I know this has been asked before, but we're in a new year now and we have an influx of new members, so here I go.
Do you enjoy getting mentioned in a mass "thanks" (Thanks for your comments! @member@member@member etc.) or do you find it annoying? I'm personally not a fan, so I don't do them. I can't help but wonder if someone is offended that I haven't thanked them for their kind comments.
i don't think people mind if you don't thank them for their comments. We all know everyone has various commitments in our lives outside of 365 which can consume our days.
re: the mass thanks: the person who issues them chose to do so as a gesture of gratitude for your comments, so there's no need to be ungratedful if you are mentioned. They do so because there's not even substance to write a personalized message to each person. but you certainly aren't obliged to do them, so you're fine!
I'm not a fan, though I just completed one because of lack of time. I would rather say thanks individually--but I also think it's ok if you never respond to a general "good job" type statement. I know it's ok with me. I just want people to know I've seen their work and enjoyed it. I obviously don't mind being included in a mass thanks.
I guess the bottom line opinion is that this is first and foremost your 365 project and it should be whatever you want it to be.
I don't mind. I don't do it myself because I prefer saving time to look and comment at others's pictures, and I also prefer someone to comment on my pics rather than saying thanks and not looking at my pics, but I'm happy too if someone thanks me :-)
I don't feel like I have to thank all the people, but I like to give back some of my time to check the pics of the people who commented my pictures! It's a bit strange the way I do: I don't follow too many people, but try to comment the pictures of my viewers. It takes me a lot of time but I enjoy it: there are so many talented photographers out there!
I agree with @reba. I try to make a point to visit if you visit me. :-) I appreciate being thanked in a mass thanks, but I also am, well uncoordinated mentally, shall we say, and if I attempt to thank several people at once, I get mixed up about about whose @whomever I already clicked and then will have duplicates and look, well, mentally uncoordinated. I'm just not smart enough OK? Felt good to say it though.
I don't mind being thanked, I kind of appreciate it actually, but by no means think it's necessary. It's like someone saying bless you when I sneeze.
I like to thank people every time they comment. Granted I have very few followers, which makes the process much easier, but I figure if I ran into someone on the street and they said they liked my shoes, I'd say thanks! No different here.
I thought this might get mentioned, and as a newbie, I thought I was probably doing something wrong and annoying people by doing this....I do a mass thanks,as I really want to thank people for taking the time to comment - we are all busy, so if someone has taken the trouble to make a comment, then of course I want to thank them. I think doing a mass thanks is perfect, doesn't take up too much space, but if someone asks a question, or makes an observation then I would do a separate message.
I never get annoyed if I'm in a mass thank you, and I don't mind if someone doesn't thank me...I just thank people because I want to
I really don't keep track if I get thanked or not... Some of those I follow always thank me for comments and some just occasionally... and maybe some not at all? I look and comment because I enjoy it and it helps me learn. Sometimes, however, life just gets too crazy for me to keep up with all of everyone's photos and comments and thank-yous, and I (Pollyanna) know that everyone understands that! :)
I was wondering about this. I have been thanking people, because I do want them to know that it means something to me that they took the time to look at my picture, but also that they took the time to comment on it and give me feed back. BUT I felt so bad always just saying "Thank you" but it was a genuine Thank You and I did wonder if that was annoying and that if people saw it as insincere. If people mentioned something specific, I did seek them out individually and comment back.
But I spend time looking at other's photo albums and pictures and genuinely try to make the effort (Sincere) to comment and let them know my thoughts on their pictures.
But I feel kind of guilty if i didn't thank someone for taking the time to make comments.
So I'm very interested in seeing the thoughts on this!
Sorry if I annoyed people! :o) Hopefully I did not!
@cally Right! Because your heart stops when you sneeze, so you are actually dead for a second and you don't want anything happening to your soul at this time. :-)
I am always honored to be thanked in any form whatsoever. If a person does it by commenting on my photos, remembering a previous detail, a personal thanks, or a mass email. As a receiver of the gift of a thank you I am not judgemental on how they come to me.
