Jellies, do you care about the number of responses you get and if so, what is that magic number?

Uhm, I just realized should have posted in Meta but can’t seem to edit in an iPad. Yikes.

I prefer to see an amount equal to the other questions posted about the same time. I usually ask stuff at night, and come to look at it in the morning. If there are a few more the next day I am pleased but I have lost track of the other threads so have nothing to compare it to.

I do the social/meta mess up all the time. Most often, the mods just move it for me and never say a word.

As long as a I get an answer I don’t care.

It really depends on the question. Some questions I would love to get many answers on, and others, I would be just as content with one if it actually tells me what I’m trying to figure out. For example, on this question, I appreciated getting many answers since it was more of a community type question. However, on this question, I would have been perfectly content only receiving this answer since it told me what I wanted to know. I think my most dissapointing question ever was this one. Perhaps I didn’t communicate clearly enough, but I don’t feel like anyone answered the question I was actually trying to ask.

I don’t care about the number of responses so much as the quality of them. I like to feel “heard” – that at least one person was connecting with the question. By the way, do the majority of questions that aren’t answered when they are fresh – say within the day, usually just lost in the shuffle? Anyone know how many “old” questions are likely to be viewed after they pass from the day’s activity?

@smilingheart1 I am constantly looking at old questions when I am bored. If they are not fresh I don’t hit GA or GC as often and I rarely post. I think the people who like to read who use the site are doing it a lot.

Three (that’s 3 for those who speak math).

It doesn’t matter how many. It’s just nice to get an answer.

@Sunny2 Jeez, you really are sunny aren’t yah… : )

@mazingerz88 I’m just old enough too know a lot of shit doesn’t matter one whit. (Don’t ask me what a whit is, I don’t know, but it’s so little you can’t see it.)

As long as my question’s answered, I’m good.

It really depends entirely. If it’s an opinion type Q, I’d like to get as wide a sampling as possible.

But if it’s a factual, knowledge type of Q and one person gives the accurate answer, that’s certainly fine by me. A whole lot more would just be unnecessarily redundant.

432.

42.

There isn’t a magic number. I’m looking for an answer, and when the question is answered, I’m content.
However, I would by lying if I didn’t watch in awe whenever the replies climb up over 100. Those threads always kind of amaze me.

I had a Q get over a 150 responses once. That was nice.

@Lightlyseared right? It’s kind of fun, I think. Doesn’t happen every day. Exciting. Okay, well my idea of excitement may not be the same as most, but it works.