The Anxiety Caused by Forum Notifications

Because you see that someone quoted you, but you don't want to respond too quickly, otherwise you feel as though they'll judge you.

 

I'm having anxiety about whether or not I wanna respond to this thread as we speak

 

Isn't this what dating is like.

ps take your time.

 

Sometimes I don't know what to say to keep a conversation going. In those cases I'll 'like' the post so I can at least acknowledge the person. Or I feel like I've forced a conversation already and the other person wasn't interested. I already live here so the amount of time between responses doesn't bother me too much.

If I leave anyone hanging, it's not you, it's me. I promise.

 

Dating is easier. Most of the time, you know where you stand enough to respond. The variables of forum life are different.

 

this is why i appreciate the like feature haha

 

The like/not like dynamic is stressful as well. I.e.: someone likes everyone's post in a conversation but yours

 

Hadn't thought about that one but now I'll never not notice it

 

or when you keep quoting the same people over and over again and you worry you're quoting them too much

 

I feel that way about liking the same people's posts over and over. I don't want people, particularly women, to feel as though I'm stalking them online.

 

I think I've liked all Dom's posts on the site so I agree

 

I def respond to people too quickly. I like all of you so I like your posts.

I think I feel weirdest when I relate to what someone posts but it's not necessarily a positive post. a "like" sometimes feels inappropriate lol and I don't want to offend them by thinking I like their misfortune.

 

My problem is when I post something in topic 'A' and I'm really interested in said topic, but then another 'topic 'X'' gets frequent posts. So that each time I check to see if anyone responded to me, or added something to said topic 'A' I'm often found disappointed when I get 10 notifications telling me that "so and so posted in topic 'X'" which is somewhat frustrating.

That being said, I don't want to unfollow the overactive topic 'X' because I might want to keep up to date with it =/

 

Yep.

 

Honestly any time I get a notification my first thought is "who did I piss off".

 

I respond to people who quote me asap because I'm always like "Yes!!! Friend!!! Let's continue this lovely discussion!!!"

 

I stop short

 

the anxiety caused by never getting forum notifications

 

Once i had TWO unread notifications. Boy did I feel like Mr Popular.

 

Before I changed my notification settings I would get like 50 of them.

 

I just liked every post in this thread. Enjoy your notifications.

Okay but really yes I get anxious about them too.

 

When I see a notification I assume either it's someone who enjoys my quality posts and wants to make it known or someone eager to have the privilege to start a conversation with me.

 

100% truth fact

 

exactly the same for me

 

i hold one hand over my eye and refresh the page