Why I Start New Threads With Identical Or Similar Topics

[PhotonGuy]

As people have pointed out, sometimes I will start new threads that have similar or sometimes even seemingly identical topics to other threads I've started before. These are the reasons I do that.

Sometimes, on some of my threads people will start flaming each other and as a result the thread will be shut down. So that is one of the reasons why I might start a new thread with a similar topic, because the first thread got shut down because of the actions of other people.

Sometimes a thread will dry up so to speak, and people will stop responding to it and it might be weeks or months with no responses. As such I want to start a new thread to get more responses. Yes, I can revive old threads but from my experience, I usually get more responses from starting a new thread than from reviving an old one.

Sometimes I want to discuss a different viewpoint so when I start a new thread, it might be similar to an older thread I started but it will not be exactly the same. So I want to take the discussion on a slightly different path that is not the same precise path as an older thread.

So that is why I sometimes start new threads with identical or similar topics to old threads.

 

[geezer]

Just to set the tone, it would probably help to acknowledge that the topic you are starting a thread on has been discussed before but that you want to specifically address a different perspective or aspect of the topic from what was dealt with in the previous thread.

Then if people are still interested, they can choose to participate. If they were sick of the topic the last time around, they can move on to what interests them.

Either way, if you there's something you legitimately want to talk about, and you follow the forum rules, you should be free to start as many threads as you want. But if it's just the same old topics, just don't expect me to participate ....unless I'm felling snarky!

 

[PhotonGuy]

Just to set the tone, it would probably help to acknowledge that the topic you are starting a thread on has been discussed before but that you want to specifically address a different perspective or aspect of the topic from what was dealt with in the previous thread.

Then if people are still interested, they can choose to participate. If they were sick of the topic the last time around, they can move on to what interests them.

Either way, if you there's something you legitimately want to talk about, and you follow the forum rules, you should be free to start as many threads as you want. But if it's just the same old topics, just don't expect me to participate ....unless I'm felling snarky!

Alright, perhaps I will start a new thread on requiring patience for rank advancement. I started a thread just like that before but unfortunately it got closed down because people were flaming each other on it.

 

[Hot Lunch]

Alright, perhaps I will start a new thread on requiring patience for rank advancement.

No need. It's like waiting for New Year's Day. It's not coming any sooner no matter how bad you want it to.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

So that is why I sometimes start new threads with identical or similar topics to old threads.

Agree!

If someone starts a thread "Let's talk about MA", there will not be any new threads after that because all new threads will be redundant.

 

[PhotonGuy]

No need. It's like waiting for New Year's Day. It's not coming any sooner no matter how bad you want it to.

In that case you don't have any choice but to wait because you can't control time, but what Im talking about is when factors come into play that are under a student's and/or sensei's control.

 

[PhotonGuy]

Another reason why I can be redundant and why I sometimes repeat myself on this forum is all too often people just don't listen, or to put it more accurately since we're talking about an internet forum where you don't listen to what people say out loud but rather read what people post, people don't pay attention to what they're reading when they read my posts, at least they don't always act like they do. So in that sense people don't "listen" so I end up repeating myself.

 

[Hot Lunch]

In that case you don't have any choice but to wait because you can't control time, but what Im talking about is when factors come into play that are under a student's and/or sensei's control.

Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen anyone here express impatience about having to wait for a test. Being excited and anxious, yes. But I don't recall anyone on this forum asking for advice on how to ask their sensei to let them test early or anything like that.

Start the forum if you want, I just don't think there's gonna be much to discuss. We're not a bunch of 4 years olds on December 1st begging our parents to let us open something under the tree right now.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

So in that sense people don't "listen" so I end up repeating myself.

Information is shared among people who are interested in it. It's very common that sometimes you start a thread, but nobody responds just because that topic may not be interested to them.

Even Confucius once said,

- "When nobody cares about what I have said, I'll find a boat and float myself on the ocean".
- "When nobody cares about what you have said and you are not mad, you are a true gentleman".

 

[PhotonGuy]

Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen anyone here express impatience about having to wait for a test. Being excited and anxious, yes. But I don't recall anyone on this forum asking for advice on how to ask their sensei to let them test early or anything like that.

Start the forum if you want, I just don't think there's gonna be much to discuss. We're not a bunch of 4 years olds on December 1st begging our parents to let us open something under the tree right now.

That's not exactly what I meant when I talked about requiring patience but I will explain what I mean in more depth when I start my new thread.

 

[PhotonGuy]

Information is shared among people who are interested in it. It's very common that sometimes you start a thread, but nobody responds just because that topic may not be interested to them.

Even Confucius once said,

- "When nobody cares about what I have said, I'll find a boat and float myself on the ocean".
- "When nobody cares about what you have said and you are not mad, you are a true gentleman".

But what Im talking about is when people do respond but they post the kinds of responses where they act like they haven't heard, or in this case read and paid attention to, what I've said in my posts.