MFP Thread "ghosting"

NotShena
NotShena Posts: 172 Member
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You know what really sucks? Being emotionally invested in a forum thread and then *poof* gone. Ghosted away. All that time and energy and witty, fun replies. Just gone. A waste of my emotional energy and time spent distracting myself from work.

/le sigh

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  • NotShena
    NotShena Posts: 172 Member
    You suck
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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    hint: never get emotionally invested here in MFP
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    What gets me is when someone starts a thread and then we never hear from him/her again.

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    So, go get your own "sex and relationship".
  • TravisJHunt
    TravisJHunt Posts: 533 Member
    The dude abides!
  • BradR_82
    BradR_82 Posts: 278 Member
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???

    Yes.

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    What gets me is when someone starts a thread and then we never hear from him/her again.

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    this belongs in the irk thread... but I feel the same way..

  • poetic_cell
    poetic_cell Posts: 772 Member
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???

    Both, but especially people.

    Don't forget to seek validation!

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  • NotShena
    NotShena Posts: 172 Member
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???

    Only during work hours while I'm avoiding work.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???

    In MFP the answer is always YES.
  • NotShena
    NotShena Posts: 172 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    I'm new here. Do we get emotionally invested in a thread? Or a person? Or both???

    Yes.

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    Are we making signatures a thing?! Someone write one for me!
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  • gardengnomemanifesto
    gardengnomemanifesto Posts: 427 Member
    My threads come with dust and tumbleweeds. Nobody travels down those roads.
  • BradR_82
    BradR_82 Posts: 278 Member
    Hmm I'll just keep my emotional investment to myself then. Including this very thread!
  • gardengnomemanifesto
    gardengnomemanifesto Posts: 427 Member
    BradR_82 wrote: »
    Hmm I'll just keep my emotional investment to myself then. Including this very thread!

    Less E-STD’s that way.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
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  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    edited January 2018
    cee134 wrote: »
    What gets me is when someone starts a thread and then we never hear from him/her again.

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    I find it more annoying when an obvious troll post gets hundreds of serious responses. But then I miss them when they’re gone because they’re entertaining.

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