Puzzled
Let’s say you leave a comment for someone. A compliment kind of comment…like if you see they made a bit of progress, or maybe they motivate you. Why would they visit your page sometime after you left that and not even say thankyou?? I mean, they are already on your page. Is thankyou time consuming to type? BAD FORM!!!!
October 5, 2009 at 11:28 am
It’s just poor manners. Nothing more, nothing less.
October 5, 2009 at 11:31 am
Thank you! lol
October 5, 2009 at 11:32 am
I agree… it’s poor manners. It takes two seconds to say "thank you".
October 5, 2009 at 11:35 am
? i don’t see why it’s necessary to expect a formal response to a compliment. I’m sure they appreciate it.
October 5, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Exactly! I make it a point to always say thank you for every comment I receive. It’s just good manners!
October 5, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Amy sometimes people read their comments and they just don’t have time to type a response back. I agree with you, it actually seems a little bit rude, but don’t take it personal. Let me see if I can give you a little help in the compliment, cause, YES YOU LOOK AWESOME, keep it up and don’t worry about "poor writers" LOL! Good luck!
October 5, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Hey Amy, look at you, Im SOOO proud of you, fitness model, wow
look at what youve accomplished, oh boy, we gotta raise the bar!
seriously, you look incredible you will knock em dead
your old friend!
spark
October 5, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I’m with you Amy and i have been over this several times. Even if I can’t get back to you right away, I make an effort to get back to you. Some people however can care less about commenting back to you. SO from that point on I no longer compliment them
October 5, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Thank you! For leaving me a commment on my blog! I feel so priveliged I also left a comment under your comment…but maybe that is something BB.com can add as a feature to the site. Kind of like a thank you button…
October 5, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Interesting, you’re well admired and obviously work hard at what you do. The amount of comments you receive must be daunting. I am impressed that a thank you still has value. For me it can be a challenge to distinguish between being polite and taking to much of others time.
Good luck with your goals.
October 5, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I appreciate all the opinions and I want to make it clear that I do not expect a response from everyone I write to. I wish I had the time to personally thank everyone who leaves me kind words. But, there is a difference here. I would never go back to someone’s page that left me a comment and not write anything. This isn’t something that happened today or anything. It’s just been on my mind and maybe I just care too much sometimes.
October 5, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Well I’ll admit it, I’m horrible about that. But there are days when I don’t get on bodyspace at all. If you’re like me, a lot of times you don’t know what to write. I’ll catch myself thinking that if I just say "thank you" I just said it to appease the other person. Then I’ll ramdomly end up getting diverted to something else. So, coming from an offender, I don’t mean to be rude. I get side-tracked easily…lol
October 5, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I’m just fascinated by these kinds of puzzles. It is kind to compliment, and it is kind to receive it with a "thank you". It’s weird how things go from pure and positive to negative when expectations get involved. That’s just something I think about a lot in relationships so when I see it I’m always interested in analyzing it. But you said you don’t expect it so no prob.
Perhaps the Bond said it best, because it’s happened to me too– sometimes "thank you" seems too easy. You’d like to say more but don’t know what to say, or for some people it may feel inappropriate…I know I’m trying not to get into too much back and forth complimenting with females in order to respect relationships, theirs and mine. But I do appreciate it and I do admire progress such as yours.
October 5, 2009 at 2:54 pm
if this was directed at me, since I sometimes get so busy at work that I forget to respond back, I apologize.
October 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Sometimes people mean well and just fall short. You’re looking great, good luck in your comp this month.
October 5, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Yeah, that sucks when it’s someone that does inspire you. You never hear a response from them but they visit your page. It doesn’t really encourage you to leave another message.
October 6, 2009 at 4:09 am
Lot’s of reasons listed above are on target. Maybe some people don’t feel as personal a connection when on-line as opposed to face-to-face. Tou know, I can’t see anyone ignoring a compliment given "directly" to them.
Anyway, I know you aren’t sweating it. Hope you have great day