June 18, 2007
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RYC
I have read several posts or comments in that last 2 years on the issue of “RYC.” RYC is an abbreviation for “Regarding Your Comment.” When a person wants to respond to something that was written on their post, they just go back to the commenter’s site and write RYC: plus their reply.
But I have noticed in comments and posts that some people are offended by people using RYC without actually commenting on their post. It bothers them when someone will respond to their comment but not even take the time to read, think and comment about their post.
Does it bother you when people use RYC without commenting on your post?
Comments (130)
Kind of.
People are way too sensitive these days…
Especially when I put in some real thought and effort in what I’ve written.
“offended” is probably too strong a word… but it’s definitely self-centric to RYC without commenting on the post at all.
Only if it’s a worthwhile post, really. But i’m pretty much good with any comments at all.
“Sensitive” as it might make me, I actually am bothered sometimes. If it’s an issue that screams for comment from my friends and they just reply to what I’ve written on their sites, it stings a little.
-Guru on the Hill
Nope! RYC – a response.
I think that would be like calling someone to leave a message in response to one they’ve left you, but to also have to be sure to mention something about them today.
If you really want someone to read what you’ve written today, and they don’t…. RYC them back, and ask them to.
If the article doesn’t interest me, I’m not going to waste my time reading it.
no.
Yes it does. Don’t just come on my site to post anything that has nothing to do with my blog. It’s rude. If you want to comment on something I’ve said elsewhere, you can message me.
RYC: Thanks for the props
Ah! So thats what RYC is. Actually, I still don’t get it, and since I can’t comprehend what it is, I can’t be bothered by it.
well I’m less likely to read it that way
oh woops I misunderstood. No I couldn’t care less
I like what John said – I am not offended by it, but yeah, it shows how selfish the commenter can be.
No, it doesn’t. Becaue even if you ask someone a question, it’s still sometimes something of a miracle if they respond. Many people never comment back.
So I say don’t be bitter about the comments you receive, just be glad you received the comment at all?
I am just happy to get comments!
Sometimes there’s nothing to say about your post….
I’d be happy with any comment whether it’s related or not to my post. That’s not really an issue to me. Again, i have more important issues to annoy me in my life than that!
Doesn’t bother me at all. I like to know what is touching the reader the most (be it good or bad).
Nope.
Interesting perspective…i get RYCs without comments to my blog all the time. i don’t obligate readers to have to read my entry if they do not want to.
Interesting perspective…i get RYCs without comments to my blog all the time. i don’t obligate readers to have to read my entry if they do not want to.
yeah, it is irritating.
no.
Without a good better method of responding to people’s comments, no.
Let me clarify my initial answer a little. We have no idea what’s going on with the person who leaves the ryc. Perhaps they had limited time and just quickly wanted to respond to what you said. Yes, they could instead leave a message. That’s what I typically opt to do. But…if I’ve come to the site, it’s one I’ve already commented on, or there just isn’t much else to say that everyone and their brother have already said, I’m not going to comment just for the sake of commenting.
So it’s “self-centric” to ryc and not actually comment on the post? Isn’t it a little self-centric to feel that everything posted is comment worthy? The people who ryc at least leave a track of having been there. Are we going to hunt down all of those who leave footprints and don’t comment at all? They must be horrid people. To read and not comment at all? *gasp*
I just don’t worry myself. I’m selfish in that my blog is about ME. It’s for ME to vent, make note of what’s going on in my life, etc.. If someone cares to leave a comment fine, if not, fine. It’s certainly not something worth fretting over.
Not really, I mean, I’d rather they comment on what I wrote, but at least they’re saying something.
RYC: Orlando Bloom has special significance for me, because he bears a striking resemblance (imo) to someone very dear to me, being Andrew, who is pictured about 2 posts ago.
No, not really. But as you know I have a special policy on my site about ryc. I almost never RYC anyone. If they leave a comment, I reply under the same post where they commented.
Not really.
not every single person is gonna have something to say about a post. sheesh. some people are overly sensitive. this is Xanga. it’s not the end of the dang world.
RYC: The hubby went to the SBC once. He said the same thing you did.
RYP: Not especially. If I have someon RYC, we are probably actually having a bit of a conversation.
Imagine that. A conversation.
i dont care….. esp if i was asking them a question or something in my response
yes and no.on one hand, they are responding to a question or comment, so, they are commenting on something you wrote, just not something you wrote on your blog. on the other hand, if you put time and thought into something and all you get is “RYC:” and no one bothers to acknowledge it, well, that can be a bit of a downer. while i agree with a previous poster that not every post is comment worthy, and that it would be ego-centric to think so, it can get to the point where you feel people think nothing you say has value. and that gets to anyone.
