Left in the lurch!!

[Gillian]

What happened? I posted some questions about very worrying numbers, received a couple of responses with some questions in them. So I answered the new questions and then nothing??? Is that lack of interest? Not part of the inner circle? It is quite upsetting. Just consider how you would feel in my place. ( see Centrals on the rise again for other post if you are interested)

A very disappointed Aussie

Gillian

[xenablue]

Gillian, I only see posts from you around mid-November and it seems everyone addressed your questions, so I'm not sure where else you posted as that thread and this one are the only ones I see for you.

People here are generally extremely helpful and supportive, so I'm not sure what happened. Also remember that we are 14-17 hours behind you so you may not get responses right away if it's the middle of the night for us.

There is no 'inner circle', just sleep-deprived people trying to get by, helping others here when they can.

If you would post a link to your latest thread so someone can address your problems, I'm sure you'll receive a lot of help.

Edited for correction - actually I did just find your last thread from a couple of days ago. Sometimes posts get lost in the sea of all the other posts - my advice to you is to go back to that thread you started the other day and post a new request for someone to help you - this will bump the thread to the top.

Cheers,
xena

[johnthomasmacdonald]

ummm - why not just ask your question(s) again - sometimes depending on the people and the level of posting going on, a post can move to the bottom and then off the page pretty rapidly

of course the fact that we all hate australians might have something to do with it - it's the kangaroo thing

also, you can understand that since cpap was discovered in australia, cpap users would hold a bit of a grudge against all australians

[BlackSpinner]

You mean here?
viewtopic/t84982/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84 ... 39#p771339
There are lots of answers there.

If you can't find a thread, go to the upper left hand side and click on "view your posts" The click on the post of the thread you want. Dec 11th was a log time ago and threads fall off the front page.

[Todzo]

What happened? I posted some questions about very worrying numbers, received a couple of responses with some questions in them. So I answered the new questions and then nothing??? Is that lack of interest? Not part of the inner circle? It is quite upsetting. Just consider how you would feel in my place. ( see Centrals on the rise again for other post if you are interested)

A very disappointed Aussie

Gillian

Hi Gillian!

If I forget to SPECIFICALLY check the "Notify me when a reply is posted" box I will never recieve a reply. I have written the admin but no response so perhaps that is the way they do things here.

That may be part of why you see what you see or may be why others never get back to you. They do not know of the reply.

Have a great week!

Todzo

[xenablue]

ummm - why not just ask your question(s) again - sometimes depending on the people and the level of posting going on, a post can move to the bottom and then off the page pretty rapidly

of course the fact that we all hate australians might have something to do with it - it's the kangaroo thing

also, you can understand that since cpap was discovered in australia, cpap users would hold a bit of a grudge against all australians

Now be nice! Some of we Aussies live here in the U.S. and we all get on just fine with Americans, so I think 'we all' should be just you

Cheers,
xena

[johnthomasmacdonald]

xenablue wrote: "Now be nice! Some of we Aussies live here in the U.S. and we all get on just fine with Americans, so I think 'we all' should be just you

Cheers,
xena "

I thought it would be obvious that i was only kidding - i've never met any american that had a problem with australians

[Janknitz]

When the board is very busy, posts may "fall off" the first page that everyone looks at. Most people never go beyond the first page to look for unaswered posts. If you see your question heading toward the bottom of the first page or ending up on the next page, just post a reply that says "bump" and it will go to the top of the first page again. Everyone understands what "bump" means.

Because you're in a distant time zone from the Yanks, we may miss your posts because they fall off the first page before we even wake up to see them (especially me on the West Coast, 3 hours behind East Coast posters who may fill up the board before I even wake up).

[chunkyfrog]

It took me a couple of weeks to figure out what "bump" meant! Slow frog!

[Sir NoddinOff]

Sometimes posts just slip thru the cracks. Sometimes the responses don't make the OP happy. Sometimes nobody understands what the OP is trying to say. Sometimes there's not enough data to draw any conclusions. Sometimes there's just too many newbies all at once. Anyway, there's dozens of reasons why some posts don't last long. Not a happy situation, but a fact, none the less.

I, for one, go out of my way to look for people's posts that are disappearing without any significant response---it's easy to do, just scroll down the first page and see who's not getting enough replies near the bottom. Even if it's over my head I'll reply with encouragement or whatever merely to give the OP a BUMP up the ladder. I urge others to do the same. Hey, we're just human beings trying to do the best we can, plus if you need to, you can always post again.

Big tip: Try to put your problem(s) very briefly the topic line, that way the experts will focus in on you

[Lizistired]

Yea, John's post was, well.. John's post.

Gillian, I think you got responses, but beyond the.... nevermind, I am going to post in your other thread, because there already 2 threads that have to be looked at to really get your situation and adding a 3rd won't help. I'll just say that your situation is complicated and the often applied easy answers, don't apply.

[Gillian]

Hi all those who responded. Thanks for the explanation of what a 'bump' is. I had no idea. But in any case I could not have bumped my own post, way to forward for me.....

Just one point, I wasn't expecting heaps of responses, just needed answers to questions but I do understand how things can just get left behind.

It gets to be a lonely old world when theres no-one to hear you.

Have a good nights sleep.

Gillian

[ughwhatname]

I think bumping one's own post with either "Bump" or a further question or clarification is less forward than accusing the board of having an inner circle and intentionally ignoring you.

I have found nothing but help for my posted questions/issues, and I've been here a very short time, so no time to find the inner circle, let alone belong to it. I am very grateful for the posters here.

Hi all those who responded. Thanks for the explanation of what a 'bump' is. I had no idea. But in any case I could not have bumped my own post, way to forward for me.....

Just one point, I wasn't expecting heaps of responses, just needed answers to questions but I do understand how things can just get left behind.

It gets to be a lonely old world when theres no-one to hear you.

Have a good nights sleep.

Gillian

[Gillian]

Well Ughwhatname,
You are very quick to read too much into words, one of the problems with these blogs where not everyone is good at expressing themselves....so you have a good day and I hope nothing goes wrong for you!
Gillian

[ughwhatname]

I don't know another way to interpret, "Is that lack of interest? Not part of the inner circle? It is quite upsetting. Just consider how you would feel in my place."

Based on your statement that it is upsetting, I presume you considered the idea that there may be an "inner circle" to which you are not a part to be what is upsetting.

I must have misread your words. I hope nothing goes wrong for you, too.

Ugh

Well Ughwhatname,
You are very quick to read too much into words, one of the problems with these blogs where not everyone is good at expressing themselves....so you have a good day and I hope nothing goes wrong for you!
Gillian