@5unflow3r They didn't know that in the 1400's, they just thought their soul was trying to run away, so "bless you" forces the soul straight back up their nose again! Fact of the day :P
@brumbe@cally OMG, I hate it when I feel a sneeze coming when I'm driving! I heard a rumor that if you cause a car accident, say that you sneezed and you may not get into trouble. I'll bet it has worked, but would not could on it. LOL Hey look, we hijacked a thread! :-)
Paula, this was a nice way to put it "As a receiver of the gift of a thank you I am not judgemental on how they come to me." Ditto for me
@5unflow3r There was a rumour a few years ago that the Government were going to try to bring in a law that means that along with not being able to smoke, eat or drink in your car, you also would have to pull over before you sneeze. How on earth do you police that? Luckily that one seems to have gone away :)
I don't mind, I personally don't have the time to thank people individually, as I work six days a week, so I thank everyone for their comments, views, follows and faves with the next days pic.
So I do hope that I don't offend anyone by not mentioning them individually:)
@5unflow3r I am just happy someone took the time to think of me and show me appreciation. In this day and age it is becoming more rare to share and enjoy niceties.
I don't do them - I'd rather thank people in the photo description so not to clog up notifications - but I don't entirely mind when people do... to each their own I guess?
If someone thanks me in any way, shape or form - I am very appreciative that they took the time and energy to acknowledge my comment - PERIOD!!! So now we have to be concerned the way someone thanks us or we thank them? This is outrageous! I get a huge volume of comments per pic and so do many others. And I read each and every one and enjoy what they say. I would love to be able to individually thank and chat with each person but that's impossible. But still I feel compelled to at least acknowledge all the good people who take the time to send me a thoughtful remark and often I have to use mass thx to achieve that. If someone objects to being thanked then simply move on!
I'm not bothered by them but I don't personally do them. I'd prefer to have my photos visited and commented on rather than the personal thanks. but it doesn't really matter.
@cally It's only necessary if you have I soul.... I thought it was obvious I didn't? lol
I just mean, I wouldn't expect a whole room to stop and say bless you when I sneeze, and I'd much rather them offer a tissue (or constructive criticism) instead.
This has been discussed so many times before. I appreciate any comment, be it positive or negative, and respond as appropriate, but I do not expect to be thanked for every comment, and would prefer not to see long lists of @names attached to an impersonal 'thank you'. I feel that generic mass thanks are usually better sent unnamed (without hitting the reply key) to avoid overloading members' notification boxes, and a name only added whe a message is specifically intended for one person.
I"m not fussed one way or the other by what others do re thanking - whatever makes them happy. For me personally, there's no need to thank me for comments because I know you appreciate them or I wouldn't have commented in the first place. Time is limited and better spent viewing and commenting on another pic. Along the same lines, i don't fill up your notification feed with thanks for your comments but as I state in my profile, I appreciate the feedback and support and I'm always happy to exchange comments or info as opportunities arise.
@photodoll I almost never reply with just a thanks, unless there's not much to say, and I can usually find quite a lot to say (sorry was my mass communication major showing!).
I have so few followers, or ones that actually comment I suppose, that it's not a problem for me to keep it personal.
I do get tired of giving help and guidance to people that desperately need it only to be ignored (which is a nice way of putting it). It doesn't help anyone to just see 'oh that's a cute pic' over and over again, and I don't want to be thanked just for saying that....ok lost my train of thought. If found please return.
@curiousmomworm I think your sneezes should go up at the end, more at-tchEW than at-chOO. Constructive enough?
If anyone looks,comments,thanks or FAVS I like all of it. Look and thank as much as you want. Matter of fact look at my photos right now and I will thank all of you:)
I am always thankful that people look at my work...I don't expect thanks back for my comments on theirs...I think I try my best to comment as much as possible and return the favor of viewing their work(although lately i have been horrible at this)
I'm not big into getting a thanks, group or otherwise. I much more enjoy an occasional more personal reply to something I said in a comment. I do know that most people enjoy my comments as much as I do theirs and thanks are not necessary or expected. However, it certainly doesn't bother me when people do say thanks.
