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1) How many of you answer a thread with out actually reading other people's answers? (Or even looking to see how long ago it was posted.)
To be fair sometimes the OP doesn't even actually let the forum know that they have successfully resolved the problem, or that they've now finished their Camino and so no longer need support. However, I am astonished at the number of times people post an response - relevant or not - when it is clear from the most recent answers that this is the case.
And no I am not talking about something that gets posted at the same time as you are typing - that happens to me frequently!
2) Why, if the OP has asked if anyone has any RECENT experience of a particular Camino or event, do you answer when your personal experience dates from more than two or three years ago?
Ditto if somebody's asking if anyone has walked a specific camino in winter but you walked it in the height of summer...
Naturally there's nothing wrong with following the conversation, even wishing them luck - but why would you answer unless you had something relevant to say?
Historical experience of a Camino - or even from our lives in general - can resolve many an issue regardless of how long ago it may have been. There are times when nothing beats the voice of experience. But when somebody is asking if so and so Albergue is open, or how much something currently costs....
To be fair sometimes the OP doesn't even actually let the forum know that they have successfully resolved the problem, or that they've now finished their Camino and so no longer need support. However, I am astonished at the number of times people post an response - relevant or not - when it is clear from the most recent answers that this is the case.
And no I am not talking about something that gets posted at the same time as you are typing - that happens to me frequently!
2) Why, if the OP has asked if anyone has any RECENT experience of a particular Camino or event, do you answer when your personal experience dates from more than two or three years ago?
Ditto if somebody's asking if anyone has walked a specific camino in winter but you walked it in the height of summer...
Naturally there's nothing wrong with following the conversation, even wishing them luck - but why would you answer unless you had something relevant to say?
Historical experience of a Camino - or even from our lives in general - can resolve many an issue regardless of how long ago it may have been. There are times when nothing beats the voice of experience. But when somebody is asking if so and so Albergue is open, or how much something currently costs....