Do you say Thank You?

Interesting thread.

I think the "no thank you" syndrome may be indicative of a change in psycology fostered by the 'net.

After all, the value of the internet is that we can now know almost anything semi-instantly if we go to the right place and ask the right questions (I've asked AGon for a non-audio, "generic questions" category but, to date, no action.).

So the non-thankers aren't being rude (by cyber standards), they are just using a part of "their brain" that happens to exist in your body (you don't thank yourself for answering your own question, do you?).

Live long and prosper.

Thank you.

03-16-07: Dweller

I think the "no thank you" syndrome may be indicative of a change in psycology fostered by the 'net.

I believe there is some validity to this. I also believe the growth of email interoffice communication as a replacement for telephone communication has fostered curt written communication.

The 'net has blurred a lot of norms. For instance, when you really wanted to make a point, you would 'put it in writing'.

Now, our major form of communication is in writing. I do, as a matter of courtesy try to thank people who respond to a thread that I have initiated. I don't expect a response to a post I made in the body of another thread.

I am honored that someone will send me an Email wanting more from one of my earlier threads...to the point of spending hours re-locating the exact source I used in the earlier post.

Dweller's comment about a 'change in psycology' is interesting. Have you ever noticed a tone to some e-mails that might be no different than those in an e-mail to an internet source, such as Ask Jeeves? Question asked, answer expected, no personal transaction whatsoever including an expression of thanks. Maybe I'm just getting sensitive to being seen as a source, not a person. Doesn't happen that often, but it does. With me at least.

Thank you to all that have responded to this thread.