How do you react when someone answers a question by simply rephrasing your earlier answer?

There have been times when I am composing my response nearly at the same time as others and my response is very similar to the others. Once in a while, especially with many responses, I notice that my response is close to others.

The only thing that bothers me but in a small way, is having a similar response to someone else that they get a GA for but I don’t.

Boo hoo I know I can be petty sometimes lol

I guess I would be somewhat annoyed if they didn’t acknowledge my answer that they rephrased, unless there were many answers between mine and theirs.

However, I don’t recall that ever happening to me.

@tranquilsea If they are being composed at the same time, I can get it. I mean literally someone rephrasing the identical information you gave closely enough that it catches your attention and makes you go “Whoah” and they answered it a long time after you did. It’s happened to me, but I also see it happen to others, which is why I wondered what other Jellies reaction might be.

Since I know there are many Jellies that don’t read all the answers before writing their answer, I don’t pay it any mind. It really could be that they didn’t read your answer or that they agreed with it, but didn’t feel like they needed to say, “I agree wth ____” and then expand on it.

I don’t know that people do so intentionally. If they are copying me: que sera sera. I think of it more in the manner that great minds think alike :-) Or that my response was so great that someone wanted to copy it.

@Seaofclouds I’m really just pondering this, not bothered by it necessarily, other than a momentary twinge sometimes, especially when I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about and fact checking my answer before replying. Usually if I see someone has already given an answer that is the same as what I was going to say, I leave the question without answering.

I often simply copy their answer and say “I second @tranquilsea I don’t know that people do so intentionally”

I haven’t noticed it that much.

@YARNLADY I hadn’t noticed it a whole lot before, but I noticed it more since the influx of new users. It’s only happened to me personally twice.

It does happen to me fairly often, and I usually think it’s because someone posts without reading the previous answers. I do find it annoying when the copycat post gets points and mine didn’t. That’s most likely to happen when a new user posted the question and hasn’t yet caught on to the idea of lurve.

Sometimes a dozen of us will put effort into good, thorough responses to a new user’s question, and hours or days later they’re all sitting at zero. It’s not about the points so much as it is a sense that the attempts to help weren’t recognized or valued.

@Jeruba Exactly!

Dick Punch

I fucking hate it.

@Not_the_CIA HAHA!

What pisses me off more is people that copy and paste and don’t attribute the source.

What pisses me off more is people that copy and paste and don’t attribute the source.

@filmfann cheeky!

Well, how would you react if someone simply answered your question by rephrasing your original question?

There have been times when I am composing my response nearly at the same time as others.
I guess I would be somewhat annoyed if they didn’t acknowledge my answer.If they are being composed at the same time, I can get it.Since I know there are many Jellies that don’t read all the answers before writing their answer, I don’t pay it any mind.I often simply copy their answer
It’s not about the points so much as it is a sense that the attempts to help weren’t recognized or valued.I fucking hate it.What pisses me off more is people that copy and paste and don’t attribute the source.Well, how would you react if someone simply answered your question by rephrasing your original question?

XD

Or you can disguise it like this:

Det har funnits tider när jag komponerar min respons nästan samtidigt då andra. Jag gissar jag något skulle förargas om de inte erkände min svar.om att de komponeras samtidigt, kan jag få det.sedan som jag vet att det finns många Geléer som inte läser alla svaren innan skriva deras svar, jag inte betalar det någon sinne.jag ofta enkelt kopierar deras svar det är inte om punkterna så mycket då det är ett sinne att försöken att hjälpa inte erkändes Eller värderat.jag fucking hat det.vad pisses som mig av mer är folk som kopierar och klister och tillskriver
inte källa.väl, hur skulle du reagera om någon enkelt svarade din fråga genom att formulera om din ursprungliga fråga?

XD

I find the entire idea of responding to a question without reading the previous answers to be insulting to everybody. I want to reach through the screen and throttle people who repeat prior answers, not just mine but anyone’s.

If you intend to give a response, have the courtesy of reading what others have already said for fuck’s sake.

It’s sometimes disappointing if somebody already stated my brilliant and or witty answer before I had a chance, but I acknowledge that person with a GA and move on to the next Q.

@Blueroses There comes a point, sometimes, where I don’t have time to read 80 responses. I agree that we should be reading responses if we can and if we have the time. But I would rather answer 10 questions rather than reading the tens of responses to single popular question.

@tranquilsea I find that reading the responses is a big part of my enjoyment on this site.

@YARNLADY I agree…when I have the time.

@tranquilsea I can see that on posts like long congratulatory threads for milestones where you just want to add your “well done” but if I run out of interest reading answers in a popular thread requesting an opinion, I assume others will also and I won’t add something else to be skipped over by people following me.

I was thinking more of what I’ve seen often where the 4th or 5th poster repeats what the 2nd person said. That just seems like laziness or rudeness.

A roll of the eyes, a shrug of the shoulders & a barely audible sigh.

Actually I feel glad because that is an indication that what I posted was the correct thing.

you don’t :)

I’m really asking this…I’m new…are some of you here to get awards?
:) :)
it makes me smile…

that’s what makes the world go around ;)