One more thought from me, KevinSim - just a suggestion from an anonymous someone on the internet, whose ideas are worth exactly what you paid for them. You have to decide what is preferable.KevinSim wrote: ↑Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:36 amAnd skip over all the posts I haven't read yet? Why is that better than responding to posts in the order they appear? Sure, there's going to be a backlog, since there are roughly eight posters responding to me and only me to answer them; but the alternative would be missing points that posters have made; how is that preferable?
You are not obliged to involve yourself by commenting on absolutely everything. You may see it as a good thing, but that does not make it essential,
, much less manageable.Perhaps if you cannot keep up with "roughly eight posters responding to me" it means that you are stretching yourself too thin, and need to find some way of concentrating your efforts on a smaller "target". It may mean not replying to some comments, or some commenters. You may be criticized for it, but that's what other people do anyway - sometimes by ignoring comments, and sometimes by explicitly saying that they are not going to respond. Of course, some questions are more important or fundamental than others, but the choice is yours.
One specific way that you might reduce your exposure would be to respond directly to questions, and avoid getting into back-and-forth over your asking posters to explain why they think that you think something. This takes up a lot of bandwidth.
If you do think XYZ, it may not matter much why someone thinks that you do - just answer their question about your belief. If you don't think XYZ, simply say that you don't, or perhaps mention why you don't.
Another might be to respond only to questions, not to non-question comments.
I'm sure that if you step back and look at the forms of your interactions on the board you can see patterns emerge, and can decide which patterns mostly lead to satisfactory engagements, and which mostly to unsatisfactory ones. But only you can make that analysis for you.
As an adult, you are responsible for you, and this is a situation you keep getting yourself into. Don't complain about being overwhelmed - either do something about it, or simply accept it and carry on as before.
I'll invoice you for $0.02 at the end of the month.
