Scratch

Andres-Vander wrote:

Sometimes people just don't have anything to say

WOW that's a weird script

PhirripSyrrip wrote:

I see the problem

1. They are too long. People generally don't want to read a huge block of writing and can't be bothered to read on.

2. when you want to use scratch blocks, always use the proper [scratchbIocks] and [/scratchbIocks] so do

when gf clicked
repeat <forever>
change variable by (number)

instead of just this

when gf clicked
repeat <forever>
change variable by (number)

1. They are actually not too long, your sample was "statistical noise". Anyway, length = detail; I learned that people get mad when they mis-read a very "concise" instruction.

2. This just makes me mad (99.99% because I was already mad at something in real life). I'm not using scratchblocks, I'm using pseudocode, which is a lot more concise than scratchblocks.
Example:
Instead of

when gf clicked
repeat (10)
add (pick random (1) to (10)) to [list v]

cheddargirl wrote:

Well, it depends.

Sometimes people don't know what to say or don't understand what you're trying to achieve, so they don't say anything.

Other cases, the reply is buried deep in a thread so it's not see right away by others (especially if it's a sticky thread that isn't viewed often).

And some forums just don't get that many replies. For example, with Show and Tell, most people click the link and reply on the project, not the forum thread advertising the project, so often times thread can go reply-less for a while.

On a side note, I replied in one of the links you gave. 

I saw that.
@Don't understand
See PhirripSyrrip?

@Buried
I haven't seen that that much (only with things like my learning chatbot and ackermann function).

@S&T Click link
My projects don't get that many replies either.

@cheddargirl
Well, I haven't thought of that. I use visual basic a lot, but I never payed attention to the fact that it has a mono-space font.

And I never knew about that adage. Thanks for telling! (Unfortunately, sometimes I don't reply to projects, although I try hard to comment on the new projects (that's what its for, right? "Quick" comments for new projects))

This is a test of the code tags.
   Open my file
   Say "Hi!"
   Add 1 to the number in my file
   Say "Looks a lot better that when not in code tags!"
End Program

It'd be ironic if nobody replied to this thread. :p

Molybdenum wrote:

Yes it would. That's why I said

(And please don't not reply to this    )

Question... I know this is an old thread, but it seems applicable. Even though some of my projects are simply "give it a wikipedia article and laugh at its output" (yeah, see my gibberish generator), no-one is replying to them. And yes, cheddargirl, I remember what you said, but with 6 threads, the chance should be a lot lower that no-one replies. (by not replying I mean that either only me and smozzick are posting, almost no-one besides me posts, or no-one replies at all) And not all of them are in S&T.
123456
And these are just the ones I care about for now.

cheddargirl wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

Molybdenum wrote:

Yes it would. That's why I said

Question... I know this is an old thread, but it seems applicable. Even though some of my projects are simply "give it a wikipedia article and laugh at its output" (yeah, see my gibberish generator), no-one is replying to them. And yes, cheddargirl, I remember what you said, but with 6 threads, the chance should be a lot lower that no-one replies. (by not replying I mean that either only me and smozzick are posting, almost no-one besides me posts, or no-one replies at all) And not all of them are in S&T.
123456
And these are just the ones I care about for now.

Only one of them you mentioned is in something other than Show and Tell.

Remember when I said "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"? It applies not just to projects but to anything that requires volunteer participation (in this case, people posting on forum threads). If people view a forum thread and have nothing to say or contribute, then they might not say anything. You can't really force people to comment if they're unfamiliar with the subject or if they don't know a way to contribute to the topic. 

In a math person's point of view, one is not=not all are.    And alright with the other part, except I was wondering how the other threads have more replies?

People don't have to reply if they don't want to, and there's no way you can force people to reply.