Do any of you ever have the equivalent of writer's block regarding answering questions?

~~Too much gluten. j.k.

We all go through changes in motivation and interest. It just happens.

Don’t force it. Answer when you want to. We can wait.

Have you seen my normal response essays?

No.

You seem like you are just too tired and unmotivated. Just take your time.

Or maybe the questions are not intriguing enough to get you interested.

I definitely go through periods like that!

In life, no, here, all of the time, I am nearly aestheticized into the big sleep by the question before getting to the end.

I feel similarly. I have been reading questions, and giving GAs and GQs, but I haven’t been answering much. When I do, I don’t have much to say.
I’d say Fluther is suffering malaise.

I mostly read rather than answer. I think it’s a confidence thing with me. Other people seem to say it better – more funny, more succinctly, more quickly – than me. I also feel that while I often have quite a different point of view, it’s because I am not American and I can’t keep saying that. I still enjoy the site even if I am just reading

I’ll click “follow” on a lot of things without answering. Sometimes, if I get inspired, I’ll come back later and answer. Sometimes I’ll never answer. Some things I’ll answer right away, depending on several factors, the main one being whether or not the question requires a simplistic answer or something I want to ponder first.

When I do answer, my responses aren’t usually very in depth. There used to be huge religious discussions on this site, some Jellies going on for paragraph after paragraph about their beliefs, or trying to argue with others about their beliefs. My thoughts when reading those many paragraphed answers used to be “these people have time for this?”

I prefer to call it, “Jesus, these questions are shite”

This has been happening to me recently. I’ll click on the question to answer then I freeze up. I just don’t have the energy or time to respond with a helpful answer.

@Kardamom & @dammitjanetfromvegas I suggest you do as @jca suggests and follow the questions that really seem like something you’d normally dive into. The other answers might spur you over time, of if you come on refreshed and ready you’ll have something immediate to work on.

I don’t think this is a case of forcing yourself back up on the horse. If you don’t feel like logging in, don’t. If you don’t want to write answers, don’t.

Sometimes I just get burned out. There’ll be days I think of more decent questions than Fluther will allow me to ask, and then days when traffic is slow and I can’t think of a single motivating question. I might go a day or two without logging in, then I might log in and not answer anything.

Sometimes PM can get you going. Having a private conversation with another member, whether you know them well or not. I have PMed someone about something they posted and found myself eager to get back to Fluther to continue the conversation.

Keep an eye out for a really motivating question to ask. Nothing makes you look forward to logging into Fluther more than starting a lively exchange.

Take a break for a few days or a week and come back. It works for me.

Sometimes life is more engaging and sometimes Fluther is. I don’t sweat the slumps.

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I guess.

Sometimes I feel bored and just disengaged. That’s probably as much to do with my mood as a reflection of what people are posting here. I don’t think there’s any harm in taking a break and coming back when you actually feel like participating.

Often—which is why I always keep my comments very short. Forty years of ad writing taught me to do that.