I started the year by stating that I wouldn't be doing an individual thanks anymore as I know a lot of people don't like it but sorry dudes I can't help it, personally when I see people have bothered to comment on my photos I have to individually thank them :)
I mostly try and reply...however it might not always happen the other way round and I hardly care...its a genuine appreciation from my end...i appreciate and forget! :)
In the beginning, of course I was overjoyed to be mentioned on anyone's pic no matter the reason, but now that I have a few followers (230-ish) I find it quite annoying to be tagged only to say "Thank you". Why? It sounds rude I know, but like Michael, I too read each and every comment, but only have so much time in the day. I take it for granted that if I commented on your pic, you are grateful for that. There's no need to thank me either personally or in a group thank you unless you have something specific to say! Likwise, I only reply to comments, where i have something to ask or say rather than thank you, but I keep forgetting to say thank you in my captions. When someone says 'thank you" in a caption, I appreciate that, and also know I m not going to have to go back to their pic just to read 'thank you". That is fine. Everyone's busy. I try to respect people's time...
@michaelelliott Not snarky, Michael. Perhaps it is you who is snarky today and the world is reflecting that back at you? Imagine if, like some peeps on here, you had over 1000 followers and every one of them said 'thank you" for every pic of theirs you commented on? Don't you think that would get a little time consuming, not to mention repetitive?? I don't thank people out of courtesy for their time, so I'm being anything but snarky, really....
Well I do mass thanks i have over 80 kind folks viewing and commenting on my daily pic ,i read each one and they are much appreciated ,i answer specific questions or comments directet at me as a individual thanks,A mass thank-you takes nearly 20 min..,this usually contains a little added on information about the pic ,However I do go and view and comment on every user that has commented on my most recent pic..this is 80-100 views and comments..and takes about 1½ hours.
Each of your views and comments are much appreciated ..So thank you all 365'rs
I don't mind at all, but I seldom do it myself. It's not that I am unappreciative because I do value every comment. I would rather take the time to comment on my followers pictures, which I think is much more generous gesture than a bulk 'thank you'.
I never look at people's "thanks" to the comments I leave them... In singular form or mass! It's not that I don't appreciate a thank you but I have no time to check them out after looking through my follower's work and leaving them comments. I'd much rather receive a return comment on one of my photos with the time it takes to write a thank you. Much more constructive and informative I would think...
I do a little of both, but I'm new, and appreciate people taking the time to look and comment on any of my pics, particulary when it is a "technical" type comment. That usually sends me to the search box to find out what they are talking about...
I don't mind being mentioned in mass comments...I love that notification box lighting up!!!!
@cally@curiousmomworm@neda
re sneezing- if you feel a sneeze coming on, you can push the tip of your tongue onto the roof of your mouth, and the sneeze will not happen.
Why is this so?....I have no idea, someone told me, and it works.
Handy bit of useless information for when you are driving, or in an inappropriate sneezing situation.
BTW that's onto the hard palate...if you pushed your tongue back to the soft palate you would make horrible gagging sounds......
@michaelelliott - totally agree with you Michael - not sure if this thread is some way of moaning +.feel it's directed at the newbies again. Am feeling slightly uncomfortable now
Mass thanks? I take it as a given that if I comment it is appreciated, if my comment begs a reply then great I'd l love to hear. BUT just a generic mass thanks can clog up my notifications.
Some days I may comment on 50+ photos that is a hell of a lot of generic replies to recieve! If I comment then would you leave me out of generic replies, thanks.
Also please don't think me rude if I don't reply to all comments recieved, my bio starts off thanking people for looking and commenting :)
@pete21 ... Well said. My bio makes the same point, and also explains the reason - to reduce unnecessary load on the notifications area. I have addressed this reply to you by name only because it is a direct personal response to your message, not a generic 'Thank You' ... and that, I am sure, is the proper use of the 'reply' button.
@michaelelliott The whole looking a gift horse in the mouth concept. I am just happy someone appreciates me and took 1 second or 1 minute to tell me that. By the way, I appreciate you!