Maybe one day Xanga will get threaded comments and we won’t worry about RYC.
no not really
Nah, doesn’t bother me. It gives them an opportunity to show up and say something. Most times they pause and see what I wrote then comment again, but if they don’t, doesn’t concern me.
I just wish that you could reply to comments like in a conversation thread and be notified for those too. Yeah that’s right, I want ONE thing of LJ to come here. Please?!!
sometimes… but lately no.
Yes. I took the time to read their work. If they are so interesting in coming to my site and leaving a RYC, the least they can do is read something I have written and respond.
sorta/soemtimes – When i go through the trouble of reading thier and they ignore mine
Daniel (doubledb)
Beh. A comment is a comment.
No
No, it doesn’t. Somnetimes there isn’t much that can be said about a post. Therefore, I just figure that they didn’t have something to say about what I had written.
No, I’ll comment on someone’s post if it’s interesting or if I think of something. I’ll generally read their posts, but unless I have a good comment I won’t comment on their posts.
i guess its okay. Haha
… well, just because you comment on someone’s page, are they obligated to comment on yours? it’s kind of attention whorish if that’s the case isn’t it? *shrug* and that whole expectations blah blah blah
I am fine with the “RYC”. The idea is to communicate, to express some thoughts or ideas.
Nah. They’ve usually already commented me anyway.
its all about whether you feel a connection to the post and also how much time is available-don’t take it personally if one doesn’t comment
I never really get comments, but seeing it on ur site and other sites is kind of rude. Not always, but it’s stupid when their RYC comment is about something like an insult. Like when someone goes, “hey xplode, you suck” and they respond with “RYC: yea? well u suck more!”.
not at all.. if the want to respond to my comments, then i am happy they read them
adding a RYC to me is rare haha. so when i do stumble upon the fact that someone has ead a blog of mine, im excited.
what does bother me is no readers and comments…. so i dont write as often, or i do and take it down feeling foolish for the topic i have chosen in fear to bore someone to death haha
have a great day!
No, but if there is a whole string of back-and-forth RYC’s that have *nothing* to do with my site, I’d prefer to take them private or back to the original location. Seriously though… how self-centrist is it to decide how *others* should respond to us?
it’s only irritating if that’s the ONLY thing that person ever does… usually my commentators will give my posts a glance even if they have to come back and do that later… but i can understand the frustration some might have regarding this matter
ohh… so THAT’S what RYC means.
well, sort of. although no one uses the term RYC with me.
I like my Edward G. Robertson’s RYSCHEE from the Ten Commandments.
Well, it’d depend….on how much I loved that particular post, if that person has commented before/frequently, how long the ryc is, and how much I liked the person.
Usually, there’s just a twinge of “ugh was my writing not worth looking over?” but no real negativity.
It doesn’t really bother me much, but it gets annoying to the people who are actually reading my post to switch topics within the same thread.
It’s annoying when I comment on here and someone visits my site to flame me. If I don’t respond to your comment on here I either I probably don’t care what you have to say. No need to come to my site. Otherwise I think it’s fine. I think Xanga should go to more of a message board format like Livejournal, where you can see the replies to each message and be notified if someone replies to you. Myspace tries this but has no notification, so you have to keep checking back to where you posted your comment to see if someone replied.
Nah. And if I was, I don’t think I’d make a big fuss over it.
nobody has.
No. If people want to read what I write they will. If they don’t want to, they won’t. It’s not a big deal.
Sometimes.
I use xanga to express my thoughts and post stories I write to try and hone my skills. When people just respond to a comment and don’t even mention the post, it makes me mad because I’ll never know what people think of my writings without some proper feedback.
No.
Me! offended?
Please.
Side note I don’t use RYC. I prefer RE:
Not that it really matters!
sometimes
Wow, there are some real narcissists out there, huh?
Psh. If they wanted to comment on my posts ABOUT my posts, they would have. But commenting back on someone’s post is just a convenient way of carrying on a conversation on teh xanga.
Nope not at all… Ang
Not really. Everyone has the choice to read or not to read.
I don’t make or receive a lot of comments, so it’s not really an issue with me. I don’t think it would bother me, though, because my site is more to keep in touch with family members than to be a xanga phenomenon.
I don’t think it’s worth getting worked up about. In the early days I would ask questions in my posts. Few people answered the questions, so I gave up that practice. I don’t want my readership to feel obligated to respond.
I find it a tad impolite, yes. Especially when they can send me a message just as easily.
It annoys me when I leave a nice comment about their post, and they argue with me or challenge my nice words rebuttle-style in an RYC and not leave any comment on my post.
Sometimes. But sometimes I think the post may not be on a subject that interests them. That puts it in perspective.
