Do you return to threads after having replied once to see other replies?

[egmurphy]

First time posting a poll, hope it turns out alright.

When replying to an original posted thread, I have occasionally made a comment regarding another post in the thread, either to ask for clarification, make a joke, or just add a general comment. Afterwards I have wondered if the poster I commented to ever returned and saw my comment.

So my question is: After replying to a post, do you usually return to the same thread later (assuming there are additional posts added) to see what other people have added?

I think the operative word here is 'usually'. I realize there are always circumstances that may keep you from doing so on any particular thread.

Just wondering,

Ed

[Noah Hofrichter]

Ed, Yeah, I usually do, even if I didn't ask a question. Although like you said, it does depend on time. But I usually do

[Anonymous]

sure do!

[darth9x9]

Sure do! Often someone may have question or ask for more info and the only way to know they asked is to go back and take a look once in a while. Also, you might find that someone else has a great idea that just happened to post after I did so there is a chance I might learn something.

[Anonymous]

You bet I do.

[Anonymous]

I always do, even if it was not a question I asked, I like to see if someone commented on my post.

[Anonymous]

Most of the time, unless the thread isn't of too much interest to me and it starts to get to be many many pages, then it takes to long to catch up and I just don't go back. --- but that's only if I'm not interested.

[AggroJones]

Of course.

[philnrunt]

I always consider my replies as a germ of an idea, that will be completed by someone else's better, more rational and sleep supported thoughts, so I always return.
There are so many different ways of thinking that to not return would take away about half the fun for me.

[Fergmiester]

Always, sometimes I cringe because I wonder, after the fact, "should I have said that?"

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. I usually check again to see if anyone else has added more questions or information, and sometimes I remember things I forgot to add in my original post.

[egmurphy]

Thanks for the feedback. I was a bit surprised (pleasantly) at the almost universal positive response. I know I go back and recheck threads, for all the reasons you have mentioned. But I thought it might have just been that I had too much time on my hands.[(-D]

Regards

Ed

[cacole]

I usually check back to see of other people have a better idea than I have posted on how to solve a problem, or have had similar experiences to mine which might be indicative of a product to avoid in the future. Sometimes my advice may be way off base or outdated, and I hope other people correct my information if it's not up to snuff.

[Anonymous]

Most of the time I do.

[Anonymous]

See! I told you I do![:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Allen Jenkins]

I've enjoyed your forums! I use the "Watch Topics" feature, which will always send an e-mail to let me know when a reply is posted.
What I have done, is click on "Forum Index," then "Active Topics." Give the page a munute to load, and you'll come up with all forums active topics since your last visit, (by default). On your Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar, click "file," on the drop-down list click "send to," then "shortcut to desktop." The desktop icon will show "Trains.com - Active Topics." Every time you click on that icon, a new page will load, and all replies in all forums since your last log on visit will be listed.
Two issues: 1) When you do get notice that a reply has been posted, go ahead and use the active topics link from your desktop. Any time you log on to any webpage, as the links for the magazines news updates, that is your last visit. 2) If you use the link provided with your e-mail, or log off the page (like accidently hitting the exit icon, as I somtimes do), just click on your desktop icon, and where it says "All Topic Since" use the dropdown list, for the period of time you wi***o catch-up on. If you use the links on the forums pages-active topics, you can click on the "Back" button until it won't respond, and the active topics pages show-up by default, right where you left off. As an aside, I get a kick out of how sometimes my reply IS the last reply. I've posted new topics Like Southern Railway System GP59 #4610 Repainted
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16634 , and check back through the index to see how many people have visited, since posted. I enjoyed doing that one, as the title might lead people to believe the possibility of that commemorative locomotive being painted black! Also it gave me a chance to see how many members enjoy the stuff I like. That is a pretty attractive paint job, and so I update the pictures links, from time to time.
Also, I use the "preview reply" to edit really heavy, use a 60,000 entry dictionary, and try to make the reply as plain, spelled out, and accurate as possible.
Enjoy Your Hobby! acj.

[krump]

oh, but yes!

[on30francisco]

Yes. After I reply to a thread I bookmark it and save it in a file so I can access it later and see other people's replies.

[Dough]

I'd bet that Los Vegas wedding chapels don't get this many "I do's" in one day...[;)]

[egmurphy]

Heck, even I'm back to this one!! This is the first time I've seen a thread that I started get resurected after a couple of months of oblivion!! [:D]


Ed

[darth9x9]

But you see....many of us check back......

BC

[fec153]

Si si, senhor. Todas dias.
Felipe

[Anonymous]

It's always fun to see what has been posted to a thread after I've posted. I agree with everyone above . . . someone has run into the same problem and found a better solution than the one i've posted!

[Mark300]

Yes, indeed! And maybe an opportunity presents itself to add more comments and develop the topic further.


Mark

[CP5415]

Ya, I do as well.

Gordon

[Anonymous]

Yes, always. The more I read the more I learn.

[Big_Boy_4005]

Almost always!!! And as some of the others here have said, I may add further comments if I see an opportunity to add to the discussion

[rexhea]

I always check back - many times. I want to know what everyone's idea or opinion is.

I might need to change mine! [:)]

[CG9602]

I certainly do. There have been several threads over the time that I have been a member here where I have had debates over the value of service that RR, and particularly passenger rail, brings to society as a whole. If you want trains then you have to support them with your dollars. I have also had many debates here dispelling misconceptions about rail transit, and why we need passenger trains in the US.

[railman]

I try to check back, speaking of, how about that post I started, "College Dorm RRing?" Let's all go to that now, ha ha. Get it back on page 1.

Another great thing is to see if people quote what you said. Makes you feel like quite the Shakespeare when your verse lives on in other posts.