@pete21 ... Excellent response Pete. I don't usually read mass thanks, but I did read the one to which your tongue-in-cheek response referred, and found that I was thanked twice! without any reference to content, which finally convinced me never to read another.
I truly appreciate and respond appropriately to any message which actually refers to any point I have made, as anyone who follows me will confirm, because that is what I believe we are all here for - to learn from feedback - but mass thanks ... no thanks!
As Ross @scrivna replied when I asked him last year whether the reply button might be removed or replaced, to avoid further argument ... "The button stays, but use it sparingly!" That advice worked very well for the rest of the year, and until Ross says otherwise I shall assume that it is still valid.
It doesn't bother me at all. I haven't been thanking everyone individually, (and I hope no one is bothered by that!) but that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the comments I receive. I respond to comments when I have something to say or to answer a question, and try and keep the general "thank you's" posted along with the pictures every now and then.
@michaelelliott - Michael, you don't thank people with a simple "Thank-you". You always have an interesting and informative response. I like that. If someone prefers to write an en masse general and simple "thank you" why not write it in the caption of your upload the next day?
@aspada ... Excellent advice, Amy. That way everybody who might be interested will see it next time they visit, without having to open a 'notification' and reading a list of all the other people who have commented .... but perhaps that is an attraction for some people???
I am a month in and when I first started I used to say something like "thanks guys" with no tags - just to show that I had noted the comments, and for those comments that required a specific response I would specifically reply to, and then go looking at any one who comment's pics and comment when its something special or i have something specific to day... but i was told about 10 days in (ish) by an "old hand" that I should tag for the thanks so I have started doing it - but I am glad to read this thread - I now feel happy about going back to my way :D
Well, if I comment someone with something along the lines of 'I like this photo', I don't expect an individual personalised thank you! I'm quite happy for no response, but if people want to reply, a mass thank you makes more sense, unless I've made a very specific sort of comment that can be commented on. It doesn't bother me at all - it's nice to be acknowledged.
I don't get many comments on my photos as yet, so it doesn't take much effort on my part thank those who do. I imagine it must be v-e-r-y time consuming to those who do get a ton of comments to thank everyone!
I answered this topic at length when @wordpixman decided it was worth talking about last year. If I still had my replies to that topic saved somewhere, I would just copy-and-paste them verbatim into here, as my opinions haven't changed. Sadly, I don't remember exactly what I said last time around - I do remember having a good laugh with @katiegc24 about the absurdity of it all, though!
I agree with what @michaelelliott has said. Personally, I find it hard to believe that people can be so offended by a simple "thank you" - but that's just me.
@photodoll
I really, really hope that this whole thread was just a setup for that joke.
I don't care either way. I don't do a mass thanks, instead I comment on those that comment on mine, or try really hard to anyway. I don't begrudge those that say thank you either. This project is to the individual...
I don't make a habit of thanking each and everyone on a regular basis. I rather like to mention my appreciation when I comment on their pictures. so I consider that one reply less. I don't know when this business of thanking people started as I can't recollect any of it from my first year .. 2010.
when one considers how much space it takes up it is no wonder that Ross @scrivna says to use it sparingly.
I don't thank but I am very grateful for all the comments I get. I love getting comments so I hope I haven't offended anyone by not thanking them. I remember doing it last year and found it time consuming so stopped. I still struggle for time to go through all my followers photos, I probably miss so many crackers out there.
@manek43509 .... Thank you for entering this friendly debate again and making it clear that you have not changed the views you expressed at length previously. I do have copies of the insuting remarks that you "don't remember exactly" and was prepared to let the matter rest, but may I again politely suggest that if you find other people's considered opinions "absurd" and worth a "good laugh" in private, as you are perfectly entitled to do, you might perhaps try to be a little more circumspect about how you respond in public. Thank you again for expressing your attutude so very clearly.
@scrappy .... Well said! Some people consider it rude not to reply by name en masse to every comment, but I prefer to spend time sending more meaningful individual feedback and I am not in the least offended if I don't receive thanks, because I don't do it for applause.
