Does anyone else feel "beat to the punch"? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

legolas · 11-14-2003, 10:56 PM

I feel like I always get beat to a comment. I see a topic I want to make a comment on and there is about 10 other replies just like it. Sometimes I go ahead and post anyways but sometimes I just feel beat to the punch. I'm really interested to see if I'm the only one that feels this way.

spived2 · 11-14-2003, 11:19 PM

Yup almost all the time. That's why I didn't post much the first few months on the board. Now I post my thoughts if just to add onto something someone else said.

j03th3j3w · 11-14-2003, 11:40 PM

i jus registered a couple of days ago.. and its already happened to me a couple of times... so yeah.. i feel your pain.. well.. if you wanna call it pain

empu · 11-15-2003, 01:02 AM

Yup almost all the time. That's why I didn't post much the first few -- D'oh!

ARTelevision · 11-15-2003, 01:24 AM

No. I don't see it that way at all. I just post my response to the topic or to a previous poster's response. A thread is a running dialog. Sometimes points get restated. But that happens in typical conversations all the time.

datalink7 · 11-15-2003, 01:59 AM

I was going to post a thread on this topic, but I guess I got beaten to the punch.

World's King · 11-15-2003, 03:03 AM

When I do get "beat to the punch" I just make some random comment that really has nothing to do with the topic. It keeps me involved and I get to voice my opinion.

*clips his toe nails*

Reese · 11-15-2003, 03:32 AM

Yup.. I hate to post in discussion threads with alot of posts because I hate repeating something. If I really want to reply though I think of something that hasn't been mentioned and use a *I gotta agree with *insert name* on this subject*

Just like World's King

gloveshot3 · 11-15-2003, 07:50 AM

when somebody beats me to the punch, it just forces me to take another step up the thought ladder, and once in awhile i fall off it and break my head but at least that will poke a whole new bunch of useless perspectives into the organic computer that resides inside of my skull.

Baldrick · 11-15-2003, 08:04 AM

It happens. But if all of my thoughts have been stated as well or better than I could elaborate, there are plenty of other threads to move on and comment on.

Spanky Johnson · 11-15-2003, 08:18 AM

Yes, that's why I don't post that much. I can't get on the board at work so I don't have much chance at catching a lot of posts early.

GuttersnipeXL · 11-15-2003, 01:15 PM

I don't feel that way. I'm going to post no matter what was said before if I feel so inclined. If someone has said something I was going to say, for me it is easy to come up with something else to add. Anyway, that is what threads are for...post your comment! Discuss something within the thread topic. It's definently not going to take anything away from the thread. Who knows...maybe what you post will spark some new dialog and keep the thread interesting.

pocon1 · 11-15-2003, 05:20 PM

even the really busy posts seem to peter out after 70 responses. I guess people figure that they will be ignored after that point.

remiel · 11-15-2003, 05:21 PM

even the really busy posts seem to peter out after 70 responses. I guess people figure that they will be ignored after that point.

DAMMIT! Someone just posted this.

(just kidding

)

LaughingCow · 11-15-2003, 05:34 PM

Yeah, happens to me a lot and sometimes it stops me from posting, but not always.

The only time it bothers me is if I think of something I wouldn't think anyone would think of saying, and it turns out I was wrong, and it's been said.

tangledweb · 11-15-2003, 05:41 PM

It really depends on the topic for me. If it is an opinion type thread, I will chime in anyway but if it is a thread seeking advise/information I will skip posting if my POV has already been touched on.

spectre · 11-15-2003, 08:41 PM

There are a few posters on here who have similar opinions on some topics. They usually post to a thread before I can.

dnd · 11-16-2003, 06:42 AM

a lot of the time i feel someone has said what i wanted to say but in most occasions its been put a lot better then i could have done so i don't complain, and will post a small comment

legolas · 11-16-2003, 12:02 PM

Wow, well I feel better at least. It's not just me.

Gortexfogg · 11-16-2003, 12:07 PM

If only one person has posted how I feel about something, I'll post saying "yah, me too". but if someone else has already said "yah, me too", then I just leave it be. If that makes sense...

analog · 11-16-2003, 01:28 PM

I don't really see it that way, either. Most of the time when I post a reply, if someone has said the exact same thing I'd have said, they didn't go into the detail that maybe I would, so I elaborate on my opinion. If someone manages to post exactly what _I_ would have, I quote them and give them props for doing so, and maybe add a tiny something just for the hell of it.

numist · 11-16-2003, 01:31 PM

if you are constantly on the forum though, its not difficult to be the beater

Sometimes though, you think you have a great comment to the first post, and its already been said, but Art has the right idea. its a running dialogue, you are still reacting to the beginning, when you need to catch up to the end.

taliendo · 11-16-2003, 09:20 PM

yah, me too

View Poll Results: Do you feel 'beat to the punch' (read post)?
Yea, all the time actually	14	33.33%
Eh sometimes...	19	45.24%
I don't care, I'll post the same thing anyways	3	7.14%
Nope.	6	14.29%
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11-14-2003, 10:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
legolas shit faced cockmaster Location: CT	Does anyone else feel "beat to the punch"? I feel like I always get beat to a comment. I see a topic I want to make a comment on and there is about 10 other replies just like it. Sometimes I go ahead and post anyways but sometimes I just feel beat to the punch. I'm really interested to see if I'm the only one that feels this way. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

11-14-2003, 11:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	Yup almost all the time. That's why I didn't post much the first few months on the board. Now I post my thoughts if just to add onto something someone else said. __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

11-15-2003, 01:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	No. I don't see it that way at all. I just post my response to the topic or to a previous poster's response. A thread is a running dialog. Sometimes points get restated. But that happens in typical conversations all the time. __________________ create evolution

11-15-2003, 01:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
datalink7 Upright Location: Corvallis, OR, USA	I was going to post a thread on this topic, but I guess I got beaten to the punch. __________________ Ashes and diamons foe and friend we are all equal in the end.