… nope.
I don’t mind
No. I know I write to damn much a lot of times, and it’s probably not interesting to a lot of people. Whether anyone reads it or not doesn’t really matter to me. I do try to read their post and comment when I use RYC though, unless it just sucks.
I didn’t even know what RYC meant until now.
I think ppl who take offense to that are idiots. get a life.
I have been both guilty of it and a victim of it…
But it’s not good netiquette.
no. sometimes people just want to keep their train of thought…
actually, people don’t do that to me…
ryc: i updated
People are seriously OFFENDED?
“Yes, I feel insulted by the fact that you attempted to start a conversation instead of commenting on my blog.”
C’mon people. Open the door. Go outside. It’s summer.
Um…No…
hope you are having a good Monday Dan…
Nope, it doesn’t bother me.
pfft….there is so many other things to worry about and yet the bible says DO NOT worry. Hey, I’m cool that people comment on my site at all ….
that’s OK. People have choice to read or not. My post is not that important.
i don’t get comments….so therefore i cannot regard them.
Doesn’t bug me at all.
i have never had someone use ryc on my comments, but i don’t think it would.
Uh, no.
I often RYC without finding anything of note in the post to comment on. Sometimes I will, sometimes I won’t. It just depends
nope. just like it doesn’t matter to me if someone comes to read but doesn’t comment. sometimes it’s better to say nothing at all then to say something rude or stupid.
Not really. It’s nice when they comment, too, but no big deal. I like it when they use RYC rather than just typing something in reply that’s completely irrelevant to the post so no one knows what they mean except me!
it’s not a big deal to me. with an ryc, or any time, often i read someone’s post and just don’t have a witty comment to make, so i don’t. it doesn’t offend me if someone doesn’t read my post – maybe they were busy.
I think it’s dumb. Like if you go comment on somebody’s blog and then they come to yours to reply to your comment, like they’re not going to understand what you’re saying unless you say RYC.
But about it bothering me because they didn’t read my post? Nah, I don’t expect anyone to really read my posts. They’re kinda boring.
Nope.
I do find it annoying when I’m reading posts on someone else’s sites and the comments are regarding another post, but the person didn’t type RYC. Then I start to think I’m going crazy for not being able to get the connection.
Not really. But when I use RYC: my reply, I usually make a comment about the post I posted the comment on, as well, out of courtesy.
Nope. I bet I offend Miguel all the time!!
That doesn’t bother me at all because I know what it’s like either to be short on time for commenting or not to have anything to say about someone’s post.
Not at all. It doesn’t mean that they did not read the entry, just replying to something else that was said on another enrty. Either way it is nice to hear from other people. I want to know why there has to be all these pressures in life? Xanga is supposed to be fun! People need to lighten up!
Not really. They’re responding to my comment, at least that’s better than ignoring me altogether, right? ; )
No.
It doesn’t bother me.
Actually, it bothers me so little that I never even considered the possibility that this would bug people…
hmmm
RYC, no.
It does bother me. It probably shouldn’t but it does.
It does not bother me. I only do RYC after I write a response to their post.
A little bit. But I’m sure I’ve done it, so ….
RYC: I eat ‘em for lunch.
Nope. At least they responded to what I told them, specifically.
not at all
Nope. I don’t care. I just like the communication.
No. I didn’t know ryc stands for that until now. But I can care less.
nobody ever leaves me comments…
not really, i just feel special getting comments at all!
Not at all.
Eh. A little, but I have conversations through comments a lot of the time.
I just don’t use RYC. I don’t like to use abbreviations that much.
“offended” is probably too strong a word… but it’s definitely self-centric to RYC without commenting on the post at all.
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<LI class=itemsubmitter>john (message)
I completely agree.
(ps. it would be nice to have an easy way to quote people….)
Eh, guess it depends on the day…
Sometimes I’m in a hurry and can’t read their post right then, but I do want them to know I appreciated the encouragement they might have left me on a post so I at least respond to them.
not really
sometimes, i do try to comment on their post, but there’s nothing i felt like commenting about.
No
I can understand why it would. Hasn’t happened to me though.
I don’t care. But I am new so I really havent had that issue yet. But it would be nice if they read it.
No. Why should it? Why should somebody have to comment on the post when what they want to say is not related to the post? People are so sensitive these days.
No
I prefer it if people comment on what I’ve written, but I can’t really be offended from it because I don’t always comment on what someone has written. Sometimes it seems like all I’m writing is “Sounds like fun!” or “Cool Pix!” so sometimes I just don’t comment at all. When people don’t ask questions in their posts, what are others supposed to comment on?
hell yeah! that is really annoying!
I’m not fond of it, but I deal with it.