@wordpixman EXACTLY! I don't do it for "applause" either. I comment on the ones I like, don't expect a "tit for tat" comment either. If you like my photo or want to respond to what I say, personally, GREAT! If you don't, it's ok, I still sleep at night! ;)
I think it is appropriate to acknowledge the time someone spent to view your photo and leave a comment, especially a FAV. There are some people I don't bother clicking +fav on anymore because it would seem they don't appreciate it, and it doesn't appear they fav many photos themselves, so I'm not sure why they even use this site if they're so ho-hum about the community aspect. I do acknowledge that leaving a personal thank you to every single person can be quite time consuming and detract from the time that person has to view more photos, so I don't expect a personalized thank you or an individual one... nor do I think anyone else should either. To be offended by a mass thank you seems a bit egocentric. And I seriously don't understand why anyone is on this site if not for the community... because to be offended by the subject of this post is to be offended by community-centric behavior.
Thank you @jsw0109 . I am most certainly here for the community, to encourage and be encouraged, and have learned a lot from others and received some very appreciative comments, as a brief glance at any of my albums will show. I totally agree that it is difficult to imagine why anybody would be here if they do not have the communuity foremost in their thoughts, and take issue with you only in one respect: Hitting that 'reply' button every time and sending a single generic comment to a whole list of people is seen by some as an easy response but rarely indicates that the original comment has been read and fully digested. I feel that the extra time I spend reading every comment carefully and sending individual replies relevant to their content is well spent ... but I do realize that not everyone can afford to spend as much time on the matter as I do, and am quite happy not to receive a reply at all ... or Faves for that matter, although they are appreciated, but I am embarrassed at the number of times I appear on the Popular page without actively seeking them.
@wordpixman due to commuting, a busy work schedule, volunteering, etc, I don't always have enough time to put forth an individual response to everyone that comments on my photos, as some days I get a lot. I also want to be able to view others photos because being here is not all about me. It can be hard to balance,which is why sometimes I use the group thanks and I know some people have busier schedules than I do, so I don't feel slighted at all by a group thank you.
I'm good with the group thank you -- I never mind someone acknowledging that I took the time to comment on their photos. It's all part of supporting each other. And mama taught me that good manners are the grease that helps make society run smoothly! :-)
I try to say thanks, because I think its nice. Also try to answer any questions. I appreciate the views and comments. I don't think twice about not receiving a thanks on a post I've commented on though. No big deal to me :) I scroll through and comment on what catches my eye & offer what I can, or just let the person know I like what they've done.
Thank you both for your comments, which I wholeheartedly endorse although there sometimes seems to be a generation gap - nay, a chasm - in interpretation. I was taught good manners at school in the 1930s when manners and respect were high on the agenda and although much has changed since then I still believe that fair comment deserves a fair reply, commensurate with the level of care shown in the original comment..
I always try to thank everyone in the way most suited to the circumstances, whether in a group reply (without names) on the same page as the comment or on the first post on the following day where not only they but everyone else may see it, plus separate acknowledgement (named) of specific points, as well as visiting every album to comment on their work, which seems to me a fair way if covering all eventualities without overrating some comments and underrating others in a single generic word or two. That, I believe, is the epitome of good manners and I am sorry if I have missed the point somewhere.
Thank you both very much for giving me this opening to clarify what seemed to me to be a very simple matter, which has somehow become hideously distorted along the way.
I am in my second year and I thanks people for comments and occasionally do a mass thank you. There are one or two people that I know have a particular dislike of these such as Arthur and I try only to resond to his comments if I have a particular thing that I would like to say afterall I try not to offend people most of the time.
Having said that I also am of the opinion that this is my project and if my thanks really bothers people they will just stop commenting and go elsewhere for their enjoyment. It is no problem to me if I have 5 followers or 50 and if I am offending people with my thanks I am quite happy for them to not bother, not because I am being rude but because it is also their project to enjoy as they see fit :D
@cazink Thank you Carly for a well balanced comment with which I entirely agree. It is your project and you have the right to conduct it as you wish, for your own satisfaction and the enjoyment of anyone else who cares to follow.