11-14-2003, 11:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
j03th3j3w Tilted Location: crazy... would you like to join?	i jus registered a couple of days ago.. and its already happened to me a couple of times... so yeah.. i feel your pain.. well.. if you wanna call it pain

11-15-2003, 01:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
empu Crazy	Yup almost all the time. That's why I didn't post much the first few -- D'oh!

11-15-2003, 03:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	When I do get "beat to the punch" I just make some random comment that really has nothing to do with the topic. It keeps me involved and I get to voice my opinion. clips his toe nails __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

11-15-2003, 03:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Yup.. I hate to post in discussion threads with alot of posts because I hate repeating something. If I really want to reply though I think of something that hasn't been mentioned and use a I gotta agree with insert name* on this subject* Just like World's King __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

11-15-2003, 07:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
gloveshot3 Crazy	when somebody beats me to the punch, it just forces me to take another step up the thought ladder, and once in awhile i fall off it and break my head but at least that will poke a whole new bunch of useless perspectives into the organic computer that resides inside of my skull.

11-15-2003, 08:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	It happens. But if all of my thoughts have been stated as well or better than I could elaborate, there are plenty of other threads to move on and comment on. __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

11-15-2003, 08:18 AM	#11 (permalink)
Spanky Johnson Insane	Yes, that's why I don't post that much. I can't get on the board at work so I don't have much chance at catching a lot of posts early.

11-15-2003, 01:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
GuttersnipeXL Giggity Giggity!! Location: N'York	I don't feel that way. I'm going to post no matter what was said before if I feel so inclined. If someone has said something I was going to say, for me it is easy to come up with something else to add. Anyway, that is what threads are for...post your comment! Discuss something within the thread topic. It's definently not going to take anything away from the thread. Who knows...maybe what you post will spark some new dialog and keep the thread interesting. __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. HST

11-15-2003, 05:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
pocon1 Banned	even the really busy posts seem to peter out after 70 responses. I guess people figure that they will be ignored after that point.

11-15-2003, 05:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
remiel Insane Location: Gastonia NC	even the really busy posts seem to peter out after 70 responses. I guess people figure that they will be ignored after that point. DAMMIT! Someone just posted this. (just kidding ) __________________ "Then said Joseph to St. Mary, henceforth we will not allow him to go out of the house; for every one who displeases him is killed." Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ, 20:16

11-16-2003, 09:20 PM	#23 (permalink)
taliendo Insane Location: an indelible crawl through the gutters	yah, me too __________________ -LIFE IS ABSURD-

11-15-2003, 05:34 PM	#15 (permalink)
LaughingCow Tilted Location: Ontario, Canada	Yeah, happens to me a lot and sometimes it stops me from posting, but not always. The only time it bothers me is if I think of something I wouldn't think anyone would think of saying, and it turns out I was wrong, and it's been said. __________________ Haacha!

11-15-2003, 05:41 PM	#16 (permalink)
tangledweb slightly impaired Location: Down South	It really depends on the topic for me. If it is an opinion type thread, I will chime in anyway but if it is a thread seeking advise/information I will skip posting if my POV has already been touched on.

11-15-2003, 08:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	There are a few posters on here who have similar opinions on some topics. They usually post to a thread before I can. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

11-16-2003, 06:42 AM	#18 (permalink)
dnd Psycho Location: London...no longer a student	a lot of the time i feel someone has said what i wanted to say but in most occasions its been put a lot better then i could have done so i don't complain, and will post a small comment __________________ "Never underestimate a dumb question"-- Brandon Boyd

11-16-2003, 12:02 PM	#19 (permalink)
legolas shit faced cockmaster Location: CT	Wow, well I feel better at least. It's not just me. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

11-16-2003, 12:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	If only one person has posted how I feel about something, I'll post saying "yah, me too". but if someone else has already said "yah, me too", then I just leave it be. If that makes sense...

11-16-2003, 01:28 PM	#21 (permalink)
analog Banned	I don't really see it that way, either. Most of the time when I post a reply, if someone has said the exact same thing I'd have said, they didn't go into the detail that maybe I would, so I elaborate on my opinion. If someone manages to post exactly what _I_ would have, I quote them and give them props for doing so, and maybe add a tiny something just for the hell of it.

11-16-2003, 01:31 PM	#22 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	if you are constantly on the forum though, its not difficult to be the beater Sometimes though, you think you have a great comment to the first post, and its already been said, but Art has the right idea. its a running dialogue, you are still reacting to the beginning, when you need to catch up to the end.