give a welcome to a new member that only has a few responses. A friendly smile and hello have been the start of many great friendships, on and offline. You have to start somewhere.

-Teresa

 

[Minus]

If an intro post goes into an issue of some sort, it is nice if there is a response to the issue but i would hate for people to feel reluctant to welcome the person just because they don't have a response specifically addressing the issue.

There is an ever changing group of people that welcome most everyone even if they have nothing specific to add about a particular issue. I consider that to be a good thing. Some of us are not particularly verbal and some of us would have to skip over any new person who mentions an issue if we felt compelled to have something that particularly addresses their issue.

I appreciate those that are willing to welcome a new person even if they have nothing specifically addressing an issue that may have been mentioned. Others will have input on that.

 

[SophiaGrace]

If an intro post goes into an issue of some sort, it is nice if there is a response to the issue but i would hate for people to feel reluctant to welcome the person just because they don't have a response specifically addressing the issue.

I agree, if they want to greet someone, but can't think of a further response, then they should go for it.