I never had to do mass thanks because I get one or two comments on my silly photo projects but The Seven project gets me more attention. I hate doing the mass thanks but I want to thank people so sometimes I end up doing it.
@beautifulthing I hear ya but by the sound of things you're never going to please everyone all of the time so I think the upshot is just to do what suits you like @cazink said - it's your project so surely there are no hard and fast rules as to what is right or wrong.
@tabbycat - look I get the whole bothersome notion. My point is if someone chooses to thank me in a mass thank you - thats fine and I'm appreciative. However if someone chooses Not to thank me at all - well thats fine too. My point is this is idiotic to waste time talking about as people can do as they please without rules!
I don;t mind, but sometimes it's difficult to actually find yourself in the mass of thanks. I do however always go back and check when somebody has mentioned me in a comment and I do, the majority of the time try and thank everybody who comments on my photos, although I don't think a lot of the people ever actually do come back to check.
I agree with Stacy. Can't believe anyone would be offended by a group thanks. Really....seriously folks...people are busy and I can't imagine having the time to go back and make sure everyone gave me a pat on the back for commenting! The comments and FAVs I receive melt my heart and keep me coming back and I hope when I do the same for someone else, they feel the same.
Who cares?! If someone says thanks in one giant post or not, it should not matter. It's nice to hear a thank you but it's not mandatory and no one should feel like it's mandatory. However, if one is compelled to say a giant thank you, let them. I like it. :-)
I don't mind mass thanks, but do them only rarely. I try to go look at the person's work and make comments there...that is my way of thanking them for checking out my work. last time this thread went up, someone said they put a "thank you" statement in their write up of the next day's photo....like "Thanks all you guys for all the views on yesterday's _____ photo." I like that and try to do that when appropriate. I am very grateful for people viewing and commenting...I hope they don't mind that I don't do mass thanks. :0)
I thought we were here to become better photographers. I certainly appreciate a more in depth response or a question answered, but not necessary. Better to expend energy and limited time experiencing, encouraging and appreciating the daily shots submitted by all you wonderful people. I'll take a group thanks, probably give a few too!
I like thanks no matter how they are delivered. I just figure folks are busy living life so i don't sweat it. Of course i like longer comments too but it is nice that people even have the time to respond in today's busy world sometimes!
I do apologise to those that I have annoyed or offended with a mass thank you.
I feel rude not saying anything but being a single mum of seven kids hardly leaves me much time to take photos let alone sit at the computer for long periods of time.
I appreciate a group thank you because at least the time has been given to give thanks, for me that is enough but if someone does not thank I am also ok with that as my comment was not given expecting a thank you...it was given because I liked the photo.
@sdpace You are hilarious! :)))
To everyone: I totally don't care whether you mass thank me or not thank me at all for my comments. I will comment again anyway, if I like your photo. I don't get offended at all. Does anybody here comments on a photo and sits around waiting for a Thank you!? I personally don't really register whether my comments get thanked or not. However when I get nice comment from someone, I tend to thank for it either mass way or one by one depending on how much time I have and I try to visit their project as well to look at their work.
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re: the mass thanks: the person who issues them chose to do so as a gesture of gratitude for your comments, so there's no need to be ungratedful if you are mentioned. They do so because there's not even substance to write a personalized message to each person. but you certainly aren't obliged to do them, so you're fine!
I guess the bottom line opinion is that this is first and foremost your 365 project and it should be whatever you want it to be.
I like to thank people every time they comment. Granted I have very few followers, which makes the process much easier, but I figure if I ran into someone on the street and they said they liked my shoes, I'd say thanks! No different here.
I never get annoyed if I'm in a mass thank you, and I don't mind if someone doesn't thank me...I just thank people because I want to
But I spend time looking at other's photo albums and pictures and genuinely try to make the effort (Sincere) to comment and let them know my thoughts on their pictures.
But I feel kind of guilty if i didn't thank someone for taking the time to make comments.
So I'm very interested in seeing the thoughts on this!
Sorry if I annoyed people! :o) Hopefully I did not!
@marilyn @5unflow3r @jasehoad @woot @beautifulthing @photodoll
Paula, this was a nice way to put it "As a receiver of the gift of a thank you I am not judgemental on how they come to me." Ditto for me
I'd be interested to find out too....still finding my feet here
So I do hope that I don't offend anyone by not mentioning them individually:)
know there were a lot of moans about it last year, but now it's easy enough to spot in the message box, so just ignore it!?!
I just mean, I wouldn't expect a whole room to stop and say bless you when I sneeze, and I'd much rather them offer a tissue (or constructive criticism) instead.
I have so few followers, or ones that actually comment I suppose, that it's not a problem for me to keep it personal.
I do get tired of giving help and guidance to people that desperately need it only to be ignored (which is a nice way of putting it). It doesn't help anyone to just see 'oh that's a cute pic' over and over again, and I don't want to be thanked just for saying that....ok lost my train of thought. If found please return.
@curiousmomworm I think your sneezes should go up at the end, more at-tchEW than at-chOO. Constructive enough?
Each of your views and comments are much appreciated ..So thank you all 365'rs
I don't mind being mentioned in mass comments...I love that notification box lighting up!!!!
@cally @curiousmomworm @neda
re sneezing- if you feel a sneeze coming on, you can push the tip of your tongue onto the roof of your mouth, and the sneeze will not happen.
Why is this so?....I have no idea, someone told me, and it works.
Handy bit of useless information for when you are driving, or in an inappropriate sneezing situation.
BTW that's onto the hard palate...if you pushed your tongue back to the soft palate you would make horrible gagging sounds......
Some days I may comment on 50+ photos that is a hell of a lot of generic replies to recieve! If I comment then would you leave me out of generic replies, thanks.
Also please don't think me rude if I don't reply to all comments recieved, my bio starts off thanking people for looking and commenting :)
Thanks for all of your comments/opinions folks. :)
I truly appreciate and respond appropriately to any message which actually refers to any point I have made, as anyone who follows me will confirm, because that is what I believe we are all here for - to learn from feedback - but mass thanks ... no thanks!
As Ross @scrivna replied when I asked him last year whether the reply button might be removed or replaced, to avoid further argument ... "The button stays, but use it sparingly!" That advice worked very well for the rest of the year, and until Ross says otherwise I shall assume that it is still valid.
I agree with what @michaelelliott has said. Personally, I find it hard to believe that people can be so offended by a simple "thank you" - but that's just me.
@photodoll
I really, really hope that this whole thread was just a setup for that joke.
when one considers how much space it takes up it is no wonder that Ross @scrivna says to use it sparingly.
You took copies of that? Are they framed?
I always try to thank everyone in the way most suited to the circumstances, whether in a group reply (without names) on the same page as the comment or on the first post on the following day where not only they but everyone else may see it, plus separate acknowledgement (named) of specific points, as well as visiting every album to comment on their work, which seems to me a fair way if covering all eventualities without overrating some comments and underrating others in a single generic word or two. That, I believe, is the epitome of good manners and I am sorry if I have missed the point somewhere.
Thank you both very much for giving me this opening to clarify what seemed to me to be a very simple matter, which has somehow become hideously distorted along the way.
Having said that I also am of the opinion that this is my project and if my thanks really bothers people they will just stop commenting and go elsewhere for their enjoyment. It is no problem to me if I have 5 followers or 50 and if I am offending people with my thanks I am quite happy for them to not bother, not because I am being rude but because it is also their project to enjoy as they see fit :D
I feel rude not saying anything but being a single mum of seven kids hardly leaves me much time to take photos let alone sit at the computer for long periods of time.
I appreciate a group thank you because at least the time has been given to give thanks, for me that is enough but if someone does not thank I am also ok with that as my comment was not given expecting a thank you...it was given because I liked the photo.
To everyone: I totally don't care whether you mass thank me or not thank me at all for my comments. I will comment again anyway, if I like your photo. I don't get offended at all. Does anybody here comments on a photo and sits around waiting for a Thank you!? I personally don't really register whether my comments get thanked or not. However when I get nice comment from someone, I tend to thank for it either mass way or one by one depending on how much time I have and I try to visit their project as well to